Flash Flood Warning 161, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jun 21, 1997, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)

Expired

Jun 21, 1997, 5:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Lavaca County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSAT 211906
FFWSAT
TXC259-265-285-212215-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
207 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...KENDALL COUNTY...KERR COUNTY...LAVACA COUNTY
 
AT 2 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN KERR COUNTY NEAR
MOUNTAIN HOME. THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS ALREADY PRODUCED
FLOODING OVER KIMBLE COUNTY TO THE NORTH AND IS MOVING INTO KERR COUNTY.
 
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
 
OVER SOUTHERN KENDALL COUNTY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTHWEST OF
INTERSTATE 10.  MORE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN
BANDERA COUNTY AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO KENDALL COUNTY.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
 
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
LAVACA COUNTY.  RADAR INDICATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH
MORE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY FLOOD SITUATION AND TRAVEL IS
NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY
TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER DURING THREATENING RAINS.
 
AVOID ALREADY FLOODED AREAS.  TRAVELERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FLOODED ROADS.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...LEAVE IT AND MOVE
IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
 
FLOOD PRONE URBAN AREAS FILL WITH WATER QUICKLY.  CLOGGED STORM
DRAINS MAY CAUSE OTHER AREAS TO FLOOD.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
FLOOD WATERS AND STAY AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.