Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 195, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1997, 8:04 AM CDT for Hays County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1997, 8:04 AM CDT (13:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1997, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hays County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 267 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3371 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 221304 FFWSAT TXC053-209-221700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 804 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BURNET COUNTY...HAYS COUNTY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO SPREAD SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SAN ANTONIO TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO WIMBERLY TO MARBLE FALLS. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THIS LINE...ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. 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 ONfE...ON FOOT TO ESCAPE RISING WATER DURING THREATENING RAINS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
343 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 AM BANDERA TX FLOODING
06/22/97 BANDERA 18.5 INCHES OF RAIN DURING
PAST 24 HRS. HOMES GOING
DOWN STREAM AND SEVERAL
PEOPLE MISSING.
0340 AM COMFORT TX FLOODING
06/22/97 KENDALL PEOPLE EVACUATED ALONG
CYPRESS CREEK NEAR COMFORTLocal storm report, Jun 22, 3:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
343 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 AM BANDERA TX FLOODING
06/22/97 BANDERA 18.5 INCHES OF RAIN DURING
PAST 24 HRS. HOMES GOING
DOWN STREAM AND SEVERAL
PEOPLE MISSING.
0340 AM COMFORT TX FLOODING
06/22/97 KENDALL PEOPLE EVACUATED ALONG
CYPRESS CREEK NEAR COMFORTSpecial weather statement, Jun 22, 5:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-230000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 513 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE PLAINS... THERE IS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BLANCO...BURNET...DIMMIT...EDWARDS... GILLESPIE...KENDALL..KERR...KINNEY...MAVERICK...LLANO...REAL... BASTROP...CALDWELL...FAYETTE...HAYS...LEE...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON... ATASCOSA...BEXAR...COMAL...FRIO...GUADALUPE...MEDINA...UVALDE... WILSON...ZAVALA...DE WITT...GONZALES...KARNES AND...LAVACA. A STRONG...SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL TEXAS...A MODERATE LOW LEVEL JET AND VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR OVER SOUTH TEXAS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTH TEXAS. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AND ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF NEAR 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE. MANY RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY FLOODED AND EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO WEATHER UPDATES. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED AND DRIVING IS NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY...UNLESS YOU ARE MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM MIDLAND...LBBSPSMAF FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM SAN ANGELO...LBBSPSSJT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FROM FORT WORTH...FTWSPSFTW FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON...SATSPSHOU FOR COASTAL BEND/RIO GRANDE PLAINS...FROM CORPUS CHRISTI...SATSPSCRP THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NORMALLY WILL BE UPDATED BY MEANS OF THE ZONE FORECASTS...SHORT TERM FORECAST...WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ITSELF WILL BE UPDATED ONLY IF UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-230000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 513 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE PLAINS... THERE IS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BLANCO...BURNET...DIMMIT...EDWARDS... GILLESPIE...KENDALL..KERR...KINNEY...MAVERICK...LLANO...REAL... BASTROP...CALDWELL...FAYETTE...HAYS...LEE...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON... ATASCOSA...BEXAR...COMAL...FRIO...GUADALUPE...MEDINA...UVALDE... WILSON...ZAVALA...DE WITT...GONZALES...KARNES AND...LAVACA. A STRONG...SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL TEXAS...A MODERATE LOW LEVEL JET AND VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR OVER SOUTH TEXAS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTH TEXAS. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AND ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF NEAR 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE. MANY RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY FLOODED AND EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO WEATHER UPDATES. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED AND DRIVING IS NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY...UNLESS YOU ARE MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM MIDLAND...LBBSPSMAF FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM SAN ANGELO...LBBSPSSJT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FROM FORT WORTH...FTWSPSFTW FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON...SATSPSHOU FOR COASTAL BEND/RIO GRANDE PLAINS...FROM CORPUS CHRISTI...SATSPSCRP THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NORMALLY WILL BE UPDATED BY MEANS OF THE ZONE FORECASTS...SHORT TERM FORECAST...WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ITSELF WILL BE UPDATED ONLY IF UNEXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER DEVELOPS OR IF EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER NO LONGER IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 8:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Kendall | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Burnet, Travis, Williamson | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Llano | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Medina, Uvalde | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Medina | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Guadalupe, Hays | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
Sources
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.