Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 208, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1997, 7:04 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 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, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Medina County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 3583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 230006 FFWSAT TXC019-029-031-053-091-171-259-265-299-325-230300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 704 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BANDERA COUNTY...BEXAR COUNTY...BLANCO COUNTY ...BURNET COUNTY...COMAL COUNTY...GILLESPIE COUNTY...KENDALL COUNTY ...KERR COUNTY...LLANO COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY RADAR SHOWS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM HONDO TO SAN ANTONIO SPREADING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN HILL COUNTRY INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE TO NEARLY TWO INCHES PER HOUR. 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. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GUADALUPE AND HAYS COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 7 PM. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TONIGHT. &
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
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-231045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM 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 MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR MORE FLOODING OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT. THIS IS TO THE EXTREMELY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS ALREADY IN EVIDENCE THROUGHOUT THE AREA...AND HOW LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE REQUIRED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AREA THIS EVENING IN AN EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. GROUND CONDITIONS ARE SATURATED WITH 3 TO 6 INCH RAINS OR MORE COMMON ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE WEEKEND. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL PRODUCE RAPID RUNOFF AND RESULTANT FLASH FLOODING..PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. GIVEN RAINFALL RATES ESTIMATED FROM RADAR AND THE CURRENT WEATHER SCENARIO...SCATTERED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY...PARTICULARLY CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY. MANY RIVERS..CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE IN FLOOD AND WILL REMAIN SO FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DRIVING IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN THE HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT DUE TO CLOSED ROADS FROM SWOLLEN CREEKS...RIVER AND STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV OR TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE UPPER LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE WET WEATHER HAS BEGUN TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD AWAY FROM SOUTH TEXAS...HOWEVER AND AREA OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IS POISED OFF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AND COULD MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS LATE MONDAY...BRINGING MORE WET WEATHER TO RAIN SOAKED SOUTH TEXAS. 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, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-231045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM 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 MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR MORE FLOODING OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT. THIS IS TO THE EXTREMELY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS ALREADY IN EVIDENCE THROUGHOUT THE AREA...AND HOW LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE REQUIRED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AREA THIS EVENING IN AN EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. GROUND CONDITIONS ARE SATURATED WITH 3 TO 6 INCH RAINS OR MORE COMMON ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE WEEKEND. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL PRODUCE RAPID RUNOFF AND RESULTANT FLASH FLOODING..PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. GIVEN RAINFALL RATES ESTIMATED FROM RADAR AND THE CURRENT WEATHER SCENARIO...SCATTERED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY...PARTICULARLY CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY. MANY RIVERS..CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE IN FLOOD AND WILL REMAIN SO FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DRIVING IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN THE HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT DUE TO CLOSED ROADS FROM SWOLLEN CREEKS...RIVER AND STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV OR TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE UPPER LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE WET WEATHER HAS BEGUN TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD AWAY FROM SOUTH TEXAS...HOWEVER AND AREA OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IS POISED OFF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AND COULD MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS LATE MONDAY...BRINGING MORE WET WEATHER TO RAIN SOAKED SOUTH TEXAS. 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 22, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Gillespie, Llano | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Llano | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards | 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.