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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 25, 1997Gonzales County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 1997, 3:59 PM CDT for Gonzales County, 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
Apr 25, 1997, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Gonzales County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2699 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2699 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.2
Supercell composite
13.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 252102
FFWSAT
TXC177-260000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
359 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN GONZALES COUNTY
 
AT 4 PM HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN GONZALES COUNTY.
3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AND ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN MAY FALL OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 3 HOURS.
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 8:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde117 min
Apr 25, 10:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards115 min
Apr 25, 11:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco64 min
Apr 25, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet58 min
Apr 25, 11:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano4 hr
Apr 25, 1:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie6 hr
Apr 25, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell67 min
Apr 25, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar60 min
Apr 25, 2:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell4 hr
Apr 25, 2:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson4 hr
Apr 25, 3:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette4 hr
Apr 25, 5:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca3 hr

Nearby

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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.