Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 1997, 10:33 PM CDT for Medina County, Uvalde 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
- May 19, 1997, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 1997, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Medina County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 3137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1330 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 200334 FFWSAT TXC325-463-200630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1033 PM CDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MEDINA COUNTY...EASTERN UVALDE COUNTY AT 1028 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN UVALDE COUNTY AND NORTHWEST MEDINA COUNTY MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE BEING ESTIMATEDHIGHWAYS 187 AND 462 WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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 RISIN:G WATER DURING THREATENING RAINS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 62 min |
| May 19, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 45 min |
| May 19, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 55 min |
| May 19, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 59 min |
| May 19, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 57 min |
| May 19, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Maverick | 2 hr |
| May 19, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 3 hr |
| May 19, 9:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 2 hr |
| May 19, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Kendall | 116 min |
| May 19, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 55 min |
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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.