Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 103, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 1998, 10:13 AM CDT for DeWitt County, Gonzales County, Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 6 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
- Aug 23, 1998, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 1998, 4:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeWitt County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Lavaca County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1859 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 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 231513 FFWSAT TXC123-177-285-232105- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1013 AM CDT SUN AUG 23 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GONZALES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LAVACA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DEWITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 405 PM CDT A FEEDER BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF CHARLIE IS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WHICH WILL FALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. IN DEWITT COUNTY...FM 766 IS CLOSED. FM 1447 HAS WATER ON THE ROAD. IN GONZALES COUNTY...FM 1116 IS CLOSED. AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD. EXPECT ADDTIONAL ROAD CLOSURES AS THE RAIN CONTINUES. STAY AWAY FROM SMALL CREEKS. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL WARMINGS AND\ STATEMENTS.
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, Aug 23, 5:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-240000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 515 AM CDT SUN AUG 23 1998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHARLEY WERE MOVING SLOWLY WEST OF UVALDE TO NEAR EAGLE PASS. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY TODAY. RAINFALL RATES IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RANGE ARE LIKELY WITH ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE SATURATED SOILS FROM THE RAINS OF SATURDAY AND EARLIER WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS....LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM SATURDAY THROUGH 5 AM THIS MORNING HAVE GENERALLY BEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES AREAWIDE WITH WIDELY SCATTERED AMOUNTS UPWARDS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES. LIGHTER AMOUNTS WERE NOTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM LA GRANGE TO AUSTIN TO LLANO. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR CURRENT FORECASTS AND FLASH FLOOD ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE SOUTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES UNTIL THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED. 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. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOME PAGE OF THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX OR TUNE TO THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OPERATING ON A FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: SOUTHWEST TEXAS FROM MIDLAND LBBSPSMAF...WWUS35 KMAF CONCHO VALLEY FROM SAN ANGELO LBBSPSSJT...WWUS35 KSJT NORTH TEXAS FROM FORT WORTH FTWSPSFTW...WWUS35 KFTW SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON SATSPSHOU...WWUS35 KHOU COASTAL BEND/ FROM CORPUS CHRISTI SATSPSCRP...WWUS35 KCRP RIO GRANDE PLAINS LOCAL INFORMATION FOR THE TEXAS COAST IS AVAILABLE VIA INTERNET HOMEPAGES FROM SOUTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. THESE ADDRESSES CAN BE OBTAINED FROM WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV WHICH IS THE HOMEPAGE ADDRESS FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTHERN REGION.
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 5:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-240000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 515 AM CDT SUN AUG 23 1998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHARLEY WERE MOVING SLOWLY WEST OF UVALDE TO NEAR EAGLE PASS. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY TODAY. RAINFALL RATES IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RANGE ARE LIKELY WITH ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE SATURATED SOILS FROM THE RAINS OF SATURDAY AND EARLIER WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS....LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM SATURDAY THROUGH 5 AM THIS MORNING HAVE GENERALLY BEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES AREAWIDE WITH WIDELY SCATTERED AMOUNTS UPWARDS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES. LIGHTER AMOUNTS WERE NOTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM LA GRANGE TO AUSTIN TO LLANO. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR CURRENT FORECASTS AND FLASH FLOOD ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE SOUTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES UNTIL THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED. 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. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOME PAGE OF THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX OR TUNE TO THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OPERATING ON A FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: SOUTHWEST TEXAS FROM MIDLAND LBBSPSMAF...WWUS35 KMAF CONCHO VALLEY FROM SAN ANGELO LBBSPSSJT...WWUS35 KSJT NORTH TEXAS FROM FORT WORTH FTWSPSFTW...WWUS35 KFTW SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON SATSPSHOU...WWUS35 KHOU COASTAL BEND/ FROM CORPUS CHRISTI SATSPSCRP...WWUS35 KCRP RIO GRANDE PLAINS LOCAL INFORMATION FOR THE TEXAS COAST IS AVAILABLE VIA INTERNET HOMEPAGES FROM SOUTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. THESE ADDRESSES CAN BE OBTAINED FROM WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV WHICH IS THE HOMEPAGE ADDRESS FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTHERN REGION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 10:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real, Uvalde | 107 min |
| Aug 23, 1:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina, Zavala | 107 min |
| Aug 23, 1:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 107 min |
| Aug 23, 2:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 10:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 10:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr, Real | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 11:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real | 5 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 5 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 5 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Wilson | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.