Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 111, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 1998, 7:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Aug 23, 1998, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 1998, 11:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Edwards County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 240010 FFWSAT TXC137-265-271-465-240405- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 709 PM CDT SUN AUG 23 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... VAL VERDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS KERR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 1105 PM CDT * FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED AROUND- * AT 703 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE WIDESPRED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT EASTERN VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL. IN ADDITION...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN KERR COUNTY WHERE ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ONLY AGGREVATE EXISTING FLOODING CONDITIONS. MANY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS CONTINUE TO BE CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED THROUGH TONIGHT AND ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY. CAMPERS AND CANOISTS ALONG ALL CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS... AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND... SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. TAYLOR
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, Aug 23, 2:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
259 PM CDT SUN AUG 23 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 AM 30 NW LEAKEY TX FLOODING
08/23/98 REAL *** 4 DEAD ***
FOUR DEATHS CONFIRMED BY
REAL SHERIFFS DEPARTEMENT
ON HWY 41.
TAYLORLocal storm report, Aug 23, 2:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
259 PM CDT SUN AUG 23 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 AM 30 NW LEAKEY TX FLOODING
08/23/98 REAL *** 4 DEAD ***
FOUR DEATHS CONFIRMED BY
REAL SHERIFFS DEPARTEMENT
ON HWY 41.
TAYLORSpecial weather statement, Aug 23, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CDT SUN AUG 23 1998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHARLEY CONTINUE ITS SLOW WESTWARD TRACK AND IS NOW NEAR DEL RIO TEXAS. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR AREAWIDE WILL BE COMMON TONIGHT WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE SATURATED SOILS FROM THE RAINS OF FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS....LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. 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 23, 7:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Kendall | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 10:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 12:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 8 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 8:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 8:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 10:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 3 hr |
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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.