Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 1998, 10:58 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kinney County, Val Verde 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
- Aug 23, 1998, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 1998, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Edwards County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 240359 FFWSAT TXC137-271-465-240700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1058 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 KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED AROUND- IN EASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY INCLUDING DEL RIO EDWARDS COUNTY WESTERN KINNEY COUNTY * A BAND OF EXREMELY INTENSE RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF DEL RIO THROUGH THE CITY OF DEL RIO THEN NORTH TO JUNO AND WEST TO PANDALE. RAINFALL RATES IN DEL RIO AND ALONG THE DEVILS RIVER WERE IN EXCESS OF FOUR INCHES AN HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE MASSIVE FLASH FLOODING IN DEL RIO...ALONG HWY 277 AND ALONG THE DEVILS RIVER. INTENSE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THIS AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MANY RAODS ARE BECOMING IMPASSIBLE IN AND AROUND DEL RIO AND THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN EVACUATIONS. THIS IS BECOMING A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATNING SITUATION. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING IN AND AROUND DEL RIO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION BY SEEKING HIGHER GROUND. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL FILL WITH WATER RAPIDLY. CAMPERS ALONG THE DEVILS RIVER SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND PREPARE TO EVACUATE IF ASKED TO DO SO. IF YOU AnRE IN THESE AREAS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 7:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Kendall | 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.