Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 126, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 1998, 10:36 PM CDT for 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 25, 1998, 10:36 PM CDT (03:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1998, 1:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kinney County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 3393 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 260338 RRA FFWSAT TXC271-465-260635- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1036 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... VAL VERDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 135 AM CDT * FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED AROUND- BRACKETTVILLE TO DEL RIO TO LANGTRY AND PANDALE *AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER MUCH OF VAL VERDE AND KINNEY COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN MEXICO FROM DEL RIO SOUTH 100 MILES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT THREE HOURS. IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD. 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 ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGH<T TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
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 25, 5:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 520 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHARLEY EXTEND FROM NORTHEAST MEXICO TO SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO. A SLIGHT NORTHWARD MOVEMENT HAS BEEN NOTED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. MOVEMENT OF THE RAINFALL WILL BE RATHER SLOW AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL RESULT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE SATURATED SOILS FROM THE RAINS SINCE FRIDAY MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS....LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY THIS EVENING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR NEARLY ALL MAJOR RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES FROM THE RIO GRANDE EASTWARD...INCLUDING THE WEST NUECES...NUECES... DEVILS...PECOS...DRY FRIO...FRIO AND SABINAL RIVER WATERSHEDS AND BASINS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY SHOULD LISTEN FOR CURRENT FORECASTS AND FLASH FLOOD ADVISORIES ISSUED BY SOUTH AND WEST CENTRAL 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 25, 5:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 520 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHARLEY EXTEND FROM NORTHEAST MEXICO TO SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO. A SLIGHT NORTHWARD MOVEMENT HAS BEEN NOTED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. MOVEMENT OF THE RAINFALL WILL BE RATHER SLOW AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL RESULT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE SATURATED SOILS FROM THE RAINS SINCE FRIDAY MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS....LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY THIS EVENING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR NEARLY ALL MAJOR RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES FROM THE RIO GRANDE EASTWARD...INCLUDING THE WEST NUECES...NUECES... DEVILS...PECOS...DRY FRIO...FRIO AND SABINAL RIVER WATERSHEDS AND BASINS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY SHOULD LISTEN FOR CURRENT FORECASTS AND FLASH FLOOD ADVISORIES ISSUED BY SOUTH AND WEST CENTRAL 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 26, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 119 min |
| Aug 26, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 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.