Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Feb 14, 1998, 9:35 AM CST for Medina 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
- Feb 14, 1998, 9:35 AM CST (15:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 1998, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Medina County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 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 141541 FFWSAT TXC325-141830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 935 AM CST SAT FEB 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MEDINA COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH MEDINA COUNTY DROPPING AN INCH AN HOUR WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR TWO INCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO MEDINA COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN RECREATION AREAS ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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 RISING WATER DURING THREATENING RAINS. &
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, Feb 14, 6:15 AM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-150000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 615 AM CST SAT FEB 14 1998 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO... RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM POISED TO CROSS THE SIERRA MADRE AND TEXAS TODAY WILL TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO... SEGUIN... GONZALES AND HALLETTSVILLE. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEAT OR REDEVELOP ACROSS A PARTICULAR LOCATION. ELSEWHERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/4 TO 1 INCH WILL OCCUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. AREAS WET FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN OR HEAVY RAINFALL OF PREVIOUS MONTHS ARE AT PRIME RISK FOR FLOODING IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS. THE WATCH AREA LIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM EAGLE PASS... LA PRYOR... HONDO... SAN ANTONIO... SEGUIN... GONZALES AND HALLETTSVILLE. HEAVY RAIN TODAY SHOULD TAPER TO LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS THIS EVENING WITH RAIN DISSIPATING WEST TO EAST LEAVING DEL RIO FIRST... HALLETTSVILLE LAST. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM MIDLAND...LBBSPSMAF FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM SAN ANGELO...LBBSPSSJT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FROM FORT WORTH...FTWSPSFTW FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON...SATSPSHOU FOR COASTAL BEND/RIO GRANDE PLAINS...FROM CORPUS CHRISTI...SATSPSCRP. 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 CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOME PAGE OF THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX
Special weather statement, Feb 14, 6:15 AM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-150000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 615 AM CST SAT FEB 14 1998 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO... RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM POISED TO CROSS THE SIERRA MADRE AND TEXAS TODAY WILL TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO... SEGUIN... GONZALES AND HALLETTSVILLE. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEAT OR REDEVELOP ACROSS A PARTICULAR LOCATION. ELSEWHERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/4 TO 1 INCH WILL OCCUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. AREAS WET FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN OR HEAVY RAINFALL OF PREVIOUS MONTHS ARE AT PRIME RISK FOR FLOODING IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS. THE WATCH AREA LIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM EAGLE PASS... LA PRYOR... HONDO... SAN ANTONIO... SEGUIN... GONZALES AND HALLETTSVILLE. HEAVY RAIN TODAY SHOULD TAPER TO LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS THIS EVENING WITH RAIN DISSIPATING WEST TO EAST LEAVING DEL RIO FIRST... HALLETTSVILLE LAST. NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE: FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...FROM MIDLAND...LBBSPSMAF FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM SAN ANGELO...LBBSPSSJT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FROM FORT WORTH...FTWSPSFTW FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON...SATSPSHOU FOR COASTAL BEND/RIO GRANDE PLAINS...FROM CORPUS CHRISTI...SATSPSCRP. 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 CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOME PAGE OF THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 9:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.