Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 162, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 1, 1998, 11:14 PM CDT for Bandera County, 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
- Oct 1, 1998, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 1998, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bandera County, TX, Medina County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 2490 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 020416 FFWSAT TXC019-325-020715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1114 PM CDT THU OCT 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS MEDINA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED AROUND- SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS WESTERN MEDINA AND BANDERA COUNTIES WITH RADAR INDICATING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. ABOUT 6 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM NEAR UTOPIA FROM THE BANDERA SHERIFFS OFFICE. MORE RAIN WAS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN MEDINA COUNTY AND TRAINING INTO MEDINA COUNTY WITH ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN POSSBILE DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. * IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD. &
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, Oct 1, 6:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-021000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CDT THU OCT 1 1998 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNERSTORMS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE SPOTTY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH. 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. TIMELY DELIVERY OF DATA AND PRODUCTS FROM THIS SERVER THROUGH THE INTERNET IS NOT GUARANTEED... UNLIKE DATA AND PRODUCTS DELIVERED FROM THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOURCES. THE OFFICIAL SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATA AND PRODUCTS IS THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO...NOAA WEATHER WIRE...FAMILY OF SERVICES AND EMWIN. 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
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 6:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-021000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 PM CDT THU OCT 1 1998 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNERSTORMS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE SPOTTY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH. 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. TIMELY DELIVERY OF DATA AND PRODUCTS FROM THIS SERVER THROUGH THE INTERNET IS NOT GUARANTEED... UNLIKE DATA AND PRODUCTS DELIVERED FROM THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOURCES. THE OFFICIAL SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATA AND PRODUCTS IS THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO...NOAA WEATHER WIRE...FAMILY OF SERVICES AND EMWIN. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 4:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 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.