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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 1998, 5:40 PM CDT for Fayette 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
- Jun 5, 1998, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 8:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 2494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSAT 052240 FFWSAT TXC149-060140- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 540 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 840 PM CDT * FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED AROUND- COUNTYWIDE * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF NEAR 3 INCHES AN HOUR ARE MOVING ACROSS FAYETTE COUNTY. RAPID RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 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.
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, Jun 5, 5:35 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 535 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY NEAR A LAREDO TO CORPUS CHRISTI LINE ON SATURDAY. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. 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 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:35 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 535 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY NEAR A LAREDO TO CORPUS CHRISTI LINE ON SATURDAY. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. 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 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 63 min |
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.