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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 22, 1998Comal County, Kendall County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 1998, 1:58 PM CDT for Comal County, Kendall 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 22, 1998, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 1998, 4:55 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Comal County, TX, Kendall County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 234 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 824 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
824 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 221859
FFWSAT
TXC091-259-222155-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
158 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  KENDALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  COMAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 455 PM CDT

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS COMAL AND KENDALL
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE
  EXPECTED IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN.

  COMAL COUNTY HAS RECEIVED WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES
  OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING.  KENDALL COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 1 TO 2
  INCHES IN THE LAST THREE HOURS.  ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL QUICKLY
  FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRING CREEKS AND
  STREAMS OUT OF BANKS.

  MOTORISTS AND RESIDENTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION THIS
  AFTERNOON AND LISTEN FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

  IF YOU ARE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 5:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca3 hr
Aug 22, 5:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca3 hr
Aug 22, 8:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes3 hr
Aug 22, 8:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Aug 22, 8:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes3 hr
Aug 22, 8:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Aug 22, 10:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe, Wilson3 hr
Aug 22, 10:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa3 hr
Aug 22, 1:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina3 hr
Aug 22, 1:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFrio3 hr
Aug 22, 1:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa2 hr
Aug 22, 1:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales, Lavaca3 hr
Aug 22, 1:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe3 hr
Aug 22, 3:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 hr
Aug 22, 4:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFrio2 hr
Aug 22, 4:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales, Lavaca3 hr
Aug 22, 4:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe3 hr
Aug 22, 5:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kerr3 hr
Aug 22, 5:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXUvalde, Zavala3 hr
Aug 22, 6:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 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.