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Flash Flood Warning 108, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 5, 2002Gillespie County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2002, 12:35 AM CDT for Gillespie 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2002, 12:35 AM CDT (05:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2002, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gillespie County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2373 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
2373 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 050535
FFWSAT
TXC171-050900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1233 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  GILLESPIE

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 1233 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF 
RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...BEGINNING TO FORM OVER PARTS OF GILLESPIE
COUNTY.  RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IS EXPECTED OVER GILLESPIE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. 

LAT...LON 3017 9920 3017 9864 3047 9864 3047 9923

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 11:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Jul 4, 11:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall3 hr
Jul 5, 12:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Comal4 hr
Jul 5, 12:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson3 hr
Jul 5, 2:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Kendall, Llano119 min
Jul 5, 2:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Medina4 hr
Jul 5, 3:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Karnes4 hr
Jul 5, 3:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Gillespie, Kendall and 2 more3 hr
Jul 5, 3:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 hr
Jul 5, 3:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 hr
Jul 5, 4:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGuadalupe, Real2 hr
Jul 5, 5:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXCaldwell, Travis3 hr
Jul 5, 6:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 15 more6 hr
Jul 5, 7:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDimmit, Zavala4 hr
Jul 5, 11:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 18 more4 hr
Jul 5, 3:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 17 more4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.