Flash Flood Warning 118, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jul 5, 2002, 11:47 AM CDT (16:47 UTC)

Expired

Jul 5, 2002, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KEWX 051647
FFWSAT
TXC013-019-029-031-053-055-091-127-137-163-171-187-209-255-259-265-
299-325-385-453-463-491-493-507-052100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1145 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  BURNET
  LLANO
  WILLIAMSON
  TRAVIS
  GILLESPIE
  BLANCO
  HAYS
  EDWARDS
  KERR
  KENDALL
  REAL
  CALDWELL
  COMAL
  BANDERA
  GUADALUPE
  BEXAR
  MEDINA
  UVALDE
  WILSON
  ATASCOSA
  KARNES
  FRIO
  ZAVALA
  DIMMIT

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 1145 AM...SHOWERS AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED 
ROUGHLY FROM CATARINA TO HONDO TO MEDINA TO KERRVILLE TO CASTELL.  
RAINFALL RATES WERE UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE STRONGER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  ALTHOUGH RAINS HAVE SLACKENED EAST OF 
I35 LATE THIS MORNING...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS EARLIER TODAY AND 
THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL RAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 
EXTREME AND DANGEROUS FLOODING AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOW 
LYING AREAS.   MANY CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE IN FLOOD...SOME
AT RECORD LEVELS.    

DRIVING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED IN THIS DANGEROUS...LIFE-THREATENING
SITUATION.  


LAT...LON 2827 10010 2880 9770 2942 9787 2967 9766
          2986 9793 3016 9775 3046 9742 3085 9757
          3090 9794 3098 9806 3089 9892 3045 9927
          3009 9973 3008 9999 2969 10007 2913 10011
          2893 10008

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 051744
FFSSAT
TXC013-019-029-031-053-055-091-127-137-163-171-187-209-255-259-265-
299-325-385-453-463-491-493-507-052100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1245 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 400 PM TODAY...JULY 5TH FOR 
BURNET...LLANO...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...GILLESPIE...BLANCO...HAYS
...KERR...KENDALL...REAL...CALDWELL...COMAL...BANDERA...GUADALUPE...
BEXAR...MEDINA...UVALDE...WILSON...ATASCOSA...KARNES...FRIO...DIMMIT
...AND ZAVALA COUNTIES... 

LATEST COMPUTER PROJECTIONS SUGGEST A GRADUAL DECREASE IN RAINFALL 
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  HOWEVER...THE RAIN AREA WILL REMAIN 
MUCH THE SAME AS THAT WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT AND FOR 
THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.  IN GENERAL...AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE 
INCH OF RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH 2 TO 4 INCH AMOUNTS IN 
SPOTS.  FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING WILL PERSIST IN THIS
DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.  

TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.


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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.