Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 159, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2002, 8:56 PM CDT for Atascosa County, Karnes County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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 14, 2002, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2002, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Atascosa County, TX, Karnes County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 2181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEWX 150156
FFWSAT
TXC013-255-150400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
855 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
ATASCOSA
KARNES
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 854 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN
15 MILES SOUTH OF JOURDANTON TO CAMPBELLTON TO KARNES CITY...HELENA
AND KENEDY...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 5 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO
3 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED. GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 2896 9862 2864 9872 2865 9825 2877 9771
2914 9782 2886 9817The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Maverick, Zavala | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 7:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio, Karnes | 101 min |
| Jul 15, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Comal, Kendall | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 12:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 105 min |
| Jul 15, 12:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 87 min |
| Jul 15, 12:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 83 min |
| Jul 15, 1:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Maverick, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 119 min |
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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.