Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2002, 1:15 AM CDT for Real County, Texas. It was in force for 105 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2002, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2002, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 105 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Real County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 2470 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 260615 FFWSAT TXC385-260715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 115 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... REAL * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 115 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 11 MILES NORTH OF LEAKEY...OR ABOUT 41 MILES WEST OF KERRVILLE... MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. CAMPERS AND RIVER RECREATIONISTS ALONG THE FRIO RIVER SHOULD VACATE THE RIVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...MONITOR NEWS REPORTS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE OUT OF THE FLOOD PLAINS IF HEAVY RAIN PERSISTS. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 2988 9992 2968 9989 2970 9970 3001 9972
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real | 56 min |
| May 26, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 61 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.