Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 162, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2002, 10:09 AM CDT for Bandera County, Comal County, Kendall 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 15, 2002, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2002, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bandera County, TX, Comal County, TX, Kendall County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 151509
FFWSAT
TXC019-091-259-151730-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1007 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
KENDALL
COMAL
BANDERA
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT TODAY
* AT 1007 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS
OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER PARTS OF COMAL...KENDALL...
AND BANDERA COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW HOURS OVER PARTS OF COMAL...KENDALL...
AND BANDERA COUNTIES.
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.
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.
LAT...LON 2971 9954 2970 9899 2988 9874 2995 9862
2977 9831 2998 9828 2999 9851 3007 9863
3012 9892 2984 9888 2977 9893 2989 9912
2988 9960The 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 14, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes | 2 hr |
| 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, 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.