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Flash Flood Warning 179, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 16, 2002Fayette County, Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2002, 6:20 PM CDT for Fayette County, Lee 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 16, 2002, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fayette County, TX, Lee County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 259 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 162320
FFWSAT
TXC149-287-170200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
619 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  LEE
  FAYETTE

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 619 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 
FROM LA GRANGE TO GIDDINGS...PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 
INCHES PER HOUR.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MPH.  BE ALERT FOR 
FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW-LYING 
AREAS.   

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.

LAT...LON 2981 9725 2972 9691 2997 9668 3048 9693
          3042 9718 3011 9691

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa2 hr
Jul 16, 8:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca4 hr
Jul 16, 11:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal, Hays108 min
Jul 16, 12:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Comal, Kendall, Kerr3 hr
Jul 16, 12:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Comal, Kendall, Kerr3 hr
Jul 16, 4:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco2 hr
Jul 16, 4:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal100 min
Jul 16, 4:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes103 min
Jul 16, 5:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet2 hr
Jul 16, 5:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa113 min
Jul 16, 5:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Wilson3 hr
Jul 16, 6:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGuadalupe3 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.