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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 30, 2002Bandera County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2002, 6:18 AM CDT for Bandera 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2002, 6:18 AM CDT (11:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2002, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bandera County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1427 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-06-30The 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
1427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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.

562 
WGUS54 KEWX 301118
FFWSAT
TXC019-301430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
620 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  BANDERA

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 615 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN
BETWEEN BANDERA AND PIPE CREEK ALONG THE MEDINA RIVER.  DOPPLER
RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR IN THIS
AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND
ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL FLOOD THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ENTER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  MOST FLOOD
FATALITIES OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS ENTER FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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 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.





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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 4:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGuadalupe3 hr
Jun 30, 6:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Comal, Hays4 hr
Jun 30, 7:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGuadalupe4 hr
Jun 30, 7:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca4 hr
Jun 30, 7:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Jun 30, 8:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall4 hr
Jun 30, 8:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Jun 30, 9:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet4 hr
Jun 30, 9:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie3 hr
Jun 30, 10:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr3 hr
Jun 30, 10:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco2 hr
Jun 30, 11:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall3 hr
Jun 30, 12:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 1 more3 hr
Jun 30, 1:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Wilson3 hr
Jun 30, 3:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Kendall2 hr
Jun 30, 4:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Comal, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall, Kerr3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.