Flash Flood Warning 219, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Sep 9, 2002, 8:48 AM CDT (13:48 UTC)

Expired

Sep 9, 2002, 11:45 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Frio County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Medina County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KEWX 091348
FFWSAT
TXC013-029-163-255-325-493-091645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
850 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  BEXAR
  MEDINA
  WILSON
  ATASCOSA
  KARNES
  FRIO

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 845 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN
  FROM KARNES AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES INTO SOUTHWEST BEXAR INTO MEDINA 
  COUNTIES.  HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN WILSON 
  COUNTY NEAR DEWEES.  

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 TO 4 
INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AS VERY HEAVY RAINS MOVE NORTH AND 
NORTHWEST AT NEAR 10 MPH ACROSS THE AREA.   STREETS...SECONDARY 
ROADS...AND LOW WATER  CROSSINGS ACROSS THE COUNTIES WILL BE VERY 
DANGEROUS THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL IF 
POSSIBLE...AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ENTER FLOODED STREETS AND 
CROSSINGS.  AUTOS ARE VERY VULNERABLE TO FAST MOVING WATER. 

LAT...LON 2961 9941 2867 9938 2868 9823 2883 9767
          2921 9796 2930 9824 2948 9849

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 091615
FFSSAT
TXC029-091800-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1115 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BEXAR COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM... 
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM...

HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER SOUTHERN BEXAR COUNTY AND PARTS OF 
SAN ANTONIO OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS WILL PROBABLY PUT LEON CREEK 
IN FLOOD AND POSSIBLY OVER THE WESTOVER DRIVE BRIDGE ACROSS KELLY 
USA.  LEON CREEK WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY 
AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO TRAIN INTO AND ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BEXAR COUNTY WILL BE EXTENDED INTO THE 
AFTERNOON HOURS. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION.

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 091646
FFSSAT
TXC013-163-325-091715-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1146 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MEDINA...ATASCOSA AND FRIO COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS 
ENDING AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING.  HOWEVER LIGHT TO 
MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR.  SOME MINOR 
FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ENDED 
AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.