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Flash Flood Warning 227, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 8, 2002Edwards County, Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2002, 12:34 AM CDT for Edwards County, Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 5 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
Oct 8, 2002, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2002, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Edwards County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2002-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 737 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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 080534
FFWSAT
TXC137-271-465-081015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1222 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  EDWARDS
  VAL VERDE
  KINNEY

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 1222 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEL RIO TO JUNO AND EASTWARD TO BRACKETTVILLE AND
ROCKSPRINGS.  RAINFALL RATES WERE UP TO 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR 
IN SOME STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  
RAINS EXTENDED WELL INTO NORTHEAST MEXICO. 

PEOPLE ALONG SAN FELIPE CREEK IN SOUTH DEL RIO SHOULD 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 2989 10163 2918 10065 2918 10024 3021 10005
          3022 10081 3023 10164

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 9:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kendall, Kerr111 min
Oct 7, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 hr
Oct 8, 3:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Maverick, Real and 1 more3 hr
Oct 8, 4:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde4 hr
Oct 8, 6:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Maverick, Real and 1 more2 hr
Oct 8, 9:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Real, Val Verde3 hr
Oct 8, 11:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Maverick and 3 more3 hr
Oct 8, 11:56 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXUvalde49 min
Oct 8, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXUvalde44 min
Oct 8, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Hays58 min
Oct 8, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXCaldwell, Hays55 min
Oct 8, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe54 min

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.