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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 30, 2002Bastrop County, Travis County, Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2002, 7:46 AM CDT for Bastrop County, Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 30, 2002, 7:46 AM CDT (12:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2002, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 276 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -110 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-41 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.

136 
WGUS54 KEWX 301246
FFWSAT
TXC021-453-491-301700-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  WILLIAMSON
  TRAVIS
  BASTROP

* UNTIL 1200 PM CDT

RAINS TRIGGERED BY AN UPPER AIR LOW INTERACTING WITH TROPICAL
MOISTURE PRODUCED 2.2 INCHES OF RAIN AT CAMP MABRY OVERNIGHT.  
ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING.


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. 

LAT...LON
3008 9775 3015 9769 2985 9730 3013 9711
          3041 9738 3055 9723 3081 9751 3090 9783
          3061 9802 3038 9810





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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, 6:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera3 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, 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.