Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 258, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 4, 2002, 12:31 PM CST for 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2002, 12:31 PM CST (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2002, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 282 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1359 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KEWX 041831 FFWSAT TXC287-042130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1227 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... LEE * UNTIL 330 PM CST * AT 1227 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS SPREADING ACROSS LEE COUNTY. CLOSE TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR COUPLAND SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING. THE NEAR CONTINUOUS RAINS HAVE CAUSED CREEKS TO RUN FULL WITH WATER FLOWING OVER SOME ROADS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 041937 FFSSAT TXC287-042130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 135 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CST... WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS RAIN AND SHOWERS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS LEE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 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 042013 FFSSAT TXC021-055-149-187-209-287-453-042200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 207 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TRAVIS AND HAYS COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CST... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BASTROP...CALDWELL...AND FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN... WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF BASTROP...CALDWELL...FAYETTE...HAYS...LEE...AND TRAVIS COUNTIES. THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE...MAKING FOR A DAMP AND COLD AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING ON STREETS AND ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS 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. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 12:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| Nov 4, 12:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 2 hr |
| Nov 4, 1:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Nov 4, 1:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 2 hr |
| Nov 4, 2:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Fayette, Gonzales and 6 more | 4 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.