Flash Flood Warning 260, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Nov 4, 2002, 1:30 PM CST (19:30 UTC)

Expired

Nov 4, 2002, 4:00 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Caldwell County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KEWX 041930
FFWSAT
TXC021-055-042200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
127 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  BASTROP
  CALDWELL

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 127 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF 
MODERATE RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER PARTS OF CALDWELL AND BASTROP
COUNTIES.  THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  
THE RAIN WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  

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.

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 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 2988 9780 2971 9763 3008 9709 3032 9732

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.

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.