Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 262, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 4, 2002, 2:59 PM CST for 12 counties in 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
- Nov 4, 2002, 2:59 PM CST (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2002, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Lee County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 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 042059
FFWSAT
TXC021-029-055-091-149-177-187-209-287-453-491-493-050045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
247 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
WILLIAMSON
TRAVIS
LEE
BASTROP
HAYS
FAYETTE
CALDWELL
COMAL
GUADALUPE
GONZALES
BEXAR
WILSON
* UNTIL 645 PM CST
* AT 247 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROAD BAND OF HEAVY
RAIN EAST OF THE ESCARPMENT. RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED NEAR ONE
INCH AN HOUR FROM SAN ANTONIO TO LOCKHART TO AUSTIN AND GIDDINGS.
THIS AREA OF RAIN HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST HOUR. LEON AND
SALADO CREEKS IN BEXAR COUNTY WILL BE DANGEROUS DURING RUSH HOUR.
MANY AREAS CREEKS, SUCH AS GERONIMO, ONION AND WILLIAMSON CREEKS,
ARE RISING. SEVERAL ROADS IN HAYS COUNTY HAVE BEEN CLOSED. A CO OP
WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED WATER OF FARM ROAD 302 NEAR COUPLAND.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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.
LAT...LON 2951 9871 2891 9819 3005 9679 3086 9750
3045 97932 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 042201 FFSSAT TXC021-029-055-091-149-177-187-209-287-453-491-493-050045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 351 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...LEE... BASTROP...HAYS...FAYETTE...CALDWELL...COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES... BEXAR AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN... WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SAN ANTONIO TO AUSTIN AND GEORGETOWN...THEN EAST TO SCHULENBURG...GONZALES...AND FLORESVILLE. THE AREAS OF RAIN...WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. EACH WAVE OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY ADDITIONAL WAVES OF RAIN...ADDING TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN SOME AREAS. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AS OF 350 PM CST... WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OVER PARTS OF WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...LEE...BASTROP...HAYS...FAYETTE... CALDWELL...COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES...BEXAR AND WILSON COUNTIES. SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN AS OF 350 PM CST TODAY. THE COLD...DAMP RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LEON AND SALADO CREEKS IN BEXAR COUNTY WILL BE DANGEROUS DURING RUSH HOUR. MANY AREAS CREEKS, SUCH AS GERONIMO, ONION AND WILLIAMSON CREEKS, ARE RISING. SEVERAL ROADS IN HAYS COUNTY HAVE BEEN CLOSED. A COOP WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED WATER OVER FARM ROAD 302 NEAR COUPLAND...AND THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED FLOODED ROADS IN BASTROP COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINS IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS 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 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. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE COASTAL PRAIRIES AND THE I-35 CORRIDOR. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ATASCOSA...BASTROP...BEXAR...CALDWELL...COMAL...DEWITT...FAYETTE... GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...LAVACA...LEE...TRAVIS... WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.
000 WGUS74 KEWX 042358 FFSSAT TXC021-029-055-091-149-177-187-209-287-453-491-493-050045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 555 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...LEE... BASTROP...HAYS...FAYETTE...CALDWELL...COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES... BEXAR AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS FROM SAN ANTONIO AND GEORGETOWN EASTWARD TO HALLETTSVILLE AND LEXINGTON. RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH AND HOUR WITH NEAR 1 INCH AN HOUR RATES IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...MUCH OF THE CURRENT RAINFALL IS RUNNING OFF INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS 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 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. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE COASTAL PRAIRIES AND THE I-35 CORRIDOR. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ATASCOSA... BASTROP... BEXAR... CALDWELL... COMAL... DEWITT... FAYETTE... GONZALES... GUADALUPE... HAYS... KARNES... LAVACA... LEE... TRAVIS... WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.
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, 12:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 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 |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.