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Flash Flood Warning 263, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 4, 2002, 6:44 PM CST for 14 counties in 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2002, 6:44 PM CST (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2002, 9:45 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, Bexar County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 325 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
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 050044
FFWSAT
TXC021-029-055-091-123-149-177-187-209-285-287-453-491-493-050345-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
644 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
LAVACA
WILSON
DEWITT
* UNTIL 945 PM CST
* AT 638 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPEAD RAIN
WITH SCATTERED HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS EAST OF I-35 FROM SAN ANTONIO TO
AUSTIN TO GRANGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF
ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE NOTED.
WEST OF I-35...ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS NOTED...HOWEVER...STREAMS...
ESPECIALLY THE SALADO...COMAL...AND ONION CREEK WATERSHED WILL
CONTINUE TO RUN FULL AND HIGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
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.
LAT...LON 2930 9872 2897 9819 2927 9774 2895 9734
2934 9663 2968 9692 3001 9658 3025 9662
3079 97471 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KEWX 050139 FFSSAT TXC021-029-055-091-123-149-177-187-209-285-287-453-491-493-050345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 735 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...LEE... BASTROP...HAYS...FAYETTE...CALDWELL...COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES... BEXAR...LAVACA...WILSON AND DEWITT COUNTIES UNTIL 945 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. RAIN AND SHOWERS HAVE CONTINUED TO TRAIN NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED FROM ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AN HOUR IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...MUCH OF THE CURRENT RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...FARM TO MARKET 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, 9:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe and 2 more | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.