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Flash Flood Warning 264, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 4, 2002, 9:44 PM CST for 8 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, 9:44 PM CST (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2002, 12:45 AM 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, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 345 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 050344
FFWSAT
TXC021-055-123-149-177-187-285-287-050645-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
944 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
BASTROP
FAYETTE
CALDWELL
GUADALUPE
GONZALES
LAVACA
DEWITT
* UNTIL 1245 AM CST
* AT 939 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN
AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM YORKTOWN TO
SEGUIN TO LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF
ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WERE NOTED.
ESPECIALLY IMPACTED WILL BE CEDAR AND WILBARGER CREEK IN BASTROP
COUNTY...PLUM CREEK IN CALDWELL COUNTY...AS WELL AS TRIBUTARIES THAT
FEED INTO THE GUADALUPE RIVER FROM NEAR SEGUIN SOUTHEAST AND THE
COLORADO RIVER FROM UTLEY SOUTHEAST.
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 2967 9810 2889 9730 2937 9664 2998 9663
3059 97002 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 050549 FFSSAT TXC021-055-123-149-177-187-285-287-050645- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1141 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEE...BASTROP...FAYETTE... CALDWELL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES...LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CST... SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO YOAKUM. RAINFALL RATES WERE AVERAGING AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH AN HOUR. RUNOFF FROM RAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. ALSO FARM TO MARKET ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE SUBJECT TO 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. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BASTROP... BEXAR... CALDWELL... DEWITT... FAYETTE... GONZALES... GUADALUPE... KARNES... LAVACA... LEE... AND WILSON.
000 WGUS74 KEWX 050551 CCA FFSSAT TXC021-055-123-149-177-187-285-287-050645- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1141 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEE...BASTROP...FAYETTE... CALDWELL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES...LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CST... SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO YOAKUM. RAINFALL RATES WERE AVERAGING AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH AN HOUR. RUNOFF FROM RAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. ALSO FARM TO MARKET ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE SUBJECT TO 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. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BASTROP... CALDWELL... DEWITT... FAYETTE... GONZALES... GUADALUPE... KARNES... LAVACA... LEE... 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, 6:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, DeWitt, Fayette and 8 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.