Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jul 1, 2002, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 2002, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bexar County, TX

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000 
WGUS54 KEWX 020054
FFWSAT
TXC029-020500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
755 PM CDT MON JUL 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  BEXAR

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 754 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN
  OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN SAN ANTONIO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.  
  RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4.5 INCHES PER HOUR. 

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...
  ALAMO HEIGHTS
  HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE
  HOLLYWOOD PARK
  WINDCREST
  CONVERSE
  SHAVANO PARK
  BALCONES HEIGHTS
  CASTLE HILLS
  OLMOS PARK

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN OLMOS CREEK...LEON CREEK...SALADO 
CREEK...APACHE CREEK...ZARZOMORA CREEK AND THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER.  
THEY WILL BE IN FLOOD CONDITIONS AT LEAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 

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.

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.

LAT...LON 2942 9879 2932 9840 2951 9821 2967 9840
          2973 9840 2972 9844 2975 9860 2971 9880

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 020222
FFSSAT
TXC029-020300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
923 PM CDT MON JUL 1 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BEXAR COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT 
CDT...

AT 920 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN 
BEXAR COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3.5 INCHES 
PER HOUR WAS BETWEEN THE DOMINION AND STONE OAK.  ELSEWHERE ACROSS 
NORTHERN BEXAR COUNTY...RAINFALL RATES WERE BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE 
INCH PER HOUR.  

THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE DRIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH AND WERE 
DECREASING.  HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO 
REDEVLOP ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF BEXAR COUNTY.   

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING 
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BEXAR COUNTY.  

A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSSUED FOR LEON CREEK...SALADO 
CREEK...OLMOS CREEK...AND APACHE CREEK.  MAJOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED 
ON THESE CREEKS. 

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED.  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.