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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 8, 2002Atascosa County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 8, 2002, 4:13 AM CDT for Atascosa County, 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
Apr 8, 2002, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2002, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Atascosa County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2444 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 080913
FFWSAT
TXC013-081300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
412 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ATASCOSA

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 412 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN
  15 MILES WEST OF POTEET...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVINE...  
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...
  OVER POTEET AT 425 AM
  7 MILES NORTH OF PLEASANTON AT 435 AM

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...
  POTEET
  PLEASANTON

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING OVER THE 
NORTHERN HALF OF ATASCOSA COUNTY WITH MOST OF THE RAINS FALLING 
SINCE 11 PM SUNDAY EVENING. URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN 
THE POTEET AND PLEASANTON AREAS. RURAL FLOODING OF SECONDARY 
ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS ALSO LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ALONG 
THE ATASCOSA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.  

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 2923 9878 2885 9880 2885 9819 2912 9847

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXUvalde57 min
Apr 7, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXMedina66 min
Apr 7, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFrio54 min
Apr 7, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXMedina31 min
Apr 7, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays46 min
Apr 7, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFrio61 min
Apr 7, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal24 min
Apr 7, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa65 min
Apr 7, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXWilson57 min
Apr 7, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio59 min
Apr 7, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson60 min
Apr 7, 10:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFrio3 hr
Apr 7, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio59 min
Apr 7, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde53 min
Apr 7, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales65 min
Apr 7, 11:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa6 hr
Apr 7, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson6 hr
Apr 7, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio46 min
Apr 7, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa38 min
Apr 7, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar46 min
Apr 8, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson54 min
Apr 8, 12:13 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa62 min
Apr 8, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio37 min
Apr 8, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina, Uvalde, Zavala59 min
Apr 8, 12:54 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXFrio36 min
Apr 8, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kendall50 min
Apr 8, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson45 min
Apr 8, 1:20 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio, Medina55 min
Apr 8, 1:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina111 min
Apr 8, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar60 min
Apr 8, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe40 min
Apr 8, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Gonzales40 min
Apr 8, 2:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe3 hr
Apr 8, 2:13 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXBexar, Wilson47 min
Apr 8, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell59 min
Apr 8, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe51 min
Apr 8, 3:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXCaldwell2 hr
Apr 8, 3:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina2 hr
Apr 8, 3:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina117 min
Apr 8, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina41 min
Apr 8, 4:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe2 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.