Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 2003, 2:26 PM CST for Real County, 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
- Mar 22, 2003, 2:26 PM CST (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2003, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Real County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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 222027
FFWSAT
TXC385-222330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
226 PM CST SAT MAR 22 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
REAL
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 226 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
LAT...LON 2989 9989 2984 9962 2964 9962 2963 9976
2976 9996
$$3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 222045 FFSSAT TXC385-222245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 243 PM CST SAT MAR 22 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR REAL COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR LEAKEY. RAINFALL RATES REMAIN NEAR ONE INCH AN HOUR. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS..COUNTRY ROADS..NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS..AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 222136 FFSSAT TXC385-222330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 335 PM CST SAT MAR 22 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR REAL COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CST... THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVES INTO SOUTHERN REAL COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES ESTIMATE BY DOPPLER RADARS REMAIN NEAR ONE INCH AN HOUR. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS..COUNTRY ROADS..NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS..AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 222200 FFSSAT TXC385-230000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 400 PM CST SAT MAR 22 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REAL COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ENDED...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 60 min |
| Mar 22, 2:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.