Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 2003, 2:29 PM CST for Kerr 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, 2:29 PM CST (20:29 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 Kerr County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 222030
FFWSAT
TXC265-222330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
229 PM CST SAT MAR 22 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
KERR
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 229 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN
7 MILES WEST OF HUNT...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF KERRVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.
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 3000 9952 3014 9946 3002 9893 2979 9893
2992 9922 2992 9940
$$3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 222050 FFSSAT TXC265-222245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 247 PM CST SAT MAR 22 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KERR COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CST... CAMP VERDE...CENTER POINT...HUNT...INGRAM...KERRVILLE STATE PARK AND KERRVILLE ARE INCLUDED IN THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM NEAR KERRVILLE...WITH OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING WEST BEYOND HUNT. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS..COUNTRY ROADS..NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS..AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 222124 FFSSAT TXC265-222315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 314 PM CST SAT MAR 22 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KERR COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATES FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NORTH OF KERRVILLE IN THE PAST HOUR...WITH AREAWIDE TOTALS ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH FROM HUNT TO KERRVILLE. AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RESPONDING TO THE RUNOFF AT THIS TIME. 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. 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. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 222158 FFSSAT TXC265-230000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 357 PM CST SAT MAR 22 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KERR COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CST... RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER EASTERN KERR COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM HUNT TO KERRVILLE AVERAGE ONE INCH WITH SPOTTY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES NORTH OF KERRVILLE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS..COUNTRY ROADS..NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS..AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
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, 2:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 3 hr |
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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.