Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2003, 2:15 AM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
- May 26, 2003, 2:15 AM CDT (07:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2003, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Edwards County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 2132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KEWX 260722 FFWSAT TXC137-260915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 215 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... EDWARDS * UNTIL 415 AM CDT * AT 215 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR BARKSDALE IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 INCHES OF RAIN. 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 3026 10064 2964 10061 2963 10008 3027 10001 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KEWX 260827 FFSSAT TXC137-260930- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 323 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDWARDS COUNTY UNTIL 415 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS IS STILL A THREAT TO ENHANCE FLASH FLOODING. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF EDWARDS COUNTY... PARTICULARLY NEAR BARKSDALE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER IN AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 25, 9:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 9:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 925 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003 UPDATING FORECAST TO INCREASE 1ST PERIOD POPS...MAINLY ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY INCLUDING VAL VERDE COUNTY BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS AND POSITION/PROGRESSION OF SURFACE BOUNDARY. MUCH NEEDED RAIN ON THE WAY...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE HILL COUNTRY MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. 11/01/23 PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOOTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT WITH OVERRUNNING COMMENCING IMMEDIATELY. PERTURBATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL NOSE SOUTHWEST THROUGH TEXAS WHILE THE UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES PUSHES A PACIFIC FRONT INTO WEST TEXAS. CHANCES OF OVERRUNNING RAIN GOING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE THE EASTERN U.S. TROUGH REORIENT ITSELF TOWARD THE GULF COAST AND THE UPPER RIDGE REGAINS CONTROL OF THE ROCKIES TUESDAY. MOST PRECIP SHUD BE CONFINED TO THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES TUESDAY WITH DECREASING CLOUDINESS OVER NORTHEAST COUNTIES. THE UPPER HIGH CENTER DRIFTS OVER NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AND GETS SQUASHED SOUTH AGAIN AS THE FLOW BECOMES ZONAL. SO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH TEMPS NEAR OR BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS. ATMOS DRYING OVER NORTHEAST COUNTIES WEDNESDAY. POSSIBLE MCS DROPPING SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT. UPPER HIGH MAY BE STRONG ENUF FRIDAY TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION BUT ISOLATED CHANCES OUT WEST REMAIN A POSSIBILITY WITH THE SIERRAS NEAR BY. ANOTHER UPPER LOW IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM DUE TO IMPACT WEATHER NEXT WEEKEND SO WILL KEEP LOW POPS AT THIS TIME. PRELIMS NUMBERS... AUS 65 82 64 83 60 55520 DRT 70 85 70 88 67 66552 SAT 67 86 67 86 61 55530 .EWX...NONE. 06/04/JB
Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 6:00 AM CDT, 20 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMSTOCK TO ROCKSPRINGS TO LEAKEY TO KERRVILLE TO BOERNE TO BLANCO TO AUSTIN AND TAYLOR. STORMS FORMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUING INTO THE LATE NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO WIND AND HAIL...SPOTTY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE STORMS. SOME AREAS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A COOL FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AND BECOME STATIONARY NEAR THE COASTAL PLAINS ON MONDAY. AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES APPROACH FROM THE WEST TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN. LITTLE OR NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED AGAIN ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 2 hr |
| May 26, 12:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 2 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.