Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2003, 4:33 AM CDT for Bandera 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
- Jun 10, 2003, 4:33 AM CDT (09:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2003, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bandera County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 2129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 100936 FFWSAT TXC019-101230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 433 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BANDERA * UNTIL 730 AM CDT * AT 433 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM BANDERA TO TARPLEY AND VANDERPOOL...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED. THIS RAIN WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOUR. THESE RAINS WILL AFFECT THE PIPE CREEK AND UPPER MEDINA RIVER WATERSHEDS. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 2992 9960 2966 9961 2964 9889 2991 9920 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KEWX 101136 FFSSAT TXC019-101330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 624 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BANDERA COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AREAWIDE OVER WESTERN BANDERA COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS FEEDING THE MEDINA RIVER. LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND COUNTRY ROADS..NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY BE FLOODED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 3:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 5:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 6:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 61 min |
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.