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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2003, 4:32 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 118 min. 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 13, 2003, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Val Verde County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 3986 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KEWX 132134 FFWSAT TXC465-132330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 432 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... VAL VERDE * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 432 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN FORMING IN THE DEL RIO AREA...FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT IS FORMING WEST OF DEL RIO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED IN THE DEL RIO AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR...CAUSING FLOODING AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS...WHERE FLOODING IS LIKELY...AND OTHER ROADS IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. LAT...LON 2967 10115 2922 10074 2941 10074 2964 10079 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 132156 FFSSAT TXC465-142330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 454 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM. AREAS OF RAIN...FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUES TO FORM NOT ONLY IN THE DEL RIO AREA...ALSO TO THE NORTH...WEST AND SOUTH OF DEL RIO. AREAS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES... IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PART OF VAL VERDE COUNTY AND DEL RIO THROUGH 630 PM. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR ROADS THAT PASS INTO LOW LYING AREAS...WHERE FLOODING IS LIKELY FROM RUNOFF WHERE HEAVY RAINS FALL. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 132202 FFSSAT TXC465-142330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 501 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM. AREAS OF RAIN...FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUES TO FORM NOT ONLY IN THE DEL RIO AREA...ALSO TO THE NORTH...WEST AND SOUTH OF DEL RIO. AREAS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES... IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PART OF VAL VERDE COUNTY AND DEL RIO THROUGH 630 PM. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE DEL RIO AREA...ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR ROADS THAT PASS INTO LOW LYING AREAS...WHERE FLOODING IS LIKELY FROM RUNOFF WHERE HEAVY RAINS FALL. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 132245 FFSSAT TXC465-132330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 544 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ENDED...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kendall | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 73 min |
| Jun 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 56 min |
| Jun 13, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 6:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Hays and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 54 min |
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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.