Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2003, 7:55 PM CDT for Atascosa County, Guadalupe County, Wilson 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 13, 2003, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Atascosa County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 3720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 849 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KEWX 140057 FFWSAT TXC013-187-493-140400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 755 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... GUADALUPE WILSON ATASCOSA * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 755 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SEGUIN TO FLORESVILLE TO PLEASANTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND... LA VERNIA FLORESVILLE SUTHERLAND SPRINGS 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. LAT...LON 2966 9796 2878 9854 2877 9833 2959 9778 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 140106 FFSSAT TXC013-019-029-031-091-171-187-209-259-265-325-453-493-140230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 803 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TRAVIS...GILLESPIE...BLANCO... HAYS...KERR...KENDALL...COMAL...BANDERA...BEXAR...AND MEDINA COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GUADALUPE...WILSON...AND ATASCOSA COUNTYIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...UNDERPASSESS...DRAINAGE AREAS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 140231 FFSSAT TXC013-055-177-187-255-493-140430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 931 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CALDWELL... GONZALES...AND KARNES COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILSON... GUADALUPE...AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 931 PM...RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES... CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF ATASCOSA...WILSON...GUADALUPE... GONZALES...CALDWELL...AND KARNES COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 1.50 TO NEAR 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...NEAR UNDERPASSES... COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Frio | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 8:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Karnes | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 71 min |
| Jun 13, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 30 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.