Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 6:10 AM CDT for Kinney County, Uvalde 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 15, 2003, 6:10 AM CDT (11:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kinney County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 3317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KEWX 151111 FFWSAT TXC271-463-151400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 610 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... UVALDE KINNEY * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 609 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER MUCH OF UVALDE AND KINNEY COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIER STORMS. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL FLOOD THE NEXT FEW HOURS FLOODING SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW BRIDGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CARE AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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. 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 2959 10065 2909 10061 2912 9946 2961 9947 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 151318 FFSSAT TXC137-271-385-463-151400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 815 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDWARDS...REAL...UVALDE AND KINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IS EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY TODAY... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAIN WAS SLOWLY WEAKENING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO INCH PER HOUR WERE STILL INDICATED BY RADAR...BUT DECREASING IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST HOUR. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 151409 FFSSAT TXC137-271-385-151500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 907 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EDWARDS...REAL AND KINNEY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH TODAY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR AND RESIDUAL FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ENDED AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 2:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 75 min |
| Jun 15, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Kendall | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 71 min |
| Jun 15, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 5:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 8:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 2 hr |
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.