Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2003, 1:26 PM CDT for Frio County, Zavala 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
- Jul 5, 2003, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2003, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Frio County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 476 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 051833
FFWSAT
TXC163-507-052130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
126 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
FRIO
ZAVALA
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 126 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN
FROM CRYSTAL CITY TO LA PRYOR TO BATESVILLE TO FRIO AND MOORE.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE
EARLY THIS MORNING NEAR FRIO TOWN. ADDITIONAL WAVES OF
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING UP FROM DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WHICH WILL
ONLY AGGRAVATE FLASH FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 2873 10002 2870 9943 2868 9888 2906 9889
2906 10005
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 113 min |
| Jul 5, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 4 hr |
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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.