Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2003, 9:27 AM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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 6, 2003, 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2003, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Val Verde County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 696 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 061433 FFWSAT TXC465-061630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 927 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... VAL VERDE * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 927 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN JUST SOUTH OF DEL RIO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO WILL TRAIN NORTHWARD ACROSS DEL RIO AND VAL VERDE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. * THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND... COMSTOCK AND LOMA ALTA. AREAS IN AND AROUND DEL RIO HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. PERSONS ALONG SAN FELIPE AND CIENEGAS CREEKS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATER. 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 2983 10174 2920 10080 3026 10072 3029 10173 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 061541 FFSSAT TXC465-061630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1031 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 1130 AM CDT... AT 1035 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST MEXICO TO JUST SOUTH OF DEL RIO. OTHER AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ARE FOUND NEAR COMSTOCK...LANGTRY AND PANDALE. THE ACTIVITY IS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT OF RISING WATER ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 061637 FFSSAT TXC465-061700- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1134 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS DECREASING 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 EXPIRED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 6, 4:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 4:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 402 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 WILL MAINTAIN FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY. PERSISTENT UPPER LOW HAS SHIFTED SLIGHTLY FURTHER WEST. MAIN CONVECTION HAS SHIFTED FURTHER WEST AS WELL WITH MORE CONVECTION MORE SCATTERED IN THE EAST. WILL GO WITH 60 POPS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER AND NEARBY PLAINS TO 30 FAR EAST. FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY, AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST, CHANCE POPS JUST ALONG THE RIVER WITH SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE AS SOME SUBSIDENCE TAKES HOLD FROM APPROACHING TUTT LOW. FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED OR RECONFIGURED FOR TONIGHT AS SOILS MOISTEN ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. TEMPERATURES STILL REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE DUE CLOUDS AND RAIN. ON TUESDAY, UPPER LOW MOVES FAR WEST AS TUTT LOW MOVES TO TEXAS COAST. SLIGHT POPS WEST TO CHANCE EAST, THEN CHANCE POPS WEDNESDAY AS TUTT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS WITH SLIGHT CHANCE ON THURSDAY AS IT MOVES INTO MEXICO. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, UPPER RIDGE FINALLY APPEARS TO REGAIN CONTROL WITH ONLY SEABREEZE CONVECTION EXPECTED TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO SEASONAL AVERAGES, ALTHOUGH IN AREAS WHERE SOIL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED THEY WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW A CATEGORY OR SO. PRELIMS... AUS 090/073 092/074 093 32213 DRT 088/072 090/076 094 65412 SAT 088/074 090/075 092 52213 .EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 2130Z TODAY...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A MOUNTAIN HOME TO BANDERA TO CASTROVILLE TO PEARSALL LINE. 04/19
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 6:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNTAIN HOME TO PIPE CREEK...CASTROVILLE...PEARSALL AND CATARINA. THIS INCLUDES THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF DEL RIO. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BANDERA...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FRIO...KERR... KINNEY...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...UVALDE...VAL VERDE AND ZAVALA. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LOCATED TO THE WEST IS THE FOCUS FOR THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MEDINA...UVALDE...ZAVALA AND FRIO COUNTIES AND NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE DAY AT 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED AND ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCH POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. RAINFALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WILL DECREASE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM DRIFTS AWAY FROM THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde | 3 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.