Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2003, 4:44 PM 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 23, 2003, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2003, 6:45 PM 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
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 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
- 3092 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 232147 CCA FFWSAT TXC465-232345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 444 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... VAL VERDE * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 444 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM CELL ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF JUNO MOVING LITTLE. RAINFALL RATES OF NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOU WERE INDICATED IN THIS STORM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 3002 10108 2989 10094 2964 10114 2994 10140 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KEWX 232214 FFSSAT TXC465-232315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 515 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 510 PM RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED JUST WEST OF JUNO AND EXTENDED NORTHWEST TO NEAR PANDALE. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WERE OCCURRING WITHIN THESE STORMS. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED ON THE STORM CELL JUST NORTHWEST OF PANDALE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS..COUNTRY ROADS..NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS..AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 54 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.