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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2003, 4:10 PM CDT for Kerr County, Real 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
- Aug 9, 2003, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2003, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 2504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KEWX 092113 FFWSAT TXC265-385-100015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 410 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... KERR REAL * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 410 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES NORTH OF LEAKEY TO NEAR LOST MAPLES STATE PARK TO 5 MILES WEST OF KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER ON ROADWAYS. * THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...RURAL REAL COUNTY AT 420 PM 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. LAT...LON 3002 9995 2969 9996 2968 9973 3009 9955 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 092258 FFSSAT TXC265-385-100015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 548 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KERR AND REAL COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM MOUNTAIN HOME TO HUNT TO INGRAM TO JUST WEST OF KERRVILLE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ANYWHERE FROM 1.5 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS EXTENDING FROM NORTH CENTRAL REAL TO CENTRAL KERR COUNTY. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS REAL COUNTY...HEAVY RAINS FROM EARLIER COULD CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE CAUSING LOW LYING FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 092341 FFSSAT TXC265-385-100015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 640 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KERR AND REAL COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... THE RAINS OVER REAL COUNTY HAVE ENDED. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED A SWATH OF 2 TO 4 INCH RAINS ACROSS REAL COUNTY FROM CAMP WOOD NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL REAL COUNTY. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME EASTERN KERR COUNTY IS PRODUCING RAIN AT 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. PREVIOUS RAINS HAVE PRODUCED AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM INGRAM TO CAMP VERDE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS..COUNTRY ROADS 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. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 092350 FFSSAT TXC265-385-100015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 650 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KERR AND REAL COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL IS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ENDED...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 59 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.