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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 29, 20054 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2005, 8:25 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 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
May 29, 2005, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeWitt County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 788 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-303 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 300128
FFWEWX
TXC123-177-255-285-300530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
825 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  GONZALES
  LAVACA
  DEWITT
  KARNES

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA. INDIVIDUAL STORM MOVENT IS GENERALLY EAST AT LESS 
  THAN 15 MPH FOR MANY OF THESE STORMS...AND THIS WILL RESULT IN
  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PALMETO...HOCHHEIM...
  YOAKUM...SHINER...WAELDER...MOULTON...EZZELL...HALLETTSVILLE...
  SPEAKS AND SUBLIME.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

LAT...LON 2907 9693 2911 9699 2887 9730 2892 9744
      2867 9778 2867 9785 2872 9791 2869 9800
      2887 9817 2923 9772 2936 9786 2963 9765
      2978 9732 2963 9714 2963 9687 2935 9658

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes47 min
May 29, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales42 min
May 29, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis31 min
May 29, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays, Travis38 min
May 29, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal54 min
May 29, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson62 min
May 29, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays, Travis32 min
May 29, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal, Hays, Travis3 hr
May 29, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde18 min
May 29, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina66 min
May 29, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina28 min
May 30, 1:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.