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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2005, 3:54 AM CDT for Bexar County, Guadalupe County, Medina 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
- Jun 1, 2005, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2005, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bexar County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Medina County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 3659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEWX 010854
FFWEWX
TXC029-187-325-011100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
354 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
GUADALUPE
BEXAR
MEDINA
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT
* AT 355 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ZORN...WINDCREST...UNIVERSAL
CITY...TIMBERWOOD PARK...THE DOMINION...TERRELL HILLS...STAPLES...
ST. HEDWIG...SHAVANO PARK...SELMA...SEGUIN...SEA WORLD...SCHERTZ...
SAN ANTONIO...RIO MEDINA...OLMOS PARK...NEW BERLIN...MICO...
MCQUEENEY...MARION...LIVE OAK...LEON VALLEY...LEON SPRINGS...
LACKLAND AFB...KIRBY...KINGSBURY...HOLLYWOOD PARK...HILL COUNTRY
VILLAGE...HELOTES...GERONIMO...FAIR OAKS RANCH...CROSS MOUNTAIN...
CIBOLO...CHINA GROVE AND ALAMO HEIGHTS.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POORLY
DRAINED AREAS.
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE
OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND
DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 2909 9941 2962 9941 2962 9899 2955 9897
2972 9878 2976 9855 2973 9835 2967 9839
2959 9831 2968 9809 2985 9789 2965 9765
2938 9784 2939 9812 2944 9814 2911 9842
2925 9880 2909 9882
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KEWX 011001 RRA
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
500 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005
TXC029-187-325-011100-
GUADALUPE TX-BEXAR TX-MEDINA TX
500 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR MEDINA...
BEXAR AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES...
AT 454 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A BROAD BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING
ACROSS MEDINA..SOUTHERN BEXAR INTO GUADALUPE COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES
OF UP TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS
CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ZORN...WINDCREST...UNIVERSAL CITY...
TIMBERWOOD PARK...THE DOMINION...STAPLES...SHAVANO PARK...SELMA...
SEGUIN...SCHERTZ...MICO...MCQUEENEY...MARION...LIVE OAK...LEON
SPRINGS...KINGSBURY...HOLLYWOOD PARK...HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE...
HELOTES...GERONIMO...FAIR OAKS RANCH...CROSS MOUNTAIN AND CIBOLO.
THIS IS A SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION. PERSONS ARE URGED TO BE ALERT TO
RISING WATER PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS OR ACROSS LOW WATER
CROSSINGS.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POORLY
DRAINED AREAS.
LAT...LON 2909 9940 2962 9940 2962 9899 2955 9896
2972 9878 2976 9855 2973 9835 2967 9839
2959 9828 2968 9808 2984 9789 2964 9765
2939 9784 2940 9811 2944 9814 2913 9842
2926 9878 2909 9882
$$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 Jun 1, 3:00 AM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:00 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 3 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005 .DISCUSSION... MASSIVE MCS MOVING THROUGH THE STATE IS DROPPING COPIOUS RAIN. THIS WILL SUPPRESS DAYTIME HEATING AND KEEP TODAYS HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 85 TO 90 RANGE. GOOD SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL SLIDE ON THROUGH TODAY. THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS REBUILDING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WITH A SUBSIDENT FLOW OVER US TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SLACK GRAIDENT AND WET GROUNDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF FOG THURSDAY MORNING. THE NEXT VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS DUE FRIDAY. TIMING UNSURE AS ALL MODELS HAVE DIFFERING LONGITUDINAL POSITIONS. COULD BE AS EARLY AS FRIDAY MORNING OR LATE AS FRIDAY NIGHT. EITHER WAY, GOOD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS THE DRY LINE WILL BE CLOSE BY FOR STORM INITIATION. UPPER HEIGHTS GRADUALLY INCREASE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH MINOR DISTURBANCES CONTINUING TO FLOW EAST ACROSS TEXAS. A DIFLUENT UPPER FLOW DEVELOPS OVER WEST TEXAS NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL LIMIT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO EVENING HOURS MAINLY WESTERN MOST COUNTIES. TODAYS POPS HIGHER THIS MORNING THEN DROP TO 10%-20% THIS AFTERNOON. POPS INCREASE FRIDAY WITH THE NEXT STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH. WILL GO LOWER THAN MOS ON FRI MIN TEMPS, EXPECTING ANOTHER MCS WILL DEVELOP. OTHERWISE TEMPS REMAIN IN THE SEASONAL RANGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 90 74 91 74 / 60 10 10 20 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 89 72 90 74 / 60 10 10 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 95 75 97 76 / 40 0 0 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 90 74 91 75 / 50 10 10 20 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. && 06/02/JB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 11:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1159 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-010701- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DEWITT- DIMMIT-EDWARDS-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES- KENDALL-KERR-KINNEY-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MAVERICK-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS- UVALDE-VAL VERDE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-ZAVALA- 1159 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005 ...INCREASING CHANCEs FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT... ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM OVER WEST AND NORTH TEXAS...THAT IS PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS...WILL MOVE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AT 30 TO 35 MPH TO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS WILL CAUSE AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR MAINLY THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT TO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
Local storm report, Jun 1, 2:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
237 AM CDT WED JUN 01 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 AM HAIL KERRVILLE 30.04N 99.14W
06/01/2005 0.88 INCH KERR TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
JBPLocal storm report, Jun 1, 2:54 AM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
254 AM CDT WED JUN 01 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 AM HAIL 24 W MOUNTAIN HOME 30.17N 99.77W
06/01/2005 1.75 INCH EDWARDS TX AIRPLANE PILOT
OBSERVER LIVES ON THE KERR/EDWARDS CO LINE ON HWY83 20
MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION.
&&
JBPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 1:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Real | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 3:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kendall, Kerr, Real | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 3:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Medina | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 4:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 115 min |
| Jun 1, 4:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Medina | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 6:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Zavala | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 43 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.