Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 19, 2005, 7:27 PM CST for Gonzales 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
- Mar 19, 2005, 7:27 PM CST (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2005, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gonzales County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1536 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEWX 200127
FFWEWX
TXC177-200430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
727 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
GONZALES
* UNTIL 1030 PM CST
* AT 726 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WAELDER AND GONZALES.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...
COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 2915 9762 2941 9725 2964 9721 2977 9732
2936 9783
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 200146
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
745 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005
TXC177-200430-
GONZALES TX-
745 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR GONZALES
COUNTY...
AT 743 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3
INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WAELDER AND GONZALES.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...
COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE
OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND
DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 2915 9762 2941 9725 2964 9721 2977 9732
2936 9783
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 200401
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1000 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005
TXC177-200430-
GONZALES TX-
1000 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR GONZALES
COUNTY...
AT 956 PM CST...RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS GONZALES COUNTY.
HOWEVER...FLOODING MAY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HALF HOUR OR SO DUE TO
RAINS EARLIER THIS EVENING.
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.
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 2915 9762 2941 9725 2964 9721 2977 9732
2936 9783
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 200432
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1030 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005
TXC177-200440-
GONZALES TX-
1030 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GONZALES COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1030 PM
CST...
AT 1030 PM CST...THE RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS GONZALES COUNTY AND
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING WAS LEFT TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IS
STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
LAT...LON 2915 9762 2941 9725 2964 9721 2977 9732
2936 9783
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 59 min |
| Mar 19, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 54 min |
| Mar 19, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 53 min |
| Mar 19, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 64 min |
| Mar 19, 7:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 62 min |
| Mar 19, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 9:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 29 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.