Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2005, 6:32 PM CDT for Bandera County, Gillespie County, Kerr 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
- Jul 16, 2005, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bandera County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kerr County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1033 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 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 162332
FFWEWX
TXC019-171-265-170230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
632 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
GILLESPIE
KERR
BANDERA
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WILLOW CITY...MOUNTAIN HOME...
MEDINA...KERRVILLE...KERRVILLE STATE PARK...KERR WILDLIFE MGMT
AREA...INGRAM...HUNT...FREDERICKSBURG...CENTER POINT...CAMP VERDE
AND BANDERA.
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 2968 9955 2968 9897 3012 9899 3045 9863
3045 9924 3022 9924 3022 9967 2998 9960
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 170121
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
821 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005
TXC019-171-265-170230-
GILLESPIE TX-KERR TX-BANDERA TX-
821 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR BANDERA...
KERR AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES...
AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE
WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED INTO KERR AND GILLESPIE
COUNTIES AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WILLOW CITY...MOUNTAIN HOME AND
FREDERICKSBURG.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE
OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND
DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 2968 9955 2968 9897 3012 9899 3045 9863
3045 9924 3022 9924 3022 9967 2998 9960
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 170237
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
936 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005
TXC019-171-265-170246-
GILLESPIE TX-KERR TX-BANDERA TX-
932 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BANDERA...KERR AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES
EXPIRED AT 930 PM CDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF GILLESPIE COUNTY. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KERR AND MOST OF
GILLESPIE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE LIGHT...WITH AMOUNTS
OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. REMEMBER...THAT FLOODING MAY STILL
BE OCCURRING IN LOW LYING AREAS OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOU
ENCOUNTER WATER OVER THE ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 2968 9955 2968 9897 3012 9899 3045 9863
3045 9924 3022 9924 3022 9967 2998 9960
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 9:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.