Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2005, 12:20 PM CDT for 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
- Jul 23, 2005, 12:20 PM CDT (17:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2005, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Real County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 929 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 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 231721 FFWEWX TXC385-232015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1220 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... REAL * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 1218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL REAL COUNTY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. 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 2968 9996 2968 9968 3001 9976 3004 9997 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 231901 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 159 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 TXC385-232015- REAL TX- 159 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR REAL COUNTY... AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN REAL COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED...BUT THE THREAT FOR WATER TO RUN OFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL CONTINUES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2968 9996 2968 9968 3001 9976 3004 9997 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 232023 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 322 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 TXC385-232032- REAL TX- 322 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REAL COUNTY EXPIRED AT 315 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL OVER REAL COUNTY. REMEMBER THAT WATER MAY STILL BE DRAINING AND RUNNING OFF FROM EARLIER STORMS. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IN LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSING. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2968 9996 2968 9968 3001 9976 3004 9997 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 12:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Llano | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 3 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.