Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2005, 8:12 PM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2005, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2005, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bexar County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | San Antonio, TX | OVERBROOK DR AT MCNEEL CLOSED. |
| Jul 27, 9:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | San Antonio, TX | WURZBACH RD AT TIMBER HILL CLOSED. |
| Jul 27, 9:41 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | San Antonio, TX | LAVEN DR AT CULEBRA CLOSED. |
| Jul 27, 9:41 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | San Antonio, TX | PRUE RD AT WOODBRIDGE CLOSED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 2453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 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 280114
FFWEWX
TXC029-280415-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
812 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
BEXAR.
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 806 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* THE MOST HEAVILY IMPACTED AREA WILL BE THE WEST AND NORTHWESTERN
PORTIONS OF SAN ANTONIO. HOWEVER...FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AND FLASH FLOODING MAY IMPACT OTHER
AREAS OF BEXAR COUNTY.
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 2925 9880 2969 9881 2972 9878 2976 9855
2971 9844 2975 9842 2973 9835 2973 9835
2971 9838 2962 9836 2956 9826 2957 9826
2950 9819 2948 9813 2911 9842
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 280126
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
822 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005
TXC029-280415-
BEXAR TX-
822 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR BEXAR
COUNTY...
AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING OVER WESTERN AND NORTH
WESTERN SAN ANTONIO. WHILE FLASH FLOODING IS MOST LIKELY IN THIS
AREA IT IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR OTHER AREAS IN BEXAR COUNTY TO
EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE
OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND
DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 2925 9880 2969 9881 2972 9878 2976 9855
2971 9844 2975 9842 2973 9836 2973 9835
2971 9838 2962 9836 2956 9826 2957 9826
2950 9819 2948 9813 2911 9842
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 280345
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1039 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005
TXC029-280415-
BEXAR TX-
1039 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR BEXAR
COUNTY...
THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAINFALL OVER BEXAR COUNTY HAS ENDED.
HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL STILL CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING IN SOME AREAS
OF WEST AND NORTHWEST BEXAR COUNTY. IN ADDITION...THERE ARE STILL
SOME ROADS CLOSED IN NORTHWEST SAN ANTONIO DUE TO FLOODING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION AS IT IS MORE
DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO DETERMINE IF ROADS ARE FLOODED. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS ROADS THAT ARE FLOODED. THE WATER DEPTH MAY
BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO PASS SAFELY.
LAT...LON 2925 9880 2969 9881 2972 9878 2976 9855
2971 9844 2975 9842 2973 9836 2973 9835
2971 9838 2962 9836 2956 9826 2957 9826
2950 9819 2948 9813 2911 9842
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.