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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2005, 3:29 PM CDT for Kinney County, Uvalde 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
- Aug 3, 2005, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kinney County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 931 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1348 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 032029 FFWEWX TXC271-463-032330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 329 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... UVALDE KINNEY * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MONTELL...BRACKETTVILLE AND ALAMO VILLAGE. 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 2909 10066 2909 9997 2962 9996 2961 10068 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 032052 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 349 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 TXC271-463-032330- UVALDE TX-KINNEY TX- 349 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR KINNEY AND UVALDE COUNTIES... AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF UVALDE AND SOUTHEAST OF BRACKETTVILLE. ESTIMATES OF OVER 1.5 OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THESE AREAS IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. MORE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH INTO WESTERN UVALDE COUNTY AND SECTIONS OF KINNEY COUNTY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MONTELL AND ALAMO VILLAGE. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2909 10066 2909 9997 2962 9996 2961 10068 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 032138 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 436 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 TXC271-463-032330- UVALDE TX-KINNEY TX- 436 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR KINNEY AND UVALDE COUNTIES... AT 426 PM CDT...MODERATE RAIN WAS SPREADING OVER CENTRAL UVALDE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS MORE THUNDERSTORM MOVE NORTH INTO UVALDE COUNTY. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MONTELL...KNIPPA...REAGAN WELLS...CONCAN...GARNER STATE PARK AND UTOPIA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2909 10066 2911 9956 2962 9953 2961 10068 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 032218 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 515 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 TXC271-463-032330- UVALDE TX-KINNEY TX- 515 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR KINNEY AND UVALDE COUNTIES... AT 507 PM CDT...THE RAINS OVER UVALDE COUNTY ARE DISSIPATING. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL PROLONG THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FOR THE NEXT HOUR. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE UTOPIA...REAGAN WELLS...MONTELL... GARNER STATE PARK...CONCAN AND ALAMO VILLAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2909 10066 2911 9956 2962 9953 2961 10068 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 4:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.