Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2005, 4:41 PM CDT for Real County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 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), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 032143
FFWEWX
TXC385-032345-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
441 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
REAL
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ALONG THE NUECES
RIVER BASIN IN REAL COUNTY NEAR BARKSDALE. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN TO
CONTINUE IN THE SAME AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR...WITH RUNOFF CONTINUING
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
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 2964 10001 2965 9984 3005 9972 3007 9996
2980 10002 2971 10003
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KEWX 032205
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
501 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005
TXC385-032345-
REAL TX-
501 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR REAL
COUNTY...
AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILE NORTH OF
BARKSDALE. THIS STORM HAS BEEN STATIONARY AND CONTINUAL
REDEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT HOUR. AN
ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVER THE
PAST 2 HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE
NEXT HOUR.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POORLY
DRAINED AREAS.
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE
OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND
DONT DROWN.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2964 10001 2965 9984 3005 9972 3007 9996
2980 10002 2971 10003
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 2 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.