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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 3, 2005Real County, Texas

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 931 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 3:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKinney, Uvalde3 hr
Aug 3, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards62 min
Aug 3, 4:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde2 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.