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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 4, 2005Edwards County, Real County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2005, 1:01 PM CDT for Edwards County, 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
Aug 4, 2005, 1:01 PM CDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Edwards County, TX, Real County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2005-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 983 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 2005-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
983 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 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 041804
FFWEWX
TXC137-385-042100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
101 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  EDWARDS
  REAL

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 1254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST EDWARDS COUNTY NEAR
  BARKSDALE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...
COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
PERSONS ALONG THE NUECES RIVER NEAR CAMP WOOD SHOULD WATCH FOR A
RISE ON THE RIVER.

LAT...LON 2967 9981 2985 9987 3023 10015 2968 10049

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KEWX 041926
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
225 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005

TXC137-385-042100-
EDWARDS TX-REAL TX-
225 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR REAL AND
EDWARDS COUNTIES...

AT 220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENING AND BUILDING TOWARDS THE WEST 
INTO VAL VERDE COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE NEAR CARTA VALLEY 
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST.  RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL 
CONTINUE TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS.    

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie114 min
Aug 4, 2:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 hr
Aug 4, 4:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde2 hr
Aug 4, 5:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson117 min
Aug 4, 5:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet2 hr
Aug 4, 6:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie117 min

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.