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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 4, 2005Kendall County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2005, 7:22 PM CDT for Kendall County, Texas. It was in force for 113 min. 1 report 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
Aug 4, 2005, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kendall County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 4, 7:42 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD13 Sse Fredericksburg, TXHIGHWAYS 1376 AND 1888 IN SOUTHERN GILLESPIE AND IN NORTHERN KENDALL COUNTY ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2003 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 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
2003 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 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 050022
FFWEWX
TXC259-050215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  KENDALL

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  SISTERDALE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF COMFORT. THE STORM PRODUCING
  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BANKERSMITH.

LAT...LON 2991 9876 2997 9846 3009 9855 3013 9861
      3013 9885

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KEWX 050115
FFSEWX

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

TXC259-050215-
KENDALL TX-
812 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR KENDALL
COUNTY...

AT 806 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN 
HALF OF THE COUNTY...BETWEEN BOERNE AND KENDALIA RAINFALL RATES OF 1
TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WERE INDICATED.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SISTERDALE...KENDALIA AND
BANKERSMITH.

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 2979 9864 2994 9844 3009 9855 3013 9861
      3013 9885

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 7:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie2 hr
Aug 4, 9:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall82 min
Aug 5, 12:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson2 hr
Aug 5, 7:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson3 hr
Aug 5, 8:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet117 min
Aug 5, 12:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney, Real3 hr
Aug 5, 1:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt3 hr
Aug 5, 1:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 hr
Aug 5, 2:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Aug 5, 2:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Medina3 hr
Aug 5, 2:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde3 hr
Aug 5, 4:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales118 min
Aug 5, 5:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette3 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.