Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2005, 5:18 AM CDT for Val Verde 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 6, 2005, 5:18 AM CDT (10:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2005, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 061019 FFWEWX TXC465-061315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 518 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... VAL VERDE * UNTIL 815 AM CDT * AT 510 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CITY OF DEL RIO ALONG SAN FELIPE CREEK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE 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. LAT...LON 2946 10105 2928 10077 2965 10071 2971 10098 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 061108 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 606 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 TXC465-061315- VAL VERDE TX- 606 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY... AT 603 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NORTH OF DEL RIO TO LOMA ALTA ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 277. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED. THE THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2946 10105 2928 10077 2965 10071 2971 10098 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 061204 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 701 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 TXC465-061315- VAL VERDE TX- 701 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY... AT 657 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF NEAR 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED ALONG THE SYCAMORE CREEK AND WEST FORK OF THE SYCAMORE CREEK NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO. THESE WERE ALONG FM 2523. 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 2946 10105 2928 10077 2965 10071 2971 10098 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 101 min |
| Aug 6, 1:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 3 hr |
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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.