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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2005, 1:43 PM CDT for 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 6, 2005, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 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), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1059 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 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 061851 FFWEWX TXC385-062145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 143 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... REAL * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWEST REAL COUNTY EAST OF FM335. * THIS STORM IS STATIONARY WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS RAIN IS FALLEN INTO THE EAST PRONG OF THE NUECES RIVER. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 2970 10003 2970 9969 2997 9974 3001 9993 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 061935 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 232 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 TXC385-062145- REAL TX- 232 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR REAL COUNTY... AT 221 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE FALLING OVER THE EAST PRONG OF THE NUECES RIVER. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2970 10003 2970 9969 2997 9974 3001 9993 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 062030 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 330 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 TXC385-062145- REAL TX- 330 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR REAL COUNTY... AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER REAL COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES LOCATED OVER HIGHWAY 83 AND FM337 AND NEAR THE TOWN OF LEAKEY. HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTY ROAD. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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 2970 10003 2970 9969 2997 9974 3001 9993 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 062148 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 446 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 TXC385-062156- REAL TX- 446 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REAL COUNTY EXPIRED AT 445 PM CDT... ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS REAL COUNTY. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR WATER THAT IS DRAINING FROM EARLIER STORMS. CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY STILL BE FLOWING RAPIDLY AND SHOULD NOT BE CROSSED. LOW WATER CROSSING MAY ALSO STILL BE FLOODED. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2970 10003 2970 9969 2997 9974 3001 9993 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 5:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| 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 |
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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.