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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2005, 9:48 AM CDT for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 117 min. 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 9, 2005, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2005, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lee County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 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 091450 FFWEWX TXC287-091645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 948 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... LEE * UNTIL 1145 AM CDT * AT 948 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN LEE COUNTY ALONG COUNTY ROADS...619...696...112 AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 77. MOVEMENT OF THE RAINFALL WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TANGLEWOOD. 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 3040 9726 3019 9699 3028 9673 3054 9697 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 091539 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1037 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 TXC287-091645- LEE TX- 1037 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR LEE COUNTY... AT 1036 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN LEE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 112 AND HIGHWAY 77. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TANGLEWOOD AND LEXINGTON. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3040 9726 3019 9699 3028 9673 3054 9697 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 091623 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1120 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 TXC287-091630- LEE TX- 1120 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LEE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WAS LOCATED OVER LEE COUNTY HAS MOVED NORTHEAST AND OUT OF LEE COUNTY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...REMEMBER... TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3040 9726 3019 9699 3028 9673 3054 9697 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 82 min |
| Aug 9, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 82 min |
| Aug 9, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Maverick | 3 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.