Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2005, 6:50 AM CDT for Bandera County, Kerr 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 10, 2005, 6:50 AM CDT (11:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2005, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bandera County, TX, Kerr County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 4008 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEWX 101150
FFWEWX
TXC019-265-101445-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
650 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
KERR
BANDERA
* UNTIL 945 AM CDT
* AT 645 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM AN UPPER LOW SYSTEM
ACROSS KERR AND BANDERA COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEAR ONE
AND ONE HALF INCH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES IN THE HEAVIER
THUNDERSTORMS. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MEDINA...LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...
KERRVILLE...KERRVILLE STATE PARK...KERR WILDLIFE MGMT AREA...
INGRAM...HUNT...CENTER POINT AND CAMP VERDE.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...
COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
LAT...LON 3013 9935 3012 9933 3011 9896 2971 9896
2968 9897 2969 9961 2991 9961 2992 9965
3013 9965
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 101214
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
712 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
TXC019-265-101445-
KERR TX-BANDERA TX-
712 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR BANDERA AND
KERR COUNTIES...
AT 710 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER
THE WARNED AREA.
MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID HIGHWAY 187 AS THE SABINAL RIVER MAY INUNDATE
THE ROADWAY. NEAR 2 AND A HALF INCH RAINFALL RATES PER HOUR WERE
OBSERVED ALONG NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SABINAL RIVER NORTH OF
VANDERPOOL AT 710 AM.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KERRVILLE...KERRVILLE STATE PARK...
KERR WILDLIFE MGMT AREA...INGRAM AND HUNT.
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE
OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND
DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3013 9935 3012 9933 3011 9896 2971 9896
2968 9897 2969 9961 2991 9961 2992 9965
3013 9965
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 101315
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
815 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
TXC019-265-101445-
KERR TX-BANDERA TX-
815 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR BANDERA AND
KERR COUNTIES...
AT 813 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER
BANDERA AND KERR COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINS CONTINUED ALONG
HIGHWAY 187 NEAR VANDERPOOL...FROM TARPLEY TO MEDINA TO NEAR CAMP
VERDE...AND BETWEEN KERRVILLE AND COMFORT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KERRVILLE...KERRVILLE STATE PARK...
KERR WILDLIFE MGMT AREA...INGRAM AND HUNT.
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.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3013 9935 3012 9933 3011 9896 2971 9896
2968 9897 2969 9961 2991 9961 2992 9965
3013 9965
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 62 min |
| Aug 9, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 119 min |
| Aug 10, 7:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 10:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 10:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 11:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 115 min |
| Aug 10, 12:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 2:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.