Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Aug 10, 2005, 8:37 AM CDT (13:37 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 2005, 11:30 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Comal County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KEWX 101339
FFWEWX
TXC091-187-101630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
837 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  COMAL
  GUADALUPE

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 834 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS FROM SCHERTZ AND MARION TO 
  BULVERDE AND SPRING BRANCH. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER 
  HOUR WERE NOTED. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SPRING BRANCH...SMITHSON VALLEY...
  NEW BRAUNFELS...MCQUEENEY...GARDEN RIDGE...FISCHER AND CANYON LAKE
  DAM.

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 2950 9821 2959 9799 2979 9803 3003 9830
      2979 9858 2976 9839 2961 9831

$$

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 101422
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
922 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005

TXC091-187-101630-
COMAL TX-GUADALUPE TX-
922 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR GUADALUPE
AND COMAL COUNTIES...

AT 917 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER COMAL AND 
WESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE BETWEEN BULVERDE 
AND SPRING BRANCH...AS WELL AS BETWEEN SCHERTZ AND CANYON LAKE. 
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED.  

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SMITHSON VALLEY...NEW BRAUNFELS...
MCQUEENEY...FISCHER AND CANYON LAKE DAM.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...
COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 2950 9821 2959 9799 2979 9803 3003 9830
      2979 9858 2976 9839 2961 9831

$$

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 101635
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1131 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005

TXC091-187-101641-
COMAL TX-GUADALUPE TX-
1131 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GUADALUPE AND COMAL COUNTIES EXPIRES
AT 1130 AM CDT...

AT 1130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
ONLY LIGHT RAINS ACROSS COMAL AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES. AS A 
RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS LEFT TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...SOME 
MINOR RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ON SMALL STREAMS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR 
SO FROM EARLIER RAINS. 

LAT...LON 2950 9821 2959 9799 2979 9803 3003 9830
      2979 9858 2976 9839 2961 9831

$$

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