Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2005, 8:52 AM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2005, 8:52 AM CDT (13:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2005, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 11:06 AM CDT | FLOOD | 5 S Concan, TX | HIGHWAY 2690 IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 829 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KEWX 101354 FFWEWX TXC463-101645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 852 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... UVALDE * UNTIL 1145 AM CDT * AT 847 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTY. THE VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE ALONG THE FRIO AND DRY FRIO RIVERS OVER AND NORTH OF THE CONCAN AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE UTOPIA AND GARNER STATE PARK. 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 2931 9994 2933 9949 2962 9946 2961 10002 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 101459 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 959 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 TXC463-101645- UVALDE TX- 959 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR UVALDE COUNTY... AT 956 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTY BETWEEN SABINAL...UVALDE...CAMP WOOD AND UTOPIA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE IN THE CONCAN TO UVALDE AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE UTOPIA...REAGAN WELLS...GARNER STATE PARK AND CONCAN. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2931 9994 2933 9949 2962 9946 2961 10002 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 101554 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1053 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 TXC463-101645- UVALDE TX- 1053 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR UVALDE COUNTY... AT 1052 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN UVALDE COUNTY BETWEEN SABINAL AND UTOPIA ALONG HIGHWAY 187. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE UTOPIA...REAGAN WELLS...GARNER STATE PARK AND CONCAN. 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 2931 9994 2933 9949 2962 9946 2961 10002 $$
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, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 3 hr |
| 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, 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 |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.