Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2005, 9:45 AM CDT for Bandera County, Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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, 9:45 AM CDT (14:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2005, 12:45 PM 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, Medina County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 10:18 AM CDT | FLOOD | 10 N Castroville, TX | HIGHWAY 2107 IS CLOSED. |
| Aug 10, 11:47 AM CDT | FLOOD | 15 S Pipe Creek, TX | 6.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL SO FAR TODAY, NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND TWO HOME HAVE BEEN EVACUATED BECAUSE OF WATER COMING INTO THEIR HOMES. |
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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 101448 FFWEWX TXC019-325-101745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 945 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BANDERA MEDINA * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT * AT 943 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN BANDERA AND NORTHERN MEDINA COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED FROM MEDINA LAKE AND LAKE HILLS TO PIPE CREEK. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PIPE CREEK...MEDINA AND BANDERA. 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 2935 9940 2943 9881 2971 9882 2989 9938 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 101620 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1118 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 TXC019-325-101745- BANDERA TX-MEDINA TX- 1118 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR MEDINA AND BANDERA COUNTIES... AT 1114 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM LAKE HILLS AND MEDINA LAKE TO PIPE CREEK...AND FROM DHANIS TO TARPLEY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES WERE NOTED. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TARPLEY...PIPE CREEK...MEDINA... LAKEHILLS AND BANDERA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2935 9940 2943 9881 2971 9882 2989 9938 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 101716 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1213 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 TXC019-325-101745- BANDERA TX-MEDINA TX- 1213 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR MEDINA AND BANDERA COUNTIES... AT 1210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM YANCEY TO HONDO TO TARPLEY AND NEAR MEDINA LAKE AND LAKEHILLS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TARPLEY...PIPE CREEK...MEDINA... LAKEHILLS AND BANDERA. 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 2935 9940 2943 9881 2971 9882 2989 9938 $$
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, 8:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 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.