Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2005, 10:14 AM CDT for Bexar 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, 10:14 AM CDT (15:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2005, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bexar County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:17 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, 10:22 AM CDT | FLOOD | 5 Se Bulverde, TX | HIGHWAY INTERSECTION 46 AND 281 IS UNDER 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 101514
FFWEWX
TXC029-101815-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1014 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
BEXAR
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1013 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TIMBERWOOD PARK...THE DOMINION...
SHAVANO PARK...LEON SPRINGS...HOLLYWOOD PARK...HILL COUNTRY
VILLAGE...FAIR OAKS RANCH AND CROSS MOUNTAIN.
LAT...LON 2946 9879 2946 9835 2953 9830 2972 9841
2975 9857 2970 9880
$$4 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 101519
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1016 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
TXC029-101815-
BEXAR TX-
1016 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR BEXAR
COUNTY...
AT 1013 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN BEXAR
COUNTY. THE VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED FROM HELOTES AND FAIR OAKS
RANCH EAST TO STONE OAK...HOLLYWOOD PARK...AND HILL COUNTRY
VILLAGE...THEN TO LIVE OAK AND SELMA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TIMBERWOOD PARK...THE DOMINION...
LEON SPRINGS...FAIR OAKS RANCH AND CROSS MOUNTAIN.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POORLY
DRAINED AREAS.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2946 9879 2946 9835 2953 9830 2972 9841
2975 9857 2970 9880
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 101605
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1104 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
TXC029-101815-
BEXAR TX-
1104 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR BEXAR
COUNTY...
AT 1100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER
PORTIONS OF BEXAR COUNTY FROM LOOP 1604 NORTH TO THE CIBOLO CREEK.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TIMBERWOOD PARK...THE DOMINION...
LEON SPRINGS...HOLLYWOOD PARK...FAIR OAKS RANCH...CROSS MOUNTAIN
...AND STONE OAK.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POORLY
DRAINED AREAS.
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 2946 9879 2946 9835 2953 9830 2972 9841
2975 9857 2970 9880
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 101651
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1150 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
TXC029-101815-
BEXAR TX-
1150 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR BEXAR
COUNTY...
AT 1149 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS ACROSS FAR NORTHERN BEXAR COUNTY ALONG
THE CIBOLO CREEK. RAINFALL RATES OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR
WERE NOTED. SOME FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY
RAINS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TIMBERWOOD PARK...THE DOMINION...
LEON SPRINGS...FAIR OAKS RANCH AND CROSS MOUNTAIN.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POORLY
DRAINED AREAS.
LAT...LON 2946 9879 2946 9835 2953 9830 2972 9841
2975 9857 2970 9880
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 101751
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1248 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
TXC029-101815-
BEXAR TX-
1248 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR BEXAR
COUNTY...
AT 1244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NOTED JUST WEST OF BEXAR COUNTY IN
MEDINA COUNTY AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH OF BEXAR
COUNTY IN ATASCOSA COUNTY. THIS RAIN WILL MOVE INTO BEXAR COUNTY AND
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED AFTER 115 PM AND
INCLUDE MOST OF BEXAR COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TIMBERWOOD PARK...THE DOMINION...
LEON SPRINGS...FAIR OAKS RANCH AND CROSS MOUNTAIN.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POORLY
DRAINED AREAS.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2946 9879 2946 9835 2953 9830 2972 9841
2975 9857 2970 9880
$$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, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 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.