Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2005, 12:45 PM CDT for Bandera County, Medina 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, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2005, 3:45 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), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 101746 FFWEWX TXC019-325-102045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1245 PM 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 345 PM CDT * AT 1240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN DEVINE...HONDO...MEDINA LAKE...AND CASTROVILLE. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES WERE NOTED. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 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 2922 9920 2921 9883 2972 9882 2991 9929 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 101925 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 224 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 TXC019-325-102045- BANDERA TX-MEDINA TX- 224 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR MEDINA AND BANDERA COUNTIES... AT 219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT RAIN ACROSS MEDINA AND BANDERA COUNTIES. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY ADD TO THE FLOOD PROBLEMS AFTER 300 PM. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PIPE CREEK...MICO...MEDINA...LAKEHILLS AND BANDERA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2922 9920 2921 9883 2972 9882 2991 9929 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 102047 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 345 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 TXC019-325-102055- BANDERA TX-MEDINA TX- 345 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MEDINA AND BANDERA COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 345 PM CDT... AT 345 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 10 MILES WEST OF YANCEY MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES WERE SLOWLY DECREASING WITH THIS STORM AND ARE NOW AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED AND AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS LEFT TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...MINOR RISES ON SMALL STREAMS MAY OCCUR DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO IN SOUTHERN MEDINA COUNTY. LAT...LON 2922 9920 2921 9883 2972 9882 2991 9929 $$
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, 10:14 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.