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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 2, 200628 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jul 2, 2006, 3:27 PM CDT for 28 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jul 3, 2006, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2006, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 3, 2006, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 3, 2006, 2:38 PM CDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Flood severity
None
All 28 counties

Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jul 2, 12:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 12:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 5:45 AM CDT, 9 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
545 AM CDT SUN JUL 2 2006

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-031100-
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-
FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
545 AM CDT SUN JUL 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
HEAVY RAINS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT
AS AN UPPER LOW INTERACTS WITH ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE OVER TEXAS.
THE FOCUS FOR THESE HEAVY RAINS STRETCH ACROSS A BROAD AREA OF
SOUTH AND EAST TEXAS.

SPOTTY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. SMALLER SCALE WEATHER
FEATURES COULD DEVELOP IN THIS RICH TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT TO
FURTHER ENHANCE THE FOCUS FOR RAIN. IF THIS HAPPENS..A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH MAY BE ISSUED. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR
THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
HEAVY RAINS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. THE CHANCE OF RAIN
WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY BEYOND WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL
FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 9:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
943 AM CDT SUN JUL 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 AM     FLASH FLOOD      N CONCAN                29.52N 99.73W
07/02/2006                   UVALDE             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUNTY ROADS 348 AND 350 CLOSED.HIGH WATER RESCUE ON
            COUNTY ROAD 348. LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED ON HWY 83
            BETWEEN CONCAN AND GARNER STATE PARK.

0830 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GARNER STATE PARK       29.57N 99.74W
07/02/2006                   UVALDE             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY 1050 CLOSED AT GARNER STATE PARK.

&&

DC
Local storm report, Jul 2, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Uvalde2 hr
Jul 2, 9:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Uvalde2 hr
Jul 2, 9:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2006Every flash flood watch in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.