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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 18, 2007Fayette County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 18, 2007, 2:39 AM CST for Fayette 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
Nov 18, 2007, 2:39 AM CST (08:39 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2007, 5:45 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Fayette County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 254 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1832 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 180841
FFWEWX
TXC149-181145-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0010.071118T0839Z-071118T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
239 AM CST SUN NOV 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 545 AM CST.

* AT 236 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT   
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING    
FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER FAYETTE COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE ROUND TOP.

WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.

LAT...LON 2971 9723 2979 9732 3004 9704 3016 9678
      3014 9666 3008 9663 3007 9664 3005 9662
      3004 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 180DEG 0KT 2995 9704

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KEWX 181123
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
522 AM CST SUN NOV 18 2007

TXC149-181145-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-071118T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE TX-
522 AM CST SUN NOV 18 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CST FOR
FAYETTE COUNTY...

AT 518 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE ROUND TOP.

WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.

LAT...LON 2971 9723 2979 9732 3004 9704 3016 9678
      3014 9666 3008 9663 3007 9664 3005 9662
      3004 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 1122Z 180DEG 0KT 2995 9704

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 6:35 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXGonzales25 min
Nov 17, 7:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales9 hr
Nov 17, 9:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette7 hr
Nov 17, 11:19 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 23 more11 hr
Nov 18, 6:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette3 hr
Nov 18, 6:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop3 hr

Nearby

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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.