Flash Flood Warning 120, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 030643
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
141 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

TXC123-149-177-285-030830-
FAYETTE TX-GONZALES TX-LAVACA TX-DEWITT TX-
141 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR
DEWITT...LAVACA...GONZALES AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...

AT 136 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ONLY PATCHY 
LIGHT RAINS ACROSS THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING CAN STILL BE EXPECTED 
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS DUE TO THE RECENTLY DEPARTED HEAVY 
RAINS.  

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

IT IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AT NIGHT. IF FLOOD
WATERS RISE ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

LAT...LON 2975 9727 2944 9756 2881 9761 2933 9661
      3019 9672

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000 
WGUS74 KEWX 030736
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
235 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

TXC123-149-177-285-030830-
FAYETTE TX-GONZALES TX-LAVACA TX-DEWITT TX-
235 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR
DEWITT...LAVACA...GONZALES AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...

AT 231 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED PATCHY LIGHT 
RAIN ENDING NEAR SPEAKS WITH NO RAIN ELSEWHERE. HOWEVER...SOME FLASH 
FLOOD IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT HOUR DUE TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAELDER...
SCHULENBURG...MULDOON...MOULTON...LA GRANGE...GONZALES AND FLATONIA

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

IT IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AT NIGHT. IF FLOOD
WATERS RISE ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

LAT...LON 2975 9727 2944 9756 2881 9761 2933 9661
      3019 9672

$$

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 030836
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
334 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

TXC123-149-177-285-030844-
FAYETTE TX-GONZALES TX-LAVACA TX-DEWITT TX-
334 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR DEWITT...LAVACA...GONZALES
AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...

AT 330 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT RAINS 
HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. 
AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 
HOWEVER...SOME SMALL STREAMS MAY RUN HIGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS DUE TO 
EARLIER HEAVY RAINS.

LAT...LON 2975 9727 2944 9756 2881 9761 2933 9661
      3019 9672

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1151 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

.UPDATE...DECIDED TO KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH UP TIL 6 AM
AND LET MIDNIGHT SHIFT SEE STORMS SHIFTING ACROSS OUR EASTERN CWA.
MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS REMAIN OUT OF BANKS LATE THIS EVENING
SO WATCH WOULD HEIGHTEN PUBLIC AWARENESS FOR PUBLIC TO STAY
AWAY FROM LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND AVOID DRIVING
ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1108 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007/

UPDATE...COUNTY ZONE TEXT FORECASTS WERE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT NEW
TORNADO WATCH 216 AND MODIFICATIONS TO TORNADO WATCH 212.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 901 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007/

UPDATE...BUSY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. BAND OF STRONG TO
SEVERE CONVECTION CONTINUES ALONG THE NORTHERN ESCARPMENT COUNTIES
SOUTHEAST TO ZAVALA COUNTY. WILL TRY TO CLEAR COUNTIES BEHIND THIS
BAND OF CONVECTION FROM TORNADO WATCH 212. AFTER CONSULTATION
WITH SPC...WILL LEAVE VAL VERDE..KINNEY AND MAVERICK COUNTIES IN
THE WATCH AS SOME CONCERN ABOUT CONVECTION REACHING THEM FROM THE
WEST LATE TONIGHT. WILL REALIGN WATCH AND ISSUE NEW FORECASTS TO
REFLECT CHANGES.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 651 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007/

AVIATION...
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY
AND WILL PASS KDRT WITHIN THE HOUR...AND REACH THE KAUS TO KSAT
CORRIDOR ARND 02Z. AHD OF THIS LINE SCT SHOWERS ARE DVLPG WITH
MVFR CIGS AND VSBY. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 KTS
AND DAMAGING HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL EXIT SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY AROUND 06Z, LEAVING SCT-BKN
CLDS ABV 10K. MVFR TO IFR CIGS AND VSBY IN FOG WILL DVLP PRIOR TO
SUNRISE. WITH DAYTIME HEATING THE VSBY WILL IMPROVE TO VFR ARND
15Z AND CIGS LIFT TO 2500 FT BKN-SCT. AFTERNOON CONDITIONS WILL
RETURN TO FULL VFR

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 602 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007/

UPDATE...TEXT AND GRID FORECASTS ISSUED TO UPDATE FOR TORNADO WATCH.
CHANGES MAINLY COSMETIC.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 340 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007/

SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...

DISCUSSION...
RAIN...SEVERE STORMS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES ARE IN STORE
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
THE MUCH-ADVERTISED MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM HAS STARTED TO
MOVE INTO THE WESTERN AREAS OF THE CWA AND EXPANDS ALMOST ENTIRELY
ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE ITS SLOW
EAST-SOUTHEAST PROGRESSION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND SHOULD
EXIT OUR EASTERN COUNTIES BY MID TO LATE MORNING. THE STRONGEST OF
THE EXISTING STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL...AND WE EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE AS THE STORMS APPROACH OUR
AREA.

MODELS CONTINUE TO BE CAPRICIOUS WITH THE PLACEMENT OF QPF BULLS-
EYES, BUT WILL LIKELY SEE WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL AVERAGES
WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. DESPITE WHERE ANY OF THE MODELS INDICATE THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WILL BE, ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH
FLOODING, ESPECIALLY WITH MOST OF THE AREA STILL DEALING WITH
SATURATED GROUNDS FROM RAIN OVER THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. DUE TO THE
OVERNIGHT TIMING OF THE STORMS, WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE
THAT IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO TELL WHEN ROADWAYS HAVE BECOME
INUNDATED BY FLOOD WATERS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. IF POSSIBLE,
KEEP OVERNIGHT TRAVEL LIMITED AND REMAIN ALERT TO THE ONGOING
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

ONCE THIS SYSTEM CLEARS THE REGION, UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL ENTER
THE PICTURE, LEADING TO A WARM AND DRY WEEKEND. BOTH MAX AND MIN
TEMPERATURES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BE ABOUT 5 TO 7 DEGREES
ABOVE EARLY MAY NORMALS. MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE WILL
KEEP THE WARMER MORNING LOWS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD, BUT MAX
TEMPS WILL MODERATE A LITTLE. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION OVER THE WEEKEND AND
WILL EJECT NORTHEASTWARD BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. SO FAR,
THIS WILL MEAN A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MORE RAIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS SOME TIME BETWEEN EARLY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY. DESPITE MODELS
HAVING DEPICTED THIS SYSTEM FOR THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS, THERE HAS
BEEN VERY LITTLE CONSISTENCY WITH THE TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THIS
FEATURE...WHICH IS WHY THERE IS AS MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN THE
FORECAST AS THERE IS.

STAYED WITHIN A CATEGORY OF GFS(X) NUMBERS THROUGH MOST OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              69  83  70  91  70 /  90  50  10   0  -
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  67  82  68  90  70 /  90  50  10   0  -
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           70  90  73  95  73 /  40  10  10   0  -
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       68  86  71  91  71 /  80  40  10   0  -

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...
COMAL...DE WITT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...GILLESPIE...GONZALES...
GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LAVACA...
LEE...LLANO...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...
WILLIAMSON...WILSON.

&&

02/06

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
540 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>208-031045-
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-
540 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM LATER THIS
MORNING AND THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE. LATER THIS AFTERNOON WE EXPECT HEAVY RAIN TO
DEVELOP WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE
NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING.

TXZ209-217>225-228-031045-
FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-
DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
540 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM LATER THIS
MORNING AND THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE
NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
838 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2007

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

0810 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     10 E UVALDE             29.22N 99.62W
05/02/2007                   UVALDE             TX   PUBLIC

            FUNNEL CLOUDS SPOTTED 10 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF
            UVALDE.

0824 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 NW GEORGETOWN         30.72N 97.77W
05/02/2007  M0 MPH           WILLIAMSON         TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUST TO 59 MPH REPORTED NEAR SUN CITY.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
935 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2007

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

0825 PM     HAIL             3 W GEORGETOWN          30.65N 97.74W
05/02/2007  M1.50 INCH       WILLIAMSON         TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE HAIL REPORTED NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 29 WEST OF
            GEORGETOWN.

0815 PM     HAIL             3 N LIBERTY HILL        30.71N 97.92W
05/02/2007  M0.50 INCH       WILLIAMSON         TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL REPORTED NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 29 AND COUNTY ROAD 200.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
946 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2007

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

0840 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 E GEORGETOWN          30.65N 97.67W
05/02/2007                   WILLIAMSON         TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL STREET HAVE WATER OVER THE ROADS.

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BATESVILLE              28.95N 99.61W
05/02/2007                   ZAVALA             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN.

0825 PM     HAIL             GEORGETOWN              30.65N 97.69W
05/02/2007  M2.75 INCH       WILLIAMSON         TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            VERY LARGE HAIL, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS REPORTED OF DIME
            SIZE HAIL, WIND GUSTS TO 47 MPH AND SEVERAL TREES BLOWN
            DOWN.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1013 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2007

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

1012 PM     HAIL             1 N DILLEY              28.68N 99.17W
05/02/2007  M0.88 INCH       FRIO               TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

            PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1129 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2007

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

1111 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 W LOCKHART            29.87N 97.71W
05/02/2007                   CALDWELL           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WEST AUSTIN STREET HAS WATER FLOWING OVER IT. SOME
            REPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN AND LOSS OF POWER.

1111 PM     HAIL             5 NW SEGUIN             29.63N 98.03W
05/02/2007  M0.75 INCH       GUADALUPE          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL FROM DIME TO NEAR PENNY.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1148 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2007

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

0735 PM     HAIL             CONCAN                  29.52N 99.73W
05/02/2007  M1.75 INCH       UVALDE             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0810 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     10 E UVALDE             29.22N 99.62W
05/02/2007                   UVALDE             TX   PUBLIC

            FUNNEL CLOUDS SPOTTED 10 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF
            UVALDE.

0815 PM     HAIL             3 N LIBERTY HILL        30.71N 97.92W
05/02/2007  M0.50 INCH       WILLIAMSON         TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL REPORTED NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 29 AND COUNTY ROAD 200.

0824 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 NW GEORGETOWN         30.72N 97.77W
05/02/2007  M0.00 MPH        WILLIAMSON         TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUST TO 59 MPH REPORTED NEAR SUN CITY.

0825 PM     HAIL             3 W GEORGETOWN          30.65N 97.74W
05/02/2007  M1.50 INCH       WILLIAMSON         TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE HAIL REPORTED NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 29 WEST OF
            GEORGETOWN.

0825 PM     HAIL             GEORGETOWN              30.65N 97.69W
05/02/2007  M2.75 INCH       WILLIAMSON         TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            VERY LARGE HAIL, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS REPORTED OF DIME
            SIZE HAIL, WIND GUSTS TO 47 MPH AND SEVERAL TREES BLOWN
            DOWN.

0840 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 E GEORGETOWN          30.65N 97.67W
05/02/2007                   WILLIAMSON         TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL STREET HAVE WATER OVER THE ROADS.

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BATESVILLE              28.95N 99.61W
05/02/2007                   ZAVALA             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN.

1012 PM     HAIL             1 N DILLEY              28.68N 99.17W
05/02/2007  M0.88 INCH       FRIO               TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

            PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

1111 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 W LOCKHART            29.87N 97.71W
05/02/2007                   CALDWELL           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WEST AUSTIN STREET HAS WATER FLOWING OVER IT. SOME
            REPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN AND LOSS OF POWER.

1111 PM     HAIL             5 NW SEGUIN             29.63N 98.03W
05/02/2007  M0.75 INCH       GUADALUPE          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL FROM DIME TO NEAR PENNY.

&&

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