Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 129, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2007, 6:06 PM CDT for Kinney County, Maverick 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2007, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 3147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEWX 072309
FFWEWX
TXC271-323-080200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
606 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPOFFORD...BRACKETTVILLE...
MAVERICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...QUEMADO...EL INDIO...EAGLE PASS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 606 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO KINNEY AND MAVERICK
COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL
QUICKLY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALAMO
VILLAGE
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.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT EVER DRIVE THROUGH
FLOODED AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 2925 10075 2937 10070 2962 10069 2963 10013
2821 10012 2821 10022 2826 10029 2848 10038
2850 10034 2854 10042 2859 10040 2866 10050
2882 10055 2892 10065 2908 10066 2917 10078
2924 10080
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 072348
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
645 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2007
TXC271-323-080200-
KINNEY TX-MAVERICK TX-
645 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
MAVERICK AND KINNEY COUNTIES...
AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
SOUTHERN KINNEY AND NORTHERN MAVERICK COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 277 IN THIS AREA SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AS
VISIBILITIES WILL SUDDENLY BE REDUCED FROM HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SPOFFORD...QUEMADO...BRACKETTVILLE AND ALAMO VILLAGE.
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2925 10075 2937 10070 2962 10069 2963 10013
2821 10012 2821 10022 2826 10029 2848 10038
2850 10034 2854 10042 2859 10040 2866 10050
2882 10055 2892 10065 2908 10066 2917 10078
2924 10080
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 080147
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
845 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2007
TXC271-323-080200-
KINNEY TX-MAVERICK TX-
845 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MAVERICK AND KINNEY COUNTIES WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...
AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED
THAT THE STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF MAVERICK
AND KINNEY COUNTIES. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
REST OF THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO ADD TO
THE FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RESIDENTS OF
WESTERN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THE
ONGOING WEATHER SITUATION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SPOFFORD...QUEMADO...BRACKETTVILLE AND ALAMO VILLAGE.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2925 10075 2937 10070 2962 10069 2963 10013
2821 10012 2821 10022 2826 10029 2848 10038
2850 10034 2854 10042 2859 10040 2866 10050
2882 10055 2892 10065 2908 10066 2917 10078
2924 10080
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 33 min |
| May 7, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 27 min |
| May 7, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 4 hr |
| May 7, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 44 min |
| May 7, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 33 min |
| May 7, 8:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 3 hr |
| May 7, 9:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 64 min |
| May 7, 10:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 3 hr |
| May 7, 11:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards | 86 min |
| May 7, 11:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Bandera, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall and 9 more | 13 hr |
| May 7, 12:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 4 hr |
| May 7, 5:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 4 hr |
| May 7, 6:11 PM CDT | Flood Watch | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 4 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.