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Flash Flood Warning 191, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 3, 2007Bastrop County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2007, 10:02 PM CDT for Bastrop 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
Jun 3, 2007, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bastrop County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 264 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 2007-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1327 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1327 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1121 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 040302
FFWEWX
TXC021-040600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1002 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BASTROP COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BASTROP...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 958 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT
  RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING 
  FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER BASTROP COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WYLDWOOD...
  PAIGE...CIRCLE D-KC ESTATES AND CAMP SWIFT

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 3007 9757 2985 9732 2997 9718 3022 9712
      3032 9733

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KEWX 040520
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1217 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2007

TXC021-040600-
BASTROP TX-
1217 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
BASTROP COUNTY...

AT 1212 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING EASTWARD INTO BASTROP...HOWEVER THE 
HEAVY RAINS HAVE DIMINISHED.  RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER 
WILL CONTINUE SO FLASH FLOODING MAY STILL BE OCCURRING.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WYLDWOOD...
CIRCLE D-KC ESTATES...CAMP SWIFT AND BASTROP

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 3007 9757 2985 9732 2997 9718 3022 9712
      3032 9733

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano70 min
Jun 3, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis59 min
Jun 3, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet57 min
Jun 3, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie63 min
Jun 3, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop55 min
Jun 3, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson2 hr
Jun 3, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco60 min
Jun 3, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBlanco34 min
Jun 3, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis61 min
Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays58 min
Jun 3, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Medina56 min
Jun 3, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde53 min
Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney, Real60 min
Jun 3, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Guadalupe59 min
Jun 3, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde37 min
Jun 3, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales, Wilson62 min
Jun 3, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio, Maverick, Zavala58 min
Jun 3, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop53 min
Jun 3, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa58 min
Jun 3, 9:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson2 hr
Jun 3, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette60 min
Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde39 min
Jun 3, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes64 min
Jun 3, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca67 min
Jun 3, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFayette33 min
Jun 3, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Maverick39 min
Jun 3, 10:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette3 hr
Jun 3, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette18 min
Jun 4, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet33 min
Jun 4, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano27 min
Jun 4, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson56 min
Jun 4, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet58 min
Jun 4, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson65 min
Jun 4, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop63 min
Jun 4, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Fayette, Lee39 min
Jun 4, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca48 min
Jun 4, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson52 min

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.