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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 13, 2007Blanco County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 13, 2007, 1:16 PM CST for Blanco County, Texas. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2007, 1:16 PM CST (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2007, 3:15 PM CST
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Blanco County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 256 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 173 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 204 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
173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 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 131917
FFWEWX
TXC031-132115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
116 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  BLANCO

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 113 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE JOHNSON CITY TO ROUND MOUNTAIN AREA.
  RAINFALL RATES WERE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROUND MOUNTAIN AND CYPRESS MILL

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

LAT...LON 3030 9853 3028 9827 3044 9816 3048 9853

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KEWX 132030
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
229 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007

TXC031-132039-
BLANCO TX-
229 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BLANCO COUNTY...

AT 227 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONLY 
LIGHT RAINS ACROSS BLANCO COUNTY. AS A RESULT...THE THREAT FOR FLASH 
FLOODING HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...A FEW ROADS REMAIN CLOSED FROM EARLIER 
HEAVY RAINS. 

LAT...LON 3030 9853 3028 9827 3044 9816 3048 9853

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 6:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis3 hr
Jan 13, 7:24 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe3 hr
Jan 13, 8:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson2 hr
Jan 13, 9:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis2 hr
Jan 13, 10:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Kendall3 hr
Jan 13, 10:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe3 hr
Jan 13, 10:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson3 hr
Jan 13, 11:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchEWXAtascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 15 more9 hr
Jan 13, 11:16 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis2 hr
Jan 13, 12:20 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchEWXAtascosa, Bexar, DeWitt, Dimmit, Frio, Gonzales and 10 more16 hr
Jan 13, 12:20 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more4 days

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.