Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 210, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2007, 8:04 PM CDT for Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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 16, 2007, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Medina County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 514 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1352 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEWX 170106
FFWEWX
TXC325-170500-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
804 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MEDINA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HONDO...DEVINE...CASTROVILLE...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 800 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING
FROM A THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF YANCEY...AND A THUNDERSTORM
NEAR CASTROVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DHANIS...MICO...RIO MEDINA AND NATALIA
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 DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2957 9899 2956 9896 2957 9893 2961 9888
2961 9881 2912 9882 2910 9891 2910 9938
2910 9938 2961 9918 2962 9899
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 170155
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
851 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007
TXC325-170500-
MEDINA TX-
851 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
MEDINA COUNTY...
AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DEVINE NORTH TO MEDINA
LAKE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE NEAR
YANCEY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER YELLOW
CREEK, CHACON CREEK, AND ELM CREEK IN EASTERN MEDINA COUNTY. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN MEDINA
COUNTY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DEVINE
AND NATALIA
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
IT IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AT NIGHT. IF FLOOD
WATERS RISE ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2957 9899 2956 9896 2957 9893 2961 9888
2961 9881 2912 9882 2910 9891 2910 9938
2910 9938 2961 9918 2962 9899
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 170327
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1023 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007
TXC325-170500-
MEDINA TX-
1023 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
MEDINA COUNTY...
AT 1018 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
NEW SHOWER DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF YANCEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN TO CHACON CREEK, BEAR
CREEK AND SIESTEDERO BRANCH CREEK IN SOUTHEAST MEDINA COUNTY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MICO...
RIO MEDINA...CASTROVILLE AND NATALIA
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.
DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. TURN
AROUND DONT DROWN.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2957 9899 2956 9896 2957 9893 2961 9888
2961 9881 2912 9882 2910 9891 2910 9938
2910 9938 2961 9918 2962 9899
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 115 min |
| Jun 17, 1:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 3 hr |
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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.