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Flash Flood Warning 237, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 27, 2007Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2007, 7:15 AM CDT for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 5 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 27, 2007, 7:15 AM CDT (12:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2007, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:17 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 245 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -73 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 271218
FFWEWX
TXC491-271715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
715 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TAYLOR...SERENADA...ROUND ROCK...
  GRANGER...GEORGETOWN...CEDAR PARK...ANDERSON MILL...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 715 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED RAIN FROM
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER WILLIAMSON COUNTY.   
  RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING
  FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING AT LOW
  WATER CROSSINGS...LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND ALONG AND 
  NEAR RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.  THESE AREAS HAVE ALL READY
  RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINS THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND
  ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL KEEP THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS FLOODING IN 
  THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIBERTY
  HILL...WEIR...JARRELL...GRANGER DAM...GEORGETOWN DAM...FLORENCE...
  BARTLETT AND ANDICE

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

LAT...LON 3090 9771 3075 9728 3047 9716 3042 9734
      3049 9749 3048 9754 3051 9760 3045 9778
      3049 9784 3063 9794 3064 9801 3062 9802
      3064 9804 3078 9797 3092 9783

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KEWX 271238
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
734 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

TXC491-271715-
WILLIAMSON TX-
734 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR
WILLIAMSON COUNTY...

AT 734 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER 
WILLIAMSON COUNTY...FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE 
RAINS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND 
CAUSE FLOODING OVER WILLIAMSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
THIS MORNING OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. 

FLOODING AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS...LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE  
AREAS...AND ALONG AND NEAR RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL
CONTINUE. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIBERTY 
HILL...WEIR...SERENADA...JARRELL...GRANGER DAM...GRANGER...GEORGETOWN
DAM...GEORGETOWN...FLORENCE...BARTLETT AND ANDICE

LAT...LON 3090 9771 3075 9728 3047 9716 3042 9734
      3049 9749 3048 9754 3051 9760 3045 9778
      3049 9784 3063 9794 3064 9801 3062 9802
      3064 9804 3078 9797 3092 9783

$$
000 
WGUS74 KEWX 271352
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
847 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

TXC491-271715-
WILLIAMSON TX-
847 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR
WILLIAMSON COUNTY...

AT 841 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES WERE 
LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL 
AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS 
REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS THE AREA. NUMEROUS STREAMS AND RIVERS REMAIN IN 
FLOOD. 


LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIBERTY
HILL...WEIR...SERENADA...JARRELL...GRANGER DAM...GRANGER...GEORGETOWN
DAM...GEORGETOWN...FLORENCE...BARTLETT AND ANDICE

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

LAT...LON 3090 9771 3075 9728 3047 9716 3042 9734
      3049 9749 3048 9754 3051 9760 3045 9778
      3049 9784 3063 9794 3064 9801 3062 9802
      3064 9804 3078 9797 3092 9783

$$
000 
WGUS74 KEWX 271618
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1117 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

TXC491-271715-
WILLIAMSON TX-
1117 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR
WILLIAMSON COUNTY...

AT 1113 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED LITTLE OR NO 
RAINS ACROSS WILLIAMSON COUNTY. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING WILL 
CONTINUE FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED. 
NUMEROUS RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN IN FLOOD. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIBERTY 
HILL...WEIR...SERENADA...JARRELL...GRANGER DAM...GRANGER...GEORGETOWN
DAM...GEORGETOWN...FLORENCE...BARTLETT AND ANDICE

LAT...LON 3090 9771 3075 9728 3047 9716 3042 9734
      3049 9749 3048 9754 3051 9760 3045 9778
      3049 9784 3063 9794 3064 9801 3062 9802
      3064 9804 3078 9797 3092 9783

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 9:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson3 hr
Jun 26, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet3 hr
Jun 26, 10:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco3 hr
Jun 26, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet34 min
Jun 26, 11:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson4 hr
Jun 26, 11:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet5 hr
Jun 27, 12:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLlano4 hr
Jun 27, 1:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco3 hr
Jun 27, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde82 min
Jun 27, 4:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano4 hr
Jun 27, 4:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson6 hr
Jun 27, 4:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie4 hr
Jun 27, 4:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Val Verde82 min
Jun 27, 5:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick69 min
Jun 27, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr4 hr
Jun 27, 6:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano6 hr
Jun 27, 6:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina, Uvalde4 hr
Jun 27, 6:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Real4 hr
Jun 27, 12:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, Travis, Williamson2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.