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Flash Flood Warning 285, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2007, 6:22 PM CDT for Frio 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
- Jul 3, 2007, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Frio County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1695 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KEWX 032323 FFWEWX TXC163-040215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 622 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FRIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PEARSALL... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 618 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOORE... FRIO TOWN AND BIG FOOT RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET INTERSECTIONS, CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED AREA. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2863 9940 2880 9895 2909 9882 2909 9941 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 032344 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 642 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 TXC163-040215- FRIO TX- 642 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR FRIO COUNTY... AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED COUNTY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOORE...FRIO TOWN AND BIG FOOT. RAINFALL RATES WERE ESTIMATED AT 4 TO 6 INCHES AN HOUR ACROSS NORTHERN FRIO COUNTY...BETWEEN FRIO TOWN AND MOORE. WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN. LAT...LON 2863 9940 2880 9895 2909 9882 2909 9941 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 040101 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 759 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 TXC163-040215- FRIO TX- 759 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR FRIO COUNTY... AT 751 PM CDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS FRIO COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS MAY STILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS ALONG HONDO CREEK AND SECO CREEK SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATER. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOORE...FRIO TOWN AND BIG FOOT. WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN. LAT...LON 2863 9940 2880 9895 2909 9882 2909 9941 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 040209 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 909 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 TXC163-040219- FRIO TX- 909 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT FOR FRIO COUNTY... HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS FRIO COUNTY. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT. LAT...LON 2863 9940 2880 9895 2909 9882 2909 9941 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Llano | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Zavala | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 2 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.