Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 341, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2007, 1:31 AM CDT for Fayette County, Lee 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 15, 2007, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2007, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, TX, Lee County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 2097 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KEWX 150632 FFWEWX TXC149-287-150930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 131 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCHULENBURG...LA GRANGE... LEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 430 AM CDT * AT 123 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MULDOON AND CISTERN OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CLEAR CREEK BETWEEN ROUND TOP AND FAYETTEVILLE. 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. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2965 9695 2996 9645 3037 9657 2979 9728 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 150708 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 205 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 TXC287-150715- LEE TX- 205 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LEE COUNTY... LAT...LON 2965 9695 2996 9645 3030 9653 2979 9728 $$ TXC149-150930- FAYETTE TX- 205 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LA GRANGE. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING WEST TOWARD CISTERN AT 5 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SCHULENBURG...MULDOON AND CISTERN. AN ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CLEAR CREEK, SPENCER POOL CREEK, AND RABBS CREEK. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY 4 AM. 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. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2965 9695 2996 9645 3030 9653 2979 9728 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 150751 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 248 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 TXC149-150930- FAYETTE TX- 248 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 239 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCHULENBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR PALMETTO STATE PARK. THESE STORMS ARE REMAINING STATIONARY. WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN. IT IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AT NIGHT. IF FLOOD WATERS RISE ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2965 9695 2996 9645 3030 9653 2979 9728 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 150756 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 256 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 TXC149-150930- FAYETTE TX- 256 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCHULENBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS STATIONARY NEAR WARDA. 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. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2965 9695 2996 9645 3030 9653 2979 9728 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 150924 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 424 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 TXC149-150934- FAYETTE TX- 424 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 AM CDT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY... LAT...LON 2965 9695 2996 9645 3030 9653 2979 9728 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 113 min |
| Jul 15, 4:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 67 min |
| Jul 15, 5:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 2 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.