Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 384, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2007, 12:49 PM CDT for Bastrop 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 24, 2007, 12:49 PM CDT (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bastrop County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 1794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 241751
FFWEWX
TXC021-242045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1249 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BASTROP COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SMITHVILLE...ELGIN...BASTROP...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 1242 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE THAT FLASH FLOODING
IS POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN BASTROP COUNTY. THESE
STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED AT
1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PAIGE AND
CAMP SWIFT.
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.
LAT...LON 3028 9743 2989 9721 3008 9706 3027 9709
3040 9737
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 241812
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
111 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007
TXC021-242045-
BASTROP TX-
111 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
BASTROP COUNTY...
AT 101 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE EASTERN HALF
OF BASTROP COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. RAINFALL RATES
WERE ESTIMATED AT 2 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR IN THE VICINITY OF PAIGE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PAIGE...ELGIN
AND CAMP SWIFT.
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET
INTERSECTIONS, CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT
NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED
AREA. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3028 9743 2989 9721 3008 9706 3027 9709
3040 9737
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 241845
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
144 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007
TXC021-242045-
BASTROP TX-
144 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
BASTROP COUNTY...
AT 135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST BASTROP
COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES WERE ESTIMATED AT 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SMITHVILLE...
PAIGE...CIRCLE D-KC ESTATES AND BASTROP.
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.
LAT...LON 3011 9737 2982 9729 2995 9716 3008 9706
3027 9709 3020 9721
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 241942
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
241 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007
TXC021-241951-
BASTROP TX-
241 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BASTROP COUNTY...
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS BASTROP COUNTY. HOWEVER RIVERS AND
STREAMS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS DUE TO SWIFT RUNNING WATER.
LAT...LON 3011 9737 2982 9729 2995 9716 3008 9706
3027 9709 3020 9721
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 4 days |
| Jul 23, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 34 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Karnes, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 57 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 4 days |
| Jul 24, 1:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio, Medina | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 3 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.