Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 385, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2007, 1:36 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2007, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edwards County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:56 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Rocksprings, TX | HIGHWAY 674 FLOODED BETWEEN INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 377 AND NUECES RIVER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 241838
FFWEWX
TXC137-242130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
136 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROCKSPRINGS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 127 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE POSSIBLE FLASH
FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER EDWARDS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RAINFALL RATES WERE ESTIMATED 2 INCHES
AN HOUR ALONG HIGHWAY 55 NORTHWEST OF ROCKSPRINGS.
* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
LAT...LON 3028 9977 3009 9977 3009 9998 2991 10001
2985 10004 2980 10002 2972 10005 2963 10002
2963 10069 3029 10069
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 241935
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
234 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007
TXC137-242130-
EDWARDS TX-
234 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
EDWARDS COUNTY...
AT 224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
HALF OF EDWARDS COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES WERE ESTIMATED AT 1 TO 2
INCHES AN HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKSPRINGS
AND CARTA VALLEY.
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET
INTERSECTIONS, CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT
NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED
AREA. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3028 9977 3009 9977 3009 9998 2991 10001
2985 10004 2980 10002 2972 10005 2963 10002
2963 10069 3029 10069
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 242011
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
308 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007
TXC137-242130-
EDWARDS TX-
308 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
EDWARDS COUNTY...
AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER
EDWARDS COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKSPRINGS.
HIGHWAY 674 IS FLOODED SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 377 AND NORTH
OF THE WEST NUECES RIVER CROSSING AT RANCH ROAD 674.
LAT...LON 3028 9977 3009 9977 3009 9998 2991 10001
2985 10004 2980 10002 2972 10005 2963 10002
2963 10069 3029 10069
$$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, 12:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 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
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.