Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 409, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2007, 3:14 PM CDT for Fayette 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 25, 2007, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:44 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.28 | 6 Wsw Muldoon, TX | 1 HOUR RAINFALL BETWEEN 339 PM AND 439 PM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 2446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 252017
FFWEWX
TXC149-252315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
314 PM CDT WED JUL 25 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 CITY OF LA GRANGE...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 309 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING FROM
A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL QUICKLY CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING. RESIDENTS ALONG AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS INTO THE EVENING.
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 2968 9697 2995 9662 3012 9679 2998 9711
2980 9724
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 252059
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
349 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007
TXC149-252315-
FAYETTE TX-
349 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL
CONTINUE AND TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY REACH 3 TO 4 INCHES.
RESIDENTS ALONG OR NEAR AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID RISING WATER LEVELS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAYETTEVILLE
AND LA GRANGE.
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 2968 9697 2995 9662 3012 9679 2998 9711
2980 9724
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 252046
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
350 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007
TXC149-252315-
FAYETTE TX-
350 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 345 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS FROM WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGHOUT FAYETTE COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAYETTEVILLE
AND LA GRANGE.
RAINFALL RATES OF NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE ESTIMATED IN THE
HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS.
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION.
DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. TURN
AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 2968 9697 2995 9662 3012 9679 2998 9711
2980 9724
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 9:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 10:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 11:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 11:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Hays | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Guadalupe, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 29 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.