Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 424, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2007, 6:38 AM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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 26, 2007, 6:38 AM CDT (11:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2007, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 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 11:40 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, 11.6 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
- 1061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEWX 261139
FFWEWX
TXC149-261545-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
638 AM CDT THU JUL 26 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...FLATONIA...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
* AT 635 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING FROM
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM TRAINING NORTHWARD OVER FAYETTE COUNTY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE HOURS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROUND
TOP AND FAYETTEVILLE
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 2964 9691 2997 9662 3015 9675 2997 9705
2978 9721 2965 9716
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 261230
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
727 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007
TXC149-261545-
FAYETTE TX-
727 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 724 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OVER FAYETTE COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ON
ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...SO RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
QUICK.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROUND TOP...
LA GRANGE AND FAYETTEVILLE
DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. TURN
AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 2964 9691 2997 9662 3015 9675 2997 9705
2978 9721 2965 9716
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 261426
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
924 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007
TXC149-261545-
FAYETTE TX-
924 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 921 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
PATCHY LIGHT RAINS ACROSS FAYETTE COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF LESS
THAN ONE TENTH INCH WERE NOTED. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING CAN STILL
BE EXPECTED FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN THE ENGLE
TO WEST POINT TO WINCHESTER AREAS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROUND TOP...
LA GRANGE AND FAYETTEVILLE
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
LAT...LON 2964 9691 2997 9662 3015 9675 2997 9705
2978 9721 2965 9716
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 261545
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1044 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007
TXC149-261554-
FAYETTE TX-
1044 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 AM CDT FOR FAYETTE
COUNTY...
AT 1043 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ONLY A FEW
LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS FAYETTE COUNTY. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING
HAS ENDED. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 2964 9691 2997 9662 3015 9675 2997 9705
2978 9721 2965 9716
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 3 days |
| Jul 25, 10:04 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 11 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.