Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 430, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2007, 12:02 PM 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 27, 2007, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2007, 3:00 PM 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 17:06 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, 5.0 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
- 899 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 271704
FFWEWX
TXC149-287-272000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1202 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 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...
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...GIDDINGS...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT NOON CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN LEE AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES.
DUE TO GROUNDS BEING SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...ANY ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL BE QUICK TO RUNOFF AND MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TANGLEWOOD...FEDOR AND DIME BOX
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 9689 2963 9714 2979 9732 3002 9706
3009 9703 3026 9708 3042 9731 3045 9717
3056 9697 3033 9674 3031 9665 3017 9680
3014 9677 3016 9670 3015 9666 2997 9658
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 271813
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
112 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2007
TXC149-287-272000-
LEE TX-FAYETTE TX-
112 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
FAYETTE AND LEE COUNTIES...
AT 112 PM CDT...THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS OVER LEE AND FAYETTE
COUNTIES HAVE MOVED TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANY
RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE QUICK TO RUNOFF AND MAY CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TANGLEWOOD...
LEXINGTON...GIDDINGS...FEDOR AND DIME BOX.
LAT...LON 2964 9689 2963 9714 2979 9732 3002 9706
3009 9703 3026 9708 3042 9731 3045 9717
3056 9697 3033 9674 3031 9665 3017 9680
3014 9677 3016 9670 3015 9666 2997 9658
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 271901
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
200 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2007
TXC149-287-271910-
LEE TX-FAYETTE TX-
200 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FAYETTE AND LEE
COUNTIES...
THE STRONGEST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAYETTE AND LEE
COUNTIES HAVE MOVED TO THE WEST. HOWEVER...THERE IS AN ONGOING
CHANCE THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WHICH WILL BE QUICK TO RUNOFF AND MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
LAT...LON 2964 9689 2963 9714 2979 9732 3002 9706
3009 9703 3026 9708 3042 9731 3045 9717
3056 9697 3033 9674 3031 9665 3017 9680
3014 9677 3016 9670 3015 9666 2997 9658
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 55 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 24 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.