Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 433, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2007, 4:26 PM CDT for Real County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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 28, 2007, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2007, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 28, 4:45 PM CDT | FLOOD | 13 Se Camp Wood, TX | HIGHWAY 1051 IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. THE DRY FRIO IS FLOODING. 0.75 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 45 MINUTES. |
| Jul 28, 5:40 PM CDT | FLOOD | Uvalde, TX | HIGHWAY 55 NORTHWEST OF UVALDE IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 481 SOUTHWEST OF TOWN IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 2076 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEWX 282126
FFWEWX
TXC385-463-290015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
426 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEAKEY...
UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF UVALDE...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 424 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING
FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER UVALDE AND SOUTHERN REAL
COUNTIES. POCKETS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
PER HOUR WERE NOTED BETWEEN UVALDE...LEAKEY AND CAMP WOOD. THE
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIO FRIO...
REAGAN WELLS...MONTELL...GARNER STATE PARK AND CONCAN
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
LAT...LON 2913 10008 2913 9956 2975 9966 2973 9996
2960 10000 2957 10010
$$4 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 282154
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
451 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007
TXC385-463-290015-
REAL TX-UVALDE TX-
451 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
UVALDE AND REAL COUNTIES...
AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH
FLOODING OVER MUCH OF UVALDE COUNTY. THESE RAINS WILL IMPACT AREAS
ALONG THE FRIO RIVER AND HIGHWAYS 83...127 AND 1049 FROM RIO FRIO TO
CONCAN TO KNIPPA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 90 FROM KNIPPA TO UVALDE TO 15
MILES WEST OF UVALDE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIO FRIO...
REAGAN WELLS...MONTELL...LEAKEY...KNIPPA...GARNER STATE PARK AND
CONCAN
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
LAT...LON 2913 10008 2913 9956 2975 9966 2973 9996
2960 10000 2957 10010
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 282228
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
528 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007
TXC385-463-290015-
REAL TX-UVALDE TX-
528 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
UVALDE AND REAL COUNTIES...
AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM UVALDE TO 15
MILES WEST OF UVALDE. RAINS BETWEEN RIO FRIO...UTOPIA AND KNIPPA
WERE SLOWLY DECREASING. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 3 INCHES PER HOUR
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 90 WEST OF UVALDE. THESE AND EARLIER
RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT ROADS AND CAMP GROUNDS ALONG THE DRY
FRIO...FRIO...LEONA AND NUECES RIVER WATERSHEDS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIO FRIO...
REAGAN WELLS...MONTELL...LEAKEY...GARNER STATE PARK AND CONCAN
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
LAT...LON 2913 10008 2913 9956 2975 9966 2973 9996
2960 10000 2957 10010
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 282319
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
616 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007
TXC385-463-290015-
REAL TX-UVALDE TX-
616 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
UVALDE AND REAL COUNTIES...
AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ONLY A FEW
SHOWERS PRODUCING LIGHT RAIN WITH RATES LESS THAN ONE TENTH INCH PER
HOUR. FLOODING CAN STILL BE EXPECTED DUE TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINS UP
TO AROUND 6 INCHES IN THE UVALDE AREA AND 3 INCHES IN THE CONCAN
AREA. SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED IN UVALDE COUNTY. RISES CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG THE DRY FRIO...FRIO...LEONA AND NUECES RIVERS AND
TRIBUTARIES.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIO FRIO...
REAGAN WELLS...MONTELL...LEAKEY...GARNER STATE PARK AND CONCAN
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
LAT...LON 2913 10008 2913 9956 2975 9966 2973 9996
2960 10000 2957 10010
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 290019
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
718PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007
TXC385-463-290023-
REAL TX-UVALDE TX-
718 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED CDT FOR UVALDE AND REAL
COUNTIES...
RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS
ENDED. AS A RESULT...HAVE ALLOWED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...DUE TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINS UP TO AROUND 6 INCHES IN THE
UVALDE AREA AND 3 INCHES IN THE CAMP WOOD AND CONCAN AREAS THERE MAY
STILL BE SOME RISES ALONG THE DRY FRIO...FRIO...LEONA AND NUECES
RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS
UVALDE COUNTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION. CAMPERS AND
HIKERS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD RISES BE NOTED ALONG
RIVERS AND STREAMS.
LAT...LON 2913 10008 2913 9956 2975 9966 2973 9996
2960 10000 2957 10010
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 3 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.