Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 447, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2007, 7:31 AM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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 30, 2007, 7:31 AM CDT (12:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2007, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kinney County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:32 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 30, 9:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 Ne Brackettville, TX | FM 3199 AT INTERSECTION WITH FM 334 CLOSED. |
| Jul 30, 9:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 14 Nw Brackettville, TX | FM 2523 AT INTERSECTION WITH FM 3008 CLOSED. |
| Jul 30, 9:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nw Brackettville, TX | FM 2804 CLOSED. |
| Jul 30, 9:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Spofford, TX | FM 1572 CLOSED. |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 1070 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 301231 FFWEWX TXC271-301530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 731 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPOFFORD...BRACKETTVILLE... * UNTIL 1030 AM CDT * AT 724 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALAMO VILLAGE AND BRACKETVILLE 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. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2907 10084 2909 10029 2961 10013 2953 10054 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 301420
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
919 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007
TXC271-301530-
KINNEY TX-
919 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR
KINNEY COUNTY...
AT 912 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALAMO VILLAGE
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES IN KINNEY COUNTY.
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2920 10076 2908 10067 2909 10025 2961 10026
2962 10067
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 301532
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1031 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007
TXC271-301541-
KINNEY TX-
1031 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR KINNEY COUNTY...
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS THIS MORNING MAY CONTINUE TO AFFECT LOW
LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 2920 10076 2908 10067 2909 10025 2961 10026
2962 10067
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 9:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 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.