Flash Flood Warning 481, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Aug 17, 2007, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 2007, 5:00 PM CDT

In force

116 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Hays County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KEWX 172006
FFWEWX
TXC209-172200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
304 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HAYS COUNTY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WIMBERLEY...SAN MARCOS...DRIPPING
  SPRINGS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 257 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT
  RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING 
  FROM A LINE OF TROPICAL SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF 
  DRIPPING SPRINGS TO DRIPPING SPRINGS TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN 
  MARCOS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES ARE IN
  EXCESS OF ONE INCH AN HOUR.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WOODCREEK AND HENLY

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED 
AREAS. 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 3019 9795 3004 9777 2980 9800 2981 9802
      2984 9803 2989 9808 3002 9827 3026 9820
      3034 9816

$$

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 172039
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
334 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007

TXC209-172200-
HAYS TX-
334 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR HAYS
COUNTY...

AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADARS HAVE 
ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER 
FITZHUGH AND BARTON CREEK WATERSHEDS...NORTH OF DRIPPING SPRINGS. AN 
ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN HAYS 
COUNTY BY 5 PM. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
WOODCREEK...DRIFTWOOD...DRIPPING SPRINGS AND HENLY.

RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET 
INTERSECTIONS AND CULVERTS. 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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST 
FLOOD INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3019 9795 3004 9777 2980 9800 2981 9802
      2984 9803 2989 9808 3002 9827 3026 9820
      3034 9816

$$

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 172138
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
436 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007

TXC209-172146-
HAYS TX-
436 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HAYS COUNTY...

THE RAINS HAVE DISSIPATED OVER HAYS COUNTY. THEREFORE THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING FOR HAYS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

LAT...LON 3019 9795 3004 9777 2980 9800 2981 9802
      2984 9803 2989 9808 3002 9827 3026 9820
      3034 9816

$$

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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.