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Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 23, 2007Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2007, 8:41 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
Apr 23, 2007, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1923 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1923 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 240143
FFWEWX
TXC465-240345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
841 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VAL VERDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DEL RIO...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 836 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CITY OF DEL RIO.

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE           
  EAST...BUT RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS ACROSS DEL RIO WILL CONTINUE TO 
  FLOOD LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.

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. WHEN WATER COVERS 
THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR 
OWN.

LAT...LON 2940 10102 2934 10093 2926 10081 2936 10072
      2951 10069 2955 10085

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde60 min
Apr 23, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde29 min
Apr 23, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde32 min
Apr 23, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXKinney37 min
Apr 24, 4:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 22 more26 hr
Apr 24, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde64 min
Apr 24, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick57 min
Apr 24, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXMaverick54 min

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.