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Flash Flood Warning 93, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 30, 2007Comal County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 2007, 10:27 AM CDT for Comal 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 30, 2007, 10:27 AM CDT (15:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2007, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Comal County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2122 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 301531
FFWEWX
TXC091-301730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1027 AM CDT MON APR 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COMAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CANYON LAKE DAM...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1024 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT
  RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING 
  FROM A THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN COMAL COUNTY BETWEEN
  SPRING BRANCH AND BULVERDE...MOVING EASTWARD AT 25 MPH ACROSS 
  COMAL COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPRING
  BRANCH...SMITHSON VALLEY AND FISCHER

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL TRACK EASTWARD 
ACROSS COMAL COUNTY OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS DROPPING RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES THAT WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS RISES ON CREEKS 
AND STREAMS...ALONG WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  

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

DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER 
CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. TURN 
AROUND DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 2977 9857 2972 9809 2986 9810 3000 9829
      2980 9857

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXMaverick58 min
Apr 29, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXMaverick33 min
Apr 29, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick21 min
Apr 29, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde4 hr
Apr 30, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde65 min
Apr 30, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards64 min
Apr 30, 2:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards4 hr
Apr 30, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Val Verde61 min
Apr 30, 3:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde4 hr
Apr 30, 4:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKinney3 hr
Apr 30, 6:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards4 hr
Apr 30, 7:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKinney, Real, Uvalde3 hr
Apr 30, 7:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde2 hr
Apr 30, 8:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera3 hr
Apr 30, 8:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina2 hr
Apr 30, 9:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr56 min
Apr 30, 9:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Kendall2 hr
Apr 30, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar50 min
Apr 30, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe66 min
Apr 30, 11:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGuadalupe3 hr
Apr 30, 11:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Kendall99 min
Apr 30, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson61 min
Apr 30, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe37 min
Apr 30, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales63 min
Apr 30, 12:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales119 min
Apr 30, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell63 min
Apr 30, 12:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson2 hr
Apr 30, 12:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXCaldwell117 min
Apr 30, 1:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca30 days
Apr 30, 1:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca2 hr
Apr 30, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales25 min
Apr 30, 1:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera67 min
Apr 30, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca66 min
Apr 30, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette79 min
Apr 30, 1:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKarnes118 min
Apr 30, 1:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr114 min
Apr 30, 1:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa2 hr
Apr 30, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa18 min
Apr 30, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes54 min
Apr 30, 2:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall53 min
Apr 30, 2:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales113 min
Apr 30, 2:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson77 min
Apr 30, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall67 min
Apr 30, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall62 min
Apr 30, 2:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt2 hr
Apr 30, 3:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca2 hr
Apr 30, 3:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKarnes2 hr
Apr 30, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales56 min
Apr 30, 3:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson113 min
Apr 30, 4:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Lavaca3 hr
Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKarnes2 hr
Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt45 min
Apr 30, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca47 min

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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.