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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 11, 2009Burnet County, Llano County, Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2009, 8:09 PM CDT for Burnet County, Llano County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 111 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2009, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
111 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Burnet County, TX, Llano County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 241 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2849 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
8.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 120109
FFWEWX
TXC053-299-491-120300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0021.090612T0109Z-090612T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
809 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BURNET COUNTY...
  NORTHERN LLANO COUNTY...
  NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

* AT 807 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT   
  RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM DOPPLER    
  RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN VALLEY    
  SPRING AND LIBERTY HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3093 9783 3058 9787 3059 9793 3063 9797
      3062 9803 3063 9804 3061 9806 3073 9887
      3091 9890 3094 9881 3093 9843 3095 9846
      3101 9847 3104 9844 3105 9791

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KEWX 120200
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
900 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

TXC053-299-491-120300-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090612T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BURNET TX-LLANO TX-WILLIAMSON TX-
900 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON...NORTHERN LLANO AND BURNET COUNTIES...

AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED 
THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON THE DECREASE ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA...BUT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE. 
TURN AROUND DONT DROWN

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE SHADY GROVE...MAHOMET...
JOPPA...SUNNYLANE...LAKE VICTOR...WATSON...LONE GROVE...BLUFFTON...
BABY HEAD...VALLEY SPRING...TOW AND BRIGGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3093 9783 3058 9787 3059 9793 3063 9797
      3062 9803 3063 9804 3061 9806 3073 9887
      3091 9890 3094 9881 3093 9843 3095 9846
      3101 9847 3104 9844 3105 9791

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet35 min
Jun 11, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Travis, Williamson66 min
Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet, Travis, Williamson47 min
Jun 11, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano39 min
Jun 11, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Hays, Travis, Williamson67 min
Jun 11, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson33 min
Jun 11, 9:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson3 hr
Jun 11, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson67 min
Jun 11, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis54 min
Jun 11, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano51 min
Jun 11, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano42 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.