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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 4, 2009, 9:37 PM CDT for Karnes County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 5, 2009, 2:06 AM CDT. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 2009, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 5, 2009, 2:06 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2009, 9:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Karnes County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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 river
Written for the forecast point Cibolo Creek near Falls City (FCTT2). The gauge peaked at 26.05 ft at Oct 5, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 21 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08186000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Oct 4, 7:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 7:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 736 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 .UPDATE... CHANGES TO FLASH FLOOD WATCH. && .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION HAS ENDED OVER MUCH OF THE CWA INCLUDED A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA WHICH WAS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. HAVE ALLOWED THE WATCH TO EXPIRE OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WHILE EXTENDING IT FOR GONZALES...DEWITT...AND LAVACA COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THESE COUNTIES AND WHILE THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ONLY MODERATE RAIN AMOUNTS...THESE COUNTIES ARE SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 640 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009/ DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION SECTION. AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT TO LIFR ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR BY AROUND 09Z AND IFR AT KDRT NEAR 10Z. CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE MONDAY MORNING...BUT VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO BY 18-19Z. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT CHANCES WERE TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN TAFS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 300 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009/ DISCUSSION... THIS AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FREDERICKSBURG EASTWARD TO LA GRANGE. THIS ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE RADAR LOOP ALSO DEPICTS CONVECTION BEGINNING TO FIRE SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...MOVING NORTHEASTWARD RESULTING IN MERGING CELLS. THUS THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE FORECAST FOR ALL OF THIS WEEK. SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL REMAIN IN THE GULF MOISTURE AND MINOR DISTURBANCES IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL AID IN DAY TO DAY CONVECTION. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND BECOMES STATIONARY. THIS BOUNDARY WILL MOVE NORTH OF OUR CWFA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEK WILL BE ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT WILL ACTUALLY MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...REACHING THE GULF COAST FRIDAY EVENING. A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL FOLLOW THE FROPA WHICH WILL RESULT IN A DRY AND MILD UPCOMING WEEKEND. GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ATTM...SO THE FCST IS BASE ON THE GFS. NAM TEMPS AND POPS ARE THE OUTLIER THIS TIME AROUND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 67 84 76 91 75 / 40 30 20 40 30 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 67 84 74 91 74 / 40 30 20 40 30 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 69 86 74 92 74 / 40 30 20 30 30 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 65 80 74 89 71 / 40 30 20 40 40 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 71 89 76 91 76 / 20 20 20 30 20 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 66 82 74 89 72 / 40 30 20 40 40 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 72 88 75 92 75 / 30 20 20 30 20 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 67 85 74 91 74 / 40 30 20 30 30 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 68 86 75 91 75 / 40 30 20 30 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 72 86 77 91 76 / 40 30 20 30 30 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 72 88 76 92 76 / 40 20 20 20 20 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: DE WITT...GONZALES...LAVACA. && 01/11
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 4, 7:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 717 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-060030- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 717 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM CDT FOR LAVACA...GONZALES AND DE WITT COUNTIES. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS VAL VERDE COUNTY PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 4, 4:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
420 PM CDT SUN OCT 04 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM FLOOD 4 SSW JOLLYVILLE 30.40N 97.78W
10/04/2009 TRAVIS TX EMERGENCY MNGR
THERE IS NO FLOODING AT BULL CREEK ON OLD SPICE RD AT
CROSSING NUMBER 7.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT
EVENT NUMBER EWX0900157
AKFLocal storm report, Oct 4, 9:23 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 8:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.