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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 16, 2010Uvalde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 16, 2010, 3:38 AM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 16, 2010, 4:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2010, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 16, 2010, 4:45 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2010, 4:08 AM CDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Uvalde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabinal River at Sabinal (SABT2). The gauge peaked at 15.76 ft at Apr 16, 2010, 6:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08198500, 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 Apr 15, 11:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 11:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 7:30 AM CDT, 20 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
730 AM CDT THU APR 15 2010

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-161230-
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-
730 AM CDT THU APR 15 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. OVERNIGHT HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
FOCUSED TO THE RIO GRANDE PLAIN AND EDWARDS PLATEAU.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
939 PM CDT THU APR 15 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0938 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 SW HUNT               30.06N  99.35W
04/15/2010                   KERR               TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            VEHICLE WASHED OFF HWY 39 JUST SOUTHWEST OF HUNT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1000124

JPB

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 9:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
956 PM CDT THU APR 15 2010

TXZ183-160345-
VAL VERDE-
956 PM CDT THU APR 15 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM
CDT...

AT 946 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JUNO TO OSMAN...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  LANGTRY...
  SHUMLA...
  BAKERS CROSSING...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES...LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

Local storm report, Apr 15, 10:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Bandera, Kerr	3 hr
Apr 15, 7:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Val Verde	3 hr
Apr 15, 9:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Gillespie	3 hr
Apr 15, 9:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Frio	3 days
Apr 15, 10:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Kerr	30 hr
Apr 15, 10:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Kerr	100 min
Apr 16, 12:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bandera	23 hr
Apr 16, 12:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Atascosa	3 hr
Apr 16, 12:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Medina	5 hr
Apr 16, 1:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Val Verde	95 min
Apr 16, 1:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Kerr	7 hr
Apr 16, 2:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Val Verde	34 hr
Apr 16, 2:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Val Verde	41 hr
Apr 16, 5:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Karnes	2 hr
Apr 16, 6:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Kendall	2 hr
Apr 16, 7:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde	115 min
Apr 16, 7:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Val Verde	116 min
Apr 16, 9:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde	118 min
Apr 16, 9:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Frio	3 hr
Apr 16, 9:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Val Verde	29 hr
Apr 16, 11:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde	116 min
Apr 16, 4:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Fayette, Lavaca	106 min
Apr 16, 5:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Caldwell	51 min
Apr 16, 6:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Caldwell	3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.