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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 18, 2010Bexar County, Wilson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2010, 1:44 AM CDT for Bexar County, Wilson County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 18, 2010, 6:27 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2010, 1:44 AM CDT (06:44 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2010, 6:27 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 19, 2010, 5:12 AM CDT
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bexar County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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 San Antonio River at Elmendorf (ELMT2). The gauge peaked at 37.77 ft at Apr 18, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
33 ft
Minor stage
35 ft
Moderate stage
39 ft
Major stage
48 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08181800, 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 17, 6:41 PM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 6:41 PM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 7:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio2 hr
Apr 17, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio111 min
Apr 17, 9:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXCaldwell112 min
Apr 18, 1:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBexar19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.