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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 14, 2010Bexar County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this river flood warning at May 14, 2010, 11:22 PM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2010, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2010, 1:52 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Flood severity
Minor

County Bexar County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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 Leon Creek at I-35S near San Antonio (LKST2). The gauge peaked at 15.13 ft at May 14, 2010, 11:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08181480, 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 May 14, 9:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 9:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 9:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
921 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

TXZ183-184-150345-
EDWARDS-VAL VERDE-
921 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME NORTHERN VAL VERDE AND
NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEGOVIA...OR 11
MILES EAST OF JUNCTION...MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 20 TO 30 MPH.

SMALL HAIL SIZE AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...

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.
Special weather statement, May 14, 10:38 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1038 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

TXZ183-184-150430-
EDWARDS-VAL VERDE-
1038 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VAL VERDE AND WESTERN EDWARDS
COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF JUNO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FLOUR MILLS...
  VINEGARONE...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 9:36 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXFrio3 days
May 15, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards45 min
May 15, 1:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Frio and 10 more5 hr
May 15, 1:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal and 10 more107 min
May 15, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Uvalde51 min
May 15, 2:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and 1 more3 hr
May 15, 3:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Frio, Medina3 hr
May 15, 3:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Fayette, Gonzales, Wilson3 hr
May 15, 4:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt, Karnes, Lavaca2 hr
May 15, 9:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBexar24 hr
May 15, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano39 min
May 15, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXLlano25 min
May 15, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano20 min

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.