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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 15, 2010Bexar County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this river flood warning at May 15, 2010, 9:48 AM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It took effect at May 15, 2010, 11:05 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2010, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
In effect from: May 15, 2010, 11:05 PM CDT
Expired: May 16, 2010, 10:16 AM CDT
In force: 11 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 14:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Medina River at San Antonio US 281S (SAAT2). The gauge peaked at 21.30 ft at May 16, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08181500, 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 15, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 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
May 14, 9:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Frio	3 days
May 14, 11:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bexar	3 hr
May 15, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards	45 min
May 15, 1:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EWX	Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Frio and 10 more	5 hr
May 15, 1:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal and 10 more	107 min
May 15, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kinney, Uvalde	51 min
May 15, 2:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and 1 more	3 hr
May 15, 3:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Bandera, Frio, Medina	3 hr
May 15, 3:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Fayette, Gonzales, Wilson	3 hr
May 15, 4:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	DeWitt, Karnes, Lavaca	2 hr
May 15, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Llano	39 min
May 15, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Llano	25 min
May 15, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Burnet, Llano	20 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2010 Every 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.