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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 9, 2010, 8:29 AM CDT for Comal County, Guadalupe County, Texas. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2010, 8:29 AM CDT (13:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2010, 9:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Comal County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Guadalupe River above Comal River at New Braunfels (NBRT2).
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 7 ft
- Moderate stage
- 10 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08168500, 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 Jun 9, 7:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 7:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 700 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 .AVIATION... I-35 CORRIDOR TERMINALS MVFR CIGS WITH OCNL IFR/LIFR CIGS IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS WILL LOWER VSBYS BELOW 3 MILES AND PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. CIGS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE TO LOW VFR THIS AFTERNOON BUT CONTINUED GOOD CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCALLY LOWERING CIGS TO IFR/MVFR AND VSBYS BELOW 3 MILES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING LESS NUMEROUS TONIGHT. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS. KDRT TERMINAL MVFR CIGS TIL LATE MORNING BECOMING VFR BY AFTERNOON WIDELY SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LOCALLY LOWER CONDITIONS. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 308 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010/ DISCUSSION... MCV CORE RAIN EVENT ONGOING ATTM ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN. RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED AT 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WITHIN THE SLOW MOVING RAIN BANDS. EXTREME WESTERN WILSON COUNTY HAS RECEIVED THE MOST RAINFALL OVERNIGHT...ESTIMATED AT 8 TO 10 INCHES. THE MCV WILL DRIFT SLOWLY ENE THIS MORNING AND WILL PRODUCE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL. THE BLENDED TOTAL PRECIP WATER GRAPHIC IS DEPICTING PWS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES ACROSS OUR CWFA. THIS IS AROUND 150 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL. THUS THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND WE WILL NOT CHANGE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. EVEN THOUGH THE MCV WILL TRACK ENE THIS MORNING...THE PARENT UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL LINGER ACROSS OUR REGION TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE CONVECTION WILL EXPAND IN AREAL COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE ADVENT OF DAYTIME HEATING. RAIN CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF OUR CWFA AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW SLOWLY LIFTS OUT TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE ARKLATEX. THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF AND WILL EXTEND WESTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL LIMIT RAIN CHANCES TO OUR EASTERN COUNTIES...ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEA-BREEZE. AFTERNOON TEMPS WILL BE BACK INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S OVER THE WEEKEND AND THESE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. FCST A BLEND OF THE GFS AND ECMWF. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 85 77 90 77 94 / 70 50 30 10 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 84 75 90 75 93 / 80 50 30 10 10 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 86 76 91 76 93 / 70 40 20 10 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 84 74 90 75 92 / 70 50 30 10 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 93 77 95 75 94 / 10 10 - 10 10 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 84 76 90 76 92 / 70 50 30 10 10 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 88 75 93 75 93 / 50 20 10 10 10 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 85 76 91 76 93 / 70 40 30 10 10 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 84 77 89 77 92 / 80 30 40 10 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 87 77 91 77 93 / 60 30 20 10 10 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 87 77 92 77 93 / 50 30 20 10 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL... COMAL...DE WITT...FAYETTE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES... KENDALL...LAVACA...LEE...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON...WILSON. && 13/02
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 6:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 642 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 TXZ172-173-189>194-205>209-220>225-101145- BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-BEXAR- COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES- DE WITT-LAVACA- 642 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL GENERATE CONTINUED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY WITH FLASH FLOODING THE GREATEST THREAT. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CHARLOTTE IN SOUTHWEST ATASCOSA COUNTY TO BOERNE TO BURNET. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 5 TO 8 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TXZ171-183>188-202>204-217>219-228-101145- LLANO-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT- 642 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
648 AM CDT WED JUN 09 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0644 AM HEAVY RAIN GEORGETOWN 30.65N 97.69W
06/09/2010 M3.00 INCH WILLIAMSON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
2.8 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT ENDING AT 630 AM THIS
MORNING.
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1000388
JMESpecial weather statement, Jun 9, 7:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 710 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 TXZ173-189>194-205>209-220>225-091415- WILLIAMSON-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-BEXAR-COMAL- GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES- DE WITT-LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...BOERNE...BLANCO... SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SAN ANTONIO... NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PLEASANTON... FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE 710 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 ...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS COMAL COUNTY... LISTED ARE 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS COURTESY OF THE GBRA ENDING AT 7 AM. GBRA TOWER...3.05 STARTZVILLE...6.68 HOFFMAN ROAD...3.25 THIRD CROSSING...6.83 WAGGNER RANCH...6.15 STENEN ROAD...2.31 BEAR CREEK...10.28 SHADOW HILLS...8.29 NBU TOWER ON GERONIMO CREEK...1.34 FM 3009 ON DRY COMAL CREEK...2.78 KRUGER CANYON ROAD ON DRY COMAL CREEK...5.15 BRESKY ROAD ON ISSAC CREEK...4.47
Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
713 AM CDT WED JUN 09 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0658 AM HEAVY RAIN 10 NNW AUSTIN 30.40N 97.80W
06/09/2010 M2.54 INCH TRAVIS TX CO-OP OBSERVER
2.54 INCHES OF RAINFALL FOR 6 HOUR PERIOD BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 6AM FROM AUSTIN GREAT HILLS NWS CO-OP
OBSERVER
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1000389
ATTLocal storm report, Jun 9, 7:37 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
737 AM CDT WED JUN 09 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0734 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 W NEW BRAUNFELS 29.70N 98.20W
06/09/2010 COMAL TX NWS EMPLOYEE
4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 6 HOURS. LOW WATER
CROSSINGS ON FM 1863 ARE FLOODED. STAFF GAUGE ON THE DRY
COMAL CREEK IS AT 5 FT.
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1000390
JMELocal storm report, Jun 9, 8:00 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 110 min |
| Jun 8, 10:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 117 min |
| Jun 9, 5:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:59 AM CDT | Hydrologic Warning | EWX | Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 8 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Lee | 119 min |
| Jun 9, 7:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 13 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 9:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 13 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 9:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 110 min |
| Jun 9, 10:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 34 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 58 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 10:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette | 107 min |
| Jun 9, 2:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Llano | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 108 min |
| Jun 9, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 4:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 3 days |
| Jun 9, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 47 min |
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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.