Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 25, 2012, 4:26 AM CST for Bastrop County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2012, 4:26 AM CST (10:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2012, 7:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bastrop County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 5:24 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N Cedar Creek, TX | CAR SUBMERGED ON HIGHWAY 71. PERSONS BEING RESCUED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 272 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1865 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
597 WGUS54 KEWX 251026 FFWEWX TXC021-251330- /O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0003.120125T1026Z-120125T1330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 426 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BASTROP COUNTY... * UNTIL 730 AM CST. * AT 422 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN NORTHERN BASTROP COUNTY. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE WARNING AREA RANGES FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ELGIN...CAMP SWIFT...CEDAR CREEK AND WYLDWOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET INTERSECTIONS, CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED AREA. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. && LAT...LON 3025 9716 2994 9747 3006 9762 3036 9736 $$
3 follow-up statements
973 WGUS74 KEWX 251122 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 522 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 TXC021-251330- /O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T1330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BASTROP TX- 522 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR BASTROP COUNTY... AT 517 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE CEDAR CREEK...WYLDWOOD... ELGIN...CAMP SWIFT AND CEDAR HILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET INTERSECTIONS, CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED AREA. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3025 9716 2994 9747 3006 9762 3036 9736 $$
981
WGUS74 KEWX 251134
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
534 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012
TXC021-251330-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BASTROP TX-
534 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR
NORTHERN BASTROP COUNTY...
AT 526 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WESTERN
HALF OF BASTROP COUNTY WITH FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN CEDAR
CREEK...WYLDWOOD...CAMP SWIFT...CEDAR HILLS AND ELGIN. A FEW MINUTES
AGO...RECEIVED A REPORT FROM EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AT BASTROP COUNTY
OF A CAR SUBMERGED ON HIGHWAY 71. ALSO...REPORTED PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
HOME WITH SEVERE FLOODING AT 181 CALDWELL ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET
INTERSECTIONS, CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT
NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED
AREA. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3025 9716 3009 9734 2994 9747 3006 9762
3036 9736
$$264
WGUS74 KEWX 251249
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
649 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012
TXC021-251330-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BASTROP TX-
649 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR
NORTHERN BASTROP COUNTY...
AT 641 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH
FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE CREEK CEDAR AREA AND VICINITY. RESCUE
EFFORTS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED IN FLOODED AREAS ARE ONGOING ON CEDAR
CREEK AT THIS TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET
INTERSECTIONS, CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT
NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED
AREA. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3025 9716 3009 9734 2994 9747 3006 9762
3036 9736
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 10:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 26 min |
| Jan 24, 10:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 10:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 38 min |
| Jan 24, 11:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 28 min |
| Jan 24, 11:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 16 min |
| Jan 24, 11:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 11:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 32 min |
| Jan 25, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 40 min |
| Jan 25, 1:17 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 103 min |
| Jan 25, 1:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 42 min |
| Jan 25, 2:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 6 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:06 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 114 min |
| Jan 25, 2:15 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis | 105 min |
| Jan 25, 2:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | 42 min |
| Jan 25, 4:06 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall | 114 min |
| Jan 25, 4:09 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 111 min |
| Jan 25, 4:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:54 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:49 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Guadalupe | 101 min |
| Jan 25, 5:54 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 52 min |
| Jan 25, 6:26 AM CST | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 32 hr |
| Jan 25, 7:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 34 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 60 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:49 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop | 101 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.