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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 10, 2012Travis County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2012, 9:29 PM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2012, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2012, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Travis County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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 nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 274 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

229 
WGUS54 KEWX 110229
FFWEWX
TXC453-110530-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0044.120711T0229Z-120711T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
929 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.

* AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN
  TRAVIS COUNTY. ALMOST 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST 
  HOUR NEAR BULL CREEK AND LOOP 360 IN AUSTIN. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BEE
  CAVE...LAGO VISTA...LAKEWAY AND MANSFIELD DAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IT IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AT NIGHT. IF FLOOD
WATERS RISE ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3048 9784 3046 9783 3043 9775 3041 9771
      3017 9791 3035 9817 3056 9801

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards, Kinney, Val Verde3 hr
Jul 10, 7:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXWilliamson107 min
Jul 10, 7:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde4 hr
Jul 10, 8:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXTravis, Williamson2 hr
Jul 10, 9:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBlanco, Hays3 hr
Jul 11, 2:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson3 hr
Jul 11, 6:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Wilson3 hr
Jul 11, 6:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson2 hr
Jul 11, 8:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Jul 11, 3:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe and 4 more4 hr
Jul 11, 4:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDimmit, Maverick, Zavala3 hr
Jul 11, 4:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Guadalupe4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.