Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 reports 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
- Jun 14, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dimmit County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Carrizo Springs, TX | VEHICLES STUCK IN HIGH WATER...FLOODING AT SAN PEDRO AND 3RD STREET |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Crystal City, TX | VEHICLE STRANDED BY HIGH WATER AT REFUGIO STREET...WAGONER ROAD ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 683 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS54 KEWX 141900
FFWEWX
TXC127-271-323-463-507-142200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0021.130614T1900Z-130614T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
200 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DIMMIT COUNTY...
KINNEY COUNTY...
MAVERICK COUNTY...
UVALDE COUNTY...
ZAVALA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.
* AT 156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 83 FROM CARRIZO SPRINGS UP TO UVALDE. THE
HEAVIEST RAINS WILL PRIMARILY AFFECT THE CENTER AND WESTERN HALF
OF DIMMIT...ZAVALA...AND UVALDE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINS OF 2
TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
AREAS OF MAVERICK AND KINNEY COUNTIES ARE STILL EXPERIENCING
FLOODING FROM EARLIER RAINS AND ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL
REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BATESVILLE...BIG WELLS...BRACKETTVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS...CRYSTAL
CITY...EAGLE PASS...EL INDIO...LA PRYOR...SPOFFORD...UVALDE...ALAMO
VILLAGE...AMANDA...ANACACHO...ASHERTON...BLEWETT...BRUNDAGE...
CATARINA...CLINE...COMETA...CONCAN...DABNEY...DARLING...GARNER
STATE PARK...GILSON GROVES...KNIPPA...LAGUNA...LAS VEGAS...LIGHT...
LOMA VISTA AND MONTELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
&&
LAT...LON 2905 10068 2909 10068 2917 10076 2961 10064
2963 9943 2822 9941 2818 10020
$$4 follow-up statements
905
WGUS74 KEWX 142031
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
331 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
TXC127-271-323-463-507-142200-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130614T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DIMMIT TX-KINNEY TX-UVALDE TX-MAVERICK TX-ZAVALA TX-
331 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
ZAVALA...MAVERICK...UVALDE...KINNEY AND DIMMIT COUNTIES...
AT 320 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING TO
BE ONGOING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HIGH WATER HAS CAUSED SEVERAL
CARS TO BE STRANDED ACROSS MAINLY DIMMIT AND ZAVALA COUNTIES. HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTH FROM WEBB COUNTY AND WILL BE DROPPING
ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN DIMMIT
COUNTY. AREAS NEAR ASHERTON AND CATARINA WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST RAINS
OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
ELSEWHERE OVER MAVERICK AND KINNEY COUNTIES...AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE
SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS AND SHOULD ALLOW FOR FLOOD WATERS TO
RECEDE ON SOME STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS HOWEVER WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE DARLING...WASHER...DABNEY...
BLEWETT...CLINE...LAGUNA...AMANDA...STANDART...ANACACHO...SPOFFORD...
BRACKETTVILLE...ALAMO VILLAGE...UVALDE...UTOPIA...SABINAL...REAGAN
WELLS...MONTELL...KNIPPA...GARNER STATE PARK AND CONCAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. EVEN SUVS AND PICKUPS WILL
BE SWEPT AWAY BY AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER. TURN AROUND
DON'T DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 2905 10068 2909 10068 2917 10076 2961 10064
2963 9943 2822 9941 2818 10020
$$636
WGUS54 KEWX 142157
FFWEWX
TXC127-271-323-463-507-150000-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130615T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
457 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DIMMIT COUNTY...
KINNEY COUNTY...
MAVERICK COUNTY...
UVALDE COUNTY...
ZAVALA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.
* AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PUSHING
NORTHWARD FROM WEBB COUNTY TOWARD THE EASTERN PORTION OF DIMMIT
AND SOUTHERN ZAVALA COUNTIES. ALSO...ANOTHER AREA WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL SOUTH OF EL INDIO AREA...IS PUSHING NORTHWARD AND ALONG
THE RIO GRANDE. DUE TO EARLIER REPORTS OF STREETS FLOODING
AND CURRENTLY RAIN RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN SOME SPOTS
WITH HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE EVENING WITH
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN SOME LOCATIONS OVER
THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...WE HAVE
EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO 7 PM THIS EVENING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BATESVILLE...BIG WELLS...BRACKETTVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS...CRYSTAL
CITY...EL INDIO...LA PRYOR...SPOFFORD...UVALDE...ALAMO VILLAGE...
AMANDA...ANACACHO...ASHERTON...BLEWETT...BRUNDAGE...CATARINA...
CLINE...COMETA...CONCAN...DABNEY...DARLING...GARNER STATE PARK...
GILSON GROVES...KNIPPA...LAGUNA...LAS VEGAS...LIGHT...LOMA VISTA...
MONTELL AND PALOMA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. EVEN SUVS AND PICKUPS WILL
BE SWEPT AWAY BY AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER. TURN AROUND
DON'T DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 2905 10068 2909 10068 2917 10076 2961 10064
2963 9943 2822 9941 2818 10020
$$571
WGUS74 KEWX 142258
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
558 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
TXC127-271-323-463-507-150000-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130615T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DIMMIT TX-KINNEY TX-UVALDE TX-MAVERICK TX-ZAVALA TX-
558 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
ZAVALA...MAVERICK...UVALDE...KINNEY AND DIMMIT COUNTIES...
AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES
TO DETECT MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS EASTERN DIMMIT AND ZAVALA COUNTIES WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE
SHOWERS PUSHING NORTHWARD FROM NORTHWEST WEBB COUNTY TOWARD SOUTHERN
MAVERICK COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY
DIMINISH ACROSS NORTHERN MAVERICK...KINNEY AND UVALDE COUNTIES AT
THIS HOUR. HOWEVER...EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATIONS IN SOME SPOTS ARE STILL CAUSING STREET AND MINOR
FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES AND THEREFORE...THE FLASH
FLOODING WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING FOR
ZAVALA...MAVERICK...UVALDE...KINNEY AND DIMMIT COUNTIES.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE DARLING...WASHER...DABNEY...
BLEWETT...CLINE...LAGUNA...AMANDA...STANDART...ANACACHO...SPOFFORD...
BRACKETTVILLE...ALAMO VILLAGE...UVALDE...UTOPIA...SABINAL...REAGAN
WELLS...MONTELL...KNIPPA...GARNER STATE PARK AND CONCAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET
INTERSECTIONS, CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT
NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED
AREA. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
IT IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AT NIGHT. IF FLOOD
WATERS RISE ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 2905 10068 2909 10068 2917 10076 2961 10064
2963 9943 2822 9941 2818 10020
$$485
WGUS74 KEWX 142358
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
658 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
TXC127-271-323-463-507-150006-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130615T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DIMMIT TX-KINNEY TX-UVALDE TX-MAVERICK TX-ZAVALA TX-
658 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT FOR ZAVALA...
MAVERICK...UVALDE...KINNEY AND DIMMIT COUNTIES...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE NEAR THE BORDER AND THE LOWER RIO GRANDE
PLAINS HAS PUSHED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST AND NOW
AFFECTING AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BUT THE
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
LAT...LON 2905 10068 2909 10068 2917 10076 2961 10064
2963 9943 2822 9941 2818 10020
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 74 min |
| Jun 13, 11:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit | 114 min |
| Jun 14, 3:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 10 more | 42 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Maverick, Zavala | 114 min |
| Jun 14, 10:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 10:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 12:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 5:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Frio | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Wilson | 119 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.