Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 2013, 4:36 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 2, 2013, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Lee County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:57 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.5 | Smithville, TX | 3 HOUR RAINFALL |
| Apr 2, 5:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Smithville, TX | NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES IN AND AROUND SMITHVILLE |
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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
400 WGUS54 KEWX 022136 FFWEWX TXC021-055-149-177-287-030030- /O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0003.130402T2136Z-130403T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 436 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BASTROP COUNTY... EAST CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY... WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GONZALES COUNTY... SOUTH CENTRAL LEE COUNTY... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT. * AT 435 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SMITHVILLE. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LA GRANGE... SMITHVILLE...CISTERN...MULDOON AND ROSANKY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN. && LAT...LON 3016 9688 2981 9680 2969 9744 2997 9749 $$
1 follow-up statement
286 WGUS74 KEWX 030017 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 717 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013 TXC021-055-149-177-287-030030- /O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130403T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FAYETTE TX-GONZALES TX-LEE TX-CALDWELL TX-BASTROP TX- 717 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BASTROP...EAST CENTRAL CALDWELL...SOUTH CENTRAL LEE... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GONZALES AND WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES... AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST BASTROP AND WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES ARE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE LA GRANGE...SMITHVILLE AND ROSANKY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET INTERSECTIONS, CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED AREA. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3016 9688 2981 9680 2969 9744 2997 9749 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Travis, Williamson | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 3:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 110 min |
| Apr 2, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis, Williamson | 105 min |
| Apr 2, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Travis | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 43 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.