Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Oct 13, 2013, 4:59 AM CDT (09:59 UTC)

Expired

Oct 13, 2013, 8:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Uvalde County, TX

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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773 
WGUS54 KEWX 130959
FFWEWX
TXC463-131300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0039.131013T0959Z-131013T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
459 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  UVALDE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

* AT 454 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
  DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE SLOW
  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN 
  UVALDE COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE
  CONCAN TO LAGUNA AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE
  EXPECTED. THIS FLOODING WILL IMPACT AREAS ALONG THE FRIO RIVER FROM
  GARNER STATE PARK DOWNSTREAM TO CONCAN AND KNIPPA AND ALONG THE 
  NUECES RIVER FROM MONTELL TO LAGUNA TO NORTHWEST OF UVALDE. THE
  TRIBUTARIES OF THESE RIVERS IN THE AREAS WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED AS
  WELL AS HIGHWAYS 83...137 AND 55. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  UVALDE...CONCAN...GARNER STATE PARK...KNIPPA...LAGUNA...MONTELL AND
  REAGAN WELLS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.

&&

LAT...LON 2961 9960 2922 9957 2920 10008 2961 10000

$$

256 
WGUS74 KEWX 131137
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
637 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013

TXC463-131300-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-131013T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UVALDE TX-
637 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
UVALDE COUNTY...

AT 629 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS RAINS 
DECREASING OVER NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 3 TO 6 
INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE CONCAN TO LAGUNA AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 
INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS FLOODING WILL IMPACT AREAS ALONG 
THE FRIO RIVER FROM GARNER STATE PARK TO CONCAN AND KNIPPA AND ALONG 
THE NUECES RIVER FROM MONTELL TO LAGUNA TO NORTHWEST OF UVALDE. THE  
TRIBUTARIES OF THESE RIVERS IN THE AREAS WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED AS   
WELL AS HIGHWAYS 83...137 AND 55. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE LAGUNA...REAGAN WELLS...
MONTELL...GARNER STATE PARK AND CONCAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 2961 9960 2922 9957 2920 10008 2961 10000

$$

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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.