Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2013, 5:01 AM CDT for Real 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
- May 24, 2013, 5:01 AM CDT (10:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2013, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Real County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:16 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 15 N Leakey, TX | RANCH ROAD 336 BETWEEN 83 AND FM3235 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 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 2671 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
879
WGUS54 KEWX 241001
FFWEWX
TXC385-241300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0007.130524T1001Z-130524T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
501 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
REAL COUNTY...
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.
* AT 458 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MOST OF REAL
COUNTY. STORM TOTALS RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN
PRADE RANCH AND LEAKEY...WITH DOPPLER RADAR INDICATING AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEAKEY AND TUFF AND PRADE RANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
&&
LAT...LON 2988 9963 2965 9962 2965 9998 2999 9997
3005 9994 3006 9971 2990 9971
$$2 follow-up statements
436
WGUS74 KEWX 241036
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
536 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013
TXC385-241300-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130524T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REAL TX-
536 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR REAL
COUNTY...
AT 525 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS
OVER MOST OF REAL COUNTY WITH RAIN RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR.
THESE STORMS ARE SITTING OVER REAL COUNTY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO
TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE
EDWARDS AQUIFER RAIN GAGE LOCATED IN CENTRAL REAL COUNTY...NORTHWEST
OF TUFF...HAS MEASURED 3.04 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE LAST 6
HOURS WHILE THE USGS GAGE LOCATED IN NUECES RIVER NEAR BARKSDALE HAS
MEASURED 4.22 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST FOUR HOURS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE TUFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
&&
LAT...LON 2988 9963 2965 9962 2965 9998 2999 9997
3005 9994 3006 9971 2990 9971
$$232
WGUS74 KEWX 241223
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
723 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013
TXC385-241300-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130524T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REAL TX-
723 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR REAL
COUNTY...
AT 715 AM CDT...STORMS HAVE DIMINISHED DURING THE PAST HOUR AROUND
REAL COUNTY WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS
SHOWING NOW ON RADAR. HOWEVER...STORMS MAY REDEVELOP OVER THE AREA
THIS MORNING AS ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR MORE
ACTIVITY. SO FAR...RADAR STORM TOTALS IMAGE SHOWS ABOUT 3.5 INCHES
OVER BARKSDALE AND A BIT MORE THAN 7 INCHES OVER PRADE RANCH. ON THE
OTHER HAND...OBSERVED DATA FROM THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RAIN GAGE
LOCATED IN NORTHWEST OF TUFF...REPORTS 4.31 INCHES FOR THE LAST 6
HOURS WHILE THE USGS RAIN GAGE LOCATED NEAR BARKSDALE SHOWS 4.95
INCHES FOR THE LAST 4 HOURS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE PRADE RANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.
&&
LAT...LON 2988 9963 2965 9962 2965 9998 2999 9997
3005 9994 3006 9971 2990 9971
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 46 min |
| May 24, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 52 min |
| May 24, 3:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Real, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| May 24, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards, Real | 43 min |
| May 24, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| May 24, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 67 min |
| May 24, 5:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 59 min |
| May 24, 6:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney | 108 min |
| May 24, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde | 70 min |
| May 24, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 58 min |
| May 24, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 40 min |
| May 24, 8:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 106 min |
| May 24, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit, Kinney, Uvalde | 45 min |
| May 24, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 63 min |
| May 24, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 41 min |
| May 24, 10:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 108 min |
| May 24, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio, Medina | 43 min |
| May 24, 11:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 48 min |
| May 24, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 41 min |
| May 24, 12:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 45 min |
| May 24, 12:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 105 min |
| May 24, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Comal | 46 min |
| May 24, 1:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| May 24, 2:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 117 min |
| May 24, 2:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa | 2 hr |
| May 24, 2:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet | 3 hr |
| May 24, 2:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis | 4 hr |
| May 24, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 67 min |
| May 24, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Hays | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 107 min |
| May 24, 4:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson | 115 min |
| May 24, 6:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson | 116 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.