Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

May 26, 2014, 11:20 AM CDT (16:20 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 2014, 3:15 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Comal County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Medina County, TX, Uvalde County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

243 
WGUS54 KEWX 261620
FFWEWX
TXC019-029-031-091-259-325-463-262015-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0013.140526T1620Z-140526T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1120 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BANDERA COUNTY...
  NORTHWESTERN BEXAR COUNTY...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL BLANCO COUNTY...
  WESTERN COMAL COUNTY...
  SOUTHERN KENDALL COUNTY...
  NORTHERN MEDINA COUNTY...
  NORTHEASTERN UVALDE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 1111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
  DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  KREUTZBERG...BANDERA FALLS...TIMBERWOOD PARK...THE DOMINION...LEON
  SPRINGS...FAIR OAKS RANCH...CROSS MOUNTAIN...PIPE CREEK...SPRING
  BRANCH...SMITHSON VALLEY...GUADALUPE RIVER STATE PARK...BULVERDE
  AND BERGHEIM

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 2950 9961 2967 9960 2975 9898 2999 9834
      2991 9827 2934 9859 2930 9916

$$

434 
WGUS74 KEWX 261659
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1159 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

TXC019-029-031-091-259-325-463-262015-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140526T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KENDALL TX-MEDINA TX-UVALDE TX-BLANCO TX-BEXAR TX-BANDERA TX-COMAL 
TX-
1159 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN COMAL...SOUTHERN BANDERA...NORTHWESTERN BEXAR...EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL BLANCO...NORTHEASTERN UVALDE...NORTHERN MEDINA AND SOUTHERN
KENDALL COUNTIES...

AT 1146 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT SLOW MOVING  
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING GENERALLY ALONG 
AND 15 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM TARPLEY TO LEON SPRINGS TO 
GUADALUPE STATE PARK.  

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KREUTZBERG...
BANDERA FALLS...TIMBERWOOD PARK...THE DOMINION...LEON SPRINGS...FAIR
OAKS RANCH...CROSS MOUNTAIN...PIPE CREEK...BANDERA...SPRING BRANCH...
SMITHSON VALLEY...GUADALUPE RIVER STATE PARK...BULVERDE...BOERNE AND 
BERGHEIM.

NUMEROUS PUBLIC REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 2 1/2 
INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE 8 AM THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WARNING 
AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT A FEW LOCATIONS MAY HAVE 
RECEIVED UP TO 4 INCHES DURING THIS PERIOD. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL 
LIKELY COMBINE WITH EARLIER HEAVY RAINS RECEIVED WITHIN THE PAST 24 
HOURS TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES AS WELL AS SOME 
LARGER CREEKS AND STREAMS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 2950 9961 2967 9960 2975 9898 2999 9834
      2991 9827 2934 9859 2930 9916

$$

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