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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 20, 2014Kinney County, Maverick County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2014, 12:49 AM CDT for Kinney County, Maverick County, 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
Jun 20, 2014, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2014, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 1:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 5.25Brackettville, TX5.25 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED SINCE 830 PM THURSDAY EVENING. SOME WATER RUNNING THROUGH BACK YARD AND DOWN STREET WITH MINOR IMPACT.
Jun 20, 2:15 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.52 Ssw Brackettville, TXHAM OPERATOR TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED OVER 3 INCHES BETWEEN 115-215 AM AND 9.73 INCHES SINCE 6 PM THURSDAY OR IN THE LAST 8.5 HOURS.

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 (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 44 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 191 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

195 
WGUS54 KEWX 200549
FFWEWX
TXC271-323-200845-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0019.140620T0549Z-140620T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1249 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPOFFORD...BRACKETTVILLE...
  MAVERICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUEMADO...

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 1237 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   
FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING AND 
CLOSURES OF ROADS WERE REPORTED ON STATE HIGHWAY 131 AND 277 AS WELL 
AS FM 1908...1572...AND 693.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 
OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF 10 TO 12 
INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
THE WARNED AREA...CONTINUING THE DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING FLASH 
FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMANDA...
  STANDART...ANACACHO AND ALAMO VILLAGE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 2888 10061 2891 10065 2909 10068 2911 10070
      2933 10072 2945 10070 2945 10011 2900 10011
      2881 10055 2882 10057

$$
1 follow-up statement
755 
WGUS74 KEWX 200705
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
205 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

TXC271-323-200845-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140620T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KINNEY TX-MAVERICK TX-
205 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR
MAVERICK AND SOUTHERN KINNEY COUNTIES...

AT 155 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO 
REPORT NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS NORTHERN MAVERICK AND 
SOUTHERN KINNEY COUNTIES. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED OVERNIGHT 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN VERY 
DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES HAS ACROSS 
OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH AN ISOLATED POCKET OF 
12 AND 16 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE MAVERICK AND KINNEY COUNTY LINE. 
AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN KINNEY 
COUNTY.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMANDA...
STANDART...ANACACHO...SPOFFORD...BRACKETTVILLE AND ALAMO VILLAGE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 2888 10061 2891 10065 2909 10068 2911 10070
      2933 10072 2945 10070 2945 10011 2900 10011
      2881 10055 2882 10057

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXKinney, Maverick3 hr
Jun 19, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney59 min
Jun 19, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMaverick3 hr
Jun 19, 8:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKinney, Val Verde5 hr
Jun 19, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKinney3 hr
Jun 20, 1:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEWXEdwards, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde11 hr
Jun 20, 1:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 hr
Jun 20, 3:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney, Maverick3 hr
Jun 20, 4:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 hr
Jun 20, 6:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXVal Verde15 hr
Jun 20, 7:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 hr
Jun 20, 7:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards, Kinney, Maverick110 min
Jun 20, 10:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 hr
Jun 20, 10:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde8 hr
Jun 20, 11:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXVal Verde10 hr
Jun 20, 11:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXVal Verde21 hr

Nearby

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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.