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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2014, 4:09 AM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2014, 4:09 AM CDT (09:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
106
WGUS54 KEWX 200909
FFWEWX
TXC465-201200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0022.140620T0909Z-140620T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
409 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
VAL VERDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LOMA ALTA...LANGTRY...DEL RIO...
COMSTOCK...
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT
* AT 401 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED
AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS
SOUTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES
POSSIBLE IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY AS THE THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVE NORTH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DEL RIO...AMISTAD VILLAGE...SHUMLA...PUMPVILLE...OSMAN...SEMINOLE
CANYON STATE PARK AND LOMA ALTA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3011 10176 3012 10176 3005 10070 2940 10070
2924 10076 2924 10081 2935 10100 2946 10109
2951 10124 2959 10126 2957 10130 2964 10131
2964 10136 2977 10147 2975 10154 2979 10155
2974 10165 2978 10177
$$1 follow-up statement
552
WGUS74 KEWX 201002
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
502 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
TXC465-201200-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140620T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VAL VERDE TX-
502 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR VAL
VERDE COUNTY...
AT 455 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN VAL VERDE
COUNTY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN MANY LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY AS THE ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVE NORTH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DEL
RIO...AMISTAD VILLAGE...LAKE VIEW...ROUGH CANYON RECREATION
AREA...AND SEMINOLE CANYON STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3011 10176 3012 10176 3005 10070 2940 10070
2924 10076 2924 10081 2935 10100 2946 10109
2951 10124 2959 10126 2957 10130 2964 10131
2964 10136 2977 10147 2975 10154 2979 10155
2974 10165 2978 10177
$$
JRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Maverick | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde | 11 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Maverick | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 15 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Maverick | 110 min |
| Jun 20, 10:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde | 8 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 10 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.