Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jun 25, 2014, 7:14 AM CDT (12:14 UTC)

Expired

Jun 25, 2014, 10:15 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties DeWitt County, TX, Karnes County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:15 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.

701 
WGUS54 KEWX 251214
FFWEWX
TXC123-255-251515-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0025.140625T1214Z-140625T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
714 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DEWITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YORKTOWN...
  EASTERN KARNES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 705 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
  DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE     
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER
  RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES 
  MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BETWEEN RUNGE AND COTTON PATCH...AND 
  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD FALL OVER THESE SAME AREAS
  BY 8 AM.   

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GILLETT.

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.

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 2885 9779 2913 9785 2922 9773 2910 9762
      2894 9739 2871 9772

$$

065 
WGUS74 KEWX 251430
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
930 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2014

TXC123-255-251515-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140625T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DEWITT TX-KARNES TX-
930 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR
EASTERN KARNES AND SOUTHWESTERN DEWITT COUNTIES...

AT 921 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN KARNES COUNTY 
REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS WITH HIGH WATER. EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 
TO 4 INCHES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF WITH FLOODING EXPECTED THROUGH 
AT LEAST 10 AM. ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAIN IS FALLING IN THE REGION AND 
HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING INLAND FROM THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST AND BEING 
DIRECTED TOWARDS KARNES AND DEWITT COUNTIES WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN 
EXTENSION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GILLETT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 2885 9779 2913 9785 2922 9773 2910 9762
      2894 9739 2871 9772

$$

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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.