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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 25, 2014Real County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2014, 7:16 PM CDT for Real County, Texas. It was in force for 119 min. 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 25, 2014, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2014, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
119 min
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), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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 25, 7:24 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD13 Wnw Lost Maples Stat, TXTORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CAUSED THE DRY SHORT PRONG CREEK TO FILL WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF FAST FLOWING WATER. THIS FLOW IS A PORTION OF THE HEADWATERS THAT FEED INTO THE FRIO RIVER ON ITS WAY TO LEAKEY
Jun 25, 7:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD13 Wnw Lost Maples Stat, TXONE FOOT OF WATER COVERING THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO PRADE RANCH WITH 2-4 FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER TWO OTHER LOW WATER CROSSING POINTS.

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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2014-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1574 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

049 
WGUS54 KEWX 260016
FFWEWX
TXC385-260215-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0029.140626T0016Z-140626T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEAKEY...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 713 PM 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 PRADE
  RANCH.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3006 9969 2990 9970 2990 9961 2971 9961
      2971 9995 3008 9994

$$
1 follow-up statement
272 
WGUS74 KEWX 260218
FFSEWX

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

TXC385-260229-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140626T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REAL TX-
918 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR REAL COUNTY...

LAT...LON 3006 9969 2990 9970 2990 9961 2971 9961
      2971 9995 3008 9994

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXReal119 min
Jun 25, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXUvalde40 min
Jun 25, 8:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt, Lavaca118 min
Jun 25, 8:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards41 min
Jun 25, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXZavala44 min
Jun 25, 8:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBexar17 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.