Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:24 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 13 Wnw Lost Maples Stat, TX | TORRENTIAL 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 CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 13 Wnw Lost Maples Stat, TX | ONE 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Real | 119 min |
| Jun 25, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 8:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 118 min |
| Jun 25, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 8:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 17 hr |
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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.