Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2014, 5:03 AM CDT for Bandera County, Medina County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2014, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bandera County, TX, Medina County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
064 WGUS54 KEWX 071003 FFWEWX TXC019-325-463-071200- /O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0046.140907T1003Z-140907T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 503 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VANDERPOOL...TARPLEY... NORTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 700 AM CDT * AT 458 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...UTOPIA AND STATE HIGHWAY 16. 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. 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 2949 9960 2990 9961 2972 9908 2949 9919 $$ TOMASELLI
3 follow-up statements
052 WGUS74 KEWX 071103 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 603 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014 TXC019-325-463-071200- /O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-140907T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MEDINA TX-UVALDE TX-BANDERA TX- 603 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR WESTERN BANDERA...NORTHEASTERN UVALDE AND NORTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTIES... AT 557 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VANDERPOOL... LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...TARPLEY...UTOPIA...STATE HIGHWAY 16 AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 470 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 2949 9960 2990 9961 2972 9908 2949 9919 $$ TOMASELLI
485 WGUS74 KEWX 071150 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 650 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014 TXC019-325-463-071200- /O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-140907T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MEDINA TX-UVALDE TX-BANDERA TX- 650 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR WESTERN BANDERA...NORTHEASTERN UVALDE AND NORTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTIES... AT 646 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VANDERPOOL... LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...TARPLEY...UTOPIA...STATE HIGHWAY 16 AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 470. 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. 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 2949 9960 2990 9961 2972 9908 2949 9919 $$ TOMASELLI
297 WGUS74 KEWX 071157 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 657 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014 TXC019-325-463-071207- /O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-140907T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MEDINA TX-UVALDE TX-BANDERA TX- 657 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 700 AM CDT FOR WESTERN BANDERA...NORTHEASTERN UVALDE AND NORTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTIES... LAT...LON 2949 9960 2990 9961 2972 9908 2949 9919 $$ TOMASELLI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 1:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Travis, Williamson | 109 min |
| Sep 7, 1:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Lee | 117 min |
| Sep 7, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 59 min |
| Sep 7, 2:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop | 107 min |
| Sep 7, 3:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 118 min |
| Sep 7, 3:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Medina | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 53 min |
| Sep 7, 5:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gillespie | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Real, Uvalde | 108 min |
| Sep 7, 5:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real, Uvalde | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014
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.