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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2014, 5:46 AM CDT for Gillespie 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
- Sep 7, 2014, 5:46 AM CDT (10:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2014, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Gillespie County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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.
844
WGUS54 KEWX 071046
FFWEWX
TXC171-071345-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0047.140907T1046Z-140907T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
546 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GILLESPIE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG...
* UNTIL 845 AM CDT
* AT 536 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF GILLESPIE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY 8 AM CDT.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FREDERICKSBURG...BLUMENTHAL...CAIN CITY...ROCKY HILL...TIVYDALE...
HILLTOP...CHERRY SPRING...DOSS...LUCKENBACH AND U.S. HIGHWAYS
290 AND 87.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3049 9917 3049 9893 3037 9881 3014 9869
3014 9917
$$1 follow-up statement
066
WGUS74 KEWX 071205
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
705 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014
TXC171-071345-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-140907T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GILLESPIE TX-
705 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR
CENTRAL GILLESPIE COUNTY...
AT 657 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT HEAVY SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER
HOUR. THIS ACTIVITY ALONG WITH PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FREDERICKSBURG...BLUMENTHAL...CAIN CITY...ROCKY HILL...TIVYDALE...
HILLTOP...CHERRY SPRING...DOSS...LUCKENBACH AND U.S. HIGHWAYS 290
AND 87.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3049 9917 3049 9893 3037 9881 3014 9869
3014 9917
$$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, 5:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Uvalde | 117 min |
| 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, 6:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real, Uvalde | 2 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.