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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 12, 2014, 3:53 PM CDT for Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 112 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 12, 2014, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kerr County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
294
WGUS54 KEWX 122053
FFWEWX
TXC265-122245-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0049.140912T2053Z-140912T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
353 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN KERR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR
FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
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.
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 3025 9945 2992 9945 2990 9962 2991 9968
2991 9969 3007 9969 3007 9970 3025 9971
$$
TOMASELLI3 follow-up statements
717
WGUS74 KEWX 122136
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
436 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014
TXC265-122245-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140912T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KERR TX-
436 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN KERR COUNTY...
AT 433 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KERR WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT AREA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3025 9945 2992 9945 2990 9962 2991 9968
2991 9969 3007 9969 3007 9970 3025 9971
$$
TOMASELLI176
WGUS74 KEWX 122216
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
516 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014
TXC265-122245-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140912T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KERR TX-
516 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN KERR COUNTY...
AT 511 PM 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 KERR WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT AREA
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.
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 3025 9945 2992 9945 2990 9962 2991 9968
2991 9969 3007 9969 3007 9970 3025 9971
$$
TOMASELLI773
WGUS74 KEWX 122241
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
541 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014
TXC265-122251-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140912T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KERR TX-
541 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT FOR WESTERN KERR
COUNTY...
LAT...LON 3025 9945 2992 9945 2990 9962 2991 9968
2991 9969 3007 9969 3007 9970 3025 9971
$$
TOMASELLIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 3:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kerr | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 117 min |
| Sep 12, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 60 min |
| Sep 12, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Hays | 56 min |
| Sep 12, 4:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Lee | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 65 min |
| Sep 12, 5:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 39 min |
| Sep 12, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 58 min |
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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.