Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2014, 11:18 PM CDT for Hays County, Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- May 12, 2014, 11:18 PM CDT (04:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2014, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hays County, TX, Travis County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | San Marcos, TX | MOST LOW WATER CROSSINGS AROUND SAN MARCOS CLOSED EARLY MORNING DUE TO FLOODING. TIME ESTIMATED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 2559 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
606
WGUS54 KEWX 130418
FFWEWX
TXC209-453-130715-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0005.140513T0418Z-140513T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1118 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HAYS COUNTY...
SOUTH CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
* AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EASTERN PORTIONS OF HAYS COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR AMOUNTS AND
GROUND TRUTH REPORTS IN THE AREA SUGGEST THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN ARE LIKELY TO FALL IN AROUND 1 HOURS TIME...
RESULTING IN RAPID RUNOFF.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUDA
AND SAN MARCOS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3021 9797 3004 9772 2980 9799 2985 9803
2989 9809
$$1 follow-up statement
421
WGUS74 KEWX 130717
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
217 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014
TXC209-453-130725-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140513T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAYS TX-TRAVIS TX-
217 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TRAVIS AND
EASTERN HAYS COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ONLY LIGHT RAINS ACROSS TRAVIS
AND HAYS COUNTIES. NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE
WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...SOME STREAMS WILL STILL RUN
HIGH FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS DUE TO EARLIER VERY HEAVY RAINS.
LAT...LON 3021 9797 3004 9772 2980 9799 2985 9803
2989 9809
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 35 min |
| May 12, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr | 51 min |
| May 12, 9:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 12, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 40 min |
| May 12, 10:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Hays | 3 hr |
| May 12, 10:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 3 hr |
| May 12, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 43 min |
| May 12, 10:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 114 min |
| May 12, 10:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 103 min |
| May 12, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 23 min |
| May 12, 11:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe, Wilson | 32 min |
| May 12, 11:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Uvalde and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe | 112 min |
| May 12, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 48 min |
| May 12, 11:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 3 hr |
| May 13, 12:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette | 115 min |
| May 13, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 49 min |
| May 13, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Wilson | 48 min |
| May 13, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 46 min |
| May 13, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 49 min |
| May 13, 12:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Gonzales, Lee | 113 min |
| May 13, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales | 64 min |
| May 13, 12:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Karnes, Wilson | 2 hr |
| May 13, 12:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 2 hr |
| May 13, 1:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 13, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 60 min |
| May 13, 1:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| May 13, 1:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 2 hr |
| May 13, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 51 min |
| May 13, 8:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 6 hr |
| May 13, 8:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 6 hr |
| May 13, 8:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 13 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.