Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2014, 11:40 PM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2014, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bexar County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:03 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | San Antonio, TX | SEVERAL LANE CLOSURES ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO DUE TO FLOODING. |
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.
349 WGUS54 KEWX 130440 FFWEWX TXC029-130645- /O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0006.140513T0440Z-140513T0645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1140 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BEXAR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO... * UNTIL 145 AM CDT * AT 1137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF BEXAR COUNTY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS FROM DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO TO SOMERSET AND ELMENDORF. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OLMOS PARK...WINDCREST...TERRELL HILLS...SHAVANO PARK...LIVE OAK...LEON VALLEY...HOLLYWOOD PARK AND ALAMO HEIGHTS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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 2970 9859 2946 9817 2914 9844 2928 9877 $$
2 follow-up statements
780 WGUS74 KEWX 130521 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1221 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014 TXC029-130645- /O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140513T0645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BEXAR TX- 1221 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR BEXAR COUNTY... AT 1213 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN BEXAR COUNTY WITH LIGHT RAINS ELSEWHERE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THEN TO LA COSTE...SOMERSET AND ELMENDORF. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH IS STILL POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEASTERN BEXAR COUNTY AROUND THE ELMENDORF AREA. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE DUE TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINS ELSEWHERE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHINA GROVE...WINDCREST...TERRELL HILLS...ST. HEDWIG...SHAVANO PARK...SAN ANTONIO...OLMOS PARK...LIVE OAK...LEON VALLEY...KIRBY...HOLLYWOOD PARK AND ALAMO HEIGHTS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 2970 9859 2946 9817 2914 9844 2928 9877 $$
695 WGUS74 KEWX 130622 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 122 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014 TXC029-130645- /O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140513T0645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BEXAR TX- 122 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR BEXAR COUNTY... AT 115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUE TO SHOW MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS FROM SOMERSET AREA TO DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO TO CONVERSE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED 4 TO 6 INCHES FROM SOMERSET AREA TO DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO WITH AT LEAST 1 INCHES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF BEXAR COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES CAN STILL BE EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDCREST... TERRELL HILLS...ST. HEDWIG...SHAVANO PARK...SAN ANTONIO...OLMOS PARK...LIVE OAK...LEON VALLEY...KIRBY...HOLLYWOOD PARK...CHINA GROVE AND ALAMO HEIGHTS LAT...LON 2970 9859 2946 9817 2914 9844 2928 9877 $$
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, 11:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| 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, 11:42 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.