Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 22, 2014, 8:12 PM CST for Comal County, Guadalupe 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
- Nov 22, 2014, 8:12 PM CST (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2014, 11:15 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Comal County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 9:53 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nne New Braunfels, TX | RIVER ROAD ON LOOP 337 AND GRUENE ROAD AT BUSINESS 35 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 1796 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
782
WGUS54 KEWX 230212
FFWEWX
TXC091-187-230515-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0068.141123T0212Z-141123T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
812 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COMAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW BRAUNFELS...CANYON LAKE DAM...
WESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CST
* AT 806 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
DETERMINED THAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF COMAL AND WESTERN
GUADALUPE COUNTIES. THE HEAVY RAINS RECEIVED EARLIER TODAY ALONG
WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL MAKE RAPID FLASH
FLOODING POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPRING
BRANCH...NEW BRAUNFELS...SMITHSON VALLEY AND INTERSTATE 35.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3001 9829 2984 9804 2976 9801 2969 9795
2951 9818 2956 9822 2957 9828 2967 9835
2970 9834 2974 9833 2976 9841 2978 9858
$$3 follow-up statements
891
WGUS74 KEWX 230318
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
918 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014
TXC091-187-230515-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-141123T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUADALUPE TX-COMAL TX-
918 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR
COMAL AND WEST CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTIES...
AT 913 PM CST...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT THE
POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. TWO ROUNDS OF
VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVED OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH THE LAST ROUND NOW
EAST OF THE AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN TODAY. RESIDUAL POST RAIN RUN OFF WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH
FLOOD THREAT.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPRING
BRANCH...SMITHSON VALLEY...FISCHER AND CANYON LAKE DAM
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3001 9829 2984 9804 2976 9801 2969 9795
2951 9818 2956 9822 2957 9828 2967 9835
2970 9834 2974 9833 2976 9841 2978 9858
$$228
WGUS74 KEWX 230429
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1029 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014
TXC091-187-230515-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-141123T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUADALUPE TX-COMAL TX-
1029 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR
COMAL AND WEST CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTIES...
AT 1026 PM CST...NWS METEOROLOGISTS DETECT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS
ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RESIDUAL RUN OFF FROM THE
EARLIER RAINS WILL STILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT. NEW
BRAUNFELS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT SEVERAL ROAD
CLOSURES IN THE CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPRING
BRANCH...SMITHSON VALLEY...FISCHER AND CANYON LAKE DAM
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 3001 9829 2984 9804 2976 9801 2969 9795
2951 9818 2956 9822 2957 9828 2967 9835
2970 9834 2974 9833 2976 9841 2978 9858
$$333
WGUS74 KEWX 230506
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1106 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014
TXC091-187-230516-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-141123T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUADALUPE TX-COMAL TX-
1106 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CST FOR COMAL AND
WEST CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTIES...
LAT...LON 3001 9829 2984 9804 2976 9801 2969 9795
2951 9818 2956 9822 2957 9828 2967 9835
2970 9834 2974 9833 2976 9841 2978 9858
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 6:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 54 min |
| Nov 22, 6:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 65 min |
| Nov 22, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 60 min |
| Nov 22, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 56 min |
| Nov 22, 6:43 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 107 min |
| Nov 22, 6:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Hays, Williamson | 61 min |
| Nov 22, 6:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Frio, Kendall, Medina | 66 min |
| Nov 22, 6:56 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Hays | 3 hr |
| Nov 22, 7:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 59 min |
| Nov 22, 7:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Nov 22, 7:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar, Frio, Kendall, Medina | 54 min |
| Nov 22, 7:32 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Nov 22, 7:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Hays, Travis, Williamson | 56 min |
| Nov 22, 7:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson | 52 min |
| Nov 22, 7:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Nov 22, 7:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 49 min |
| Nov 22, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson | 59 min |
| Nov 22, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson | 52 min |
| Nov 22, 8:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Comal, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 63 min |
| Nov 22, 8:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays and 2 more | 62 min |
| Nov 22, 9:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 62 min |
| Nov 22, 9:40 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 110 min |
| Nov 22, 10:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 112 min |
| Nov 22, 10:59 PM CST | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 15 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.