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Flash Flood Warning 142, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2015, 6:26 PM CDT for Dimmit County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
- Jun 27, 2015, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Dimmit County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 1520 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
626
WGUS54 KEWX 272326
FFWEWX
TXC127-280130-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0142.150627T2326Z-150628T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
626 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DIMMIT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 625 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY IF NOT ALREADY ONGOING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIG WELLS...ASHERTON...LAS VEGAS...CATARINA...LIGHT...GILSON GROVES
AND BRUNDAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 2852 9979 2863 9940 2821 9940 2820 9978
$$
TB31 follow-up statement
331 WGUS74 KEWX 280033 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 733 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 TXC127-280041- /O.CAN.KEWX.FF.W.0142.000000T0000Z-150628T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIMMIT TX- 733 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN DIMMIT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ROADWAYS MAY STILL BE EXPERIENCING SOME MINOR FLOODING SO EXERCISE CAUTION IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY WHILE DRIVING. LAT...LON 2852 9979 2863 9940 2821 9940 2820 9978 $$ TB3
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 6:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet, Llano, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 1:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 3:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis | 118 min |
| Jun 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 3:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 3:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 23 min |
| Jun 27, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 4:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 5:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 6:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Frio | 116 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.