Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 147, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2015, 10:01 PM CDT for Kinney County, Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports 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
- Oct 8, 2015, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 10:32 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eagle Pass, TX | MAVERICK COUNTY EM IS WORKING WITH PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN LOW LYING AREAS AND MOVING THEM TO HIGHER GROUND. FLOODING ONGOING. |
| Oct 8, 11:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Brackettville, TX | MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED IN KINNEY COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER INCLUDING FM 334 AND FM 674 NE AND N OF BRACKETVILLE |
| Oct 9, 12:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eagle Pass, TX | SEVERAL EVACUATIONS AND WATER RESCUES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE EAGLE PASS AREA. MANY CREEKS ARE OVER THEIR BANKS INCLUDING EAGLE PASS...SECO...AND ELM CREEK. |
| Oct 9, 1:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7 | Eagle Pass, TX | EM RAIN GAUGE OVERTOPPED 6 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN EAGLE PASS. HIS BEST ESTIMATE IS 7 INCHES WHICH CHECKS OUT WITH MRMS ESTIMATES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
435
WGUS54 KEWX 090301
FFWEWX
TXC271-323-090600-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0147.151009T0301Z-151009T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1001 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MAVERICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 956 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MAVERICK AND KINNEY COUNTIES. UP TO
FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITHIN THE PAST THREE
HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED SHORTLY AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
CONTINUES TO AFFECT THOSE AREAS. BIGGEST FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS
OVER ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES...POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS
AND SMALL CREEKS AND RIVERS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EAGLE PASS...BRACKETTVILLE...SPOFFORD...QUEMADO...RADAR BASE...
DARLING...PALOMA...ALAMO VILLAGE...ROSITA NORTH...ROSITA SOUTH...
ANACACHO...NORMANDY...LAUGHLIN AFB AUX FIELD...EIDSON ROAD...ELM
CREEK...TURKEY MOUNTAIN...SECO MINES AND LAS QUINTAS FRONTERIZAS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
PARTS OF MAVERICK AND KINNEY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2860 10043 2861 10045 2864 10045 2867 10050
2874 10051 2876 10053 2882 10055 2883 10058
2889 10059 2890 10060 2890 10063 2953 10058
2954 10011 2859 10018
$$1 follow-up statement
495
WGUS74 KEWX 090446
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1146 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2015
TXC271-323-090600-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0147.000000T0000Z-151009T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAVERICK TX-KINNEY TX-
1146 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
MAVERICK AND KINNEY COUNTIES...
AT 1140 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL MAVERICK AND EASTERN KINNEY COUNTIES.
THERE ARE SEVERAL ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREAS
INCLUDING ELM CREEK SUBDIVISION IN EAGLE PASS. PEOPLE ARE BEING
ASKED TO LEAVE FLOODED AREA. ALSO...NORTHBOUND US HIGHWAY 277 AND US
HIGHWAY 57 ARE CLOSED ALONG WITH MULTIPLE CITY STREETS.
EVEN THOUGH THE RADAR TREND SHOWS SOME DECAY WITH STORM
INTENSITY...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFAL WILL BE PROBLEMATIC TO THE
FLOODED AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EAGLE PASS...BRACKETTVILLE...SPOFFORD...QUEMADO...RADAR BASE...
DARLING...PALOMA...ALAMO VILLAGE...ROSITA NORTH...ROSITA SOUTH...
ANACACHO...NORMANDY...LAUGHLIN AFB AUX FIELD...EIDSON ROAD...ELM
CREEK...TURKEY MOUNTAIN...SECO MINES AND LAS QUINTAS FRONTERIZAS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2860 10043 2861 10045 2864 10045 2867 10050
2874 10051 2876 10053 2882 10055 2883 10058
2889 10059 2890 10060 2890 10063 2953 10058
2954 10011 2859 10018
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 7:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 58 min |
| Oct 8, 8:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Maverick | 107 min |
| Oct 8, 9:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 116 min |
| Oct 8, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 45 min |
| Oct 8, 11:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 118 min |
| Oct 9, 12:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 112 min |
| Oct 9, 3:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 27 hr |
| Oct 9, 6:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 2 hr |
| Oct 9, 7:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Medina, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 8:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 2 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.