Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 2015, 3:08 PM CDT for Bandera County, Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- Apr 17, 2015, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bandera County, TX, Kerr County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 3:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Medina, TX | 5-6 LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED IN BANDERA COUNTY...MAINLY IN MEDINA AND WEST TOWARDS VANDERPOOL AND EAST TOWARDS BANDERA AND PIPE CREEK. |
| Apr 17, 3:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.02 | 9 Wsw Ingram, TX | RAINFALL IN 90 MINUTES |
| Apr 17, 3:25 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.35 | 3 Nw Medina, TX | 2.35 INCHES OF RAIN IN 90 MINUTES |
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 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 2878 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
632
WGUS54 KEWX 172008
FFWEWX
TXC019-265-172300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0003.150417T2008Z-150417T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
308 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
CENTRAL KERR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 306 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS A KERRVILLE TO VANDERPOOL AND TARPLEY AREA. UP
TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MEDINA...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...HUNT...INGRAM...WALTONIA...KERRVILLE
STATE PARK...CENTER POINT AND CAMP VERDE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3009 9905 2971 9900 2971 9947 3011 9950
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 8:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop | 114 min |
| Apr 16, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 10:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 55 min |
| Apr 17, 4:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 9:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 11:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 11:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 11:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kimble | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 38 min |
| Apr 17, 11:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 12:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr | 58 min |
| Apr 17, 12:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 1:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 52 min |
| Apr 17, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 2:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Real | 118 min |
| Apr 17, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 2:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Wilson | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 64 min |
| Apr 17, 4:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Lavaca, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca, Wilson | 55 min |
| Apr 17, 4:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 65 min |
| Apr 17, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca | 61 min |
| Apr 17, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 6:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 22 min |
| Apr 17, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Zavala | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.