Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2015, 11:24 PM CDT for Hays County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
- May 23, 2015, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2015, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
County Hays County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:03 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ene Fischer, TX | THE FISCHER STORE ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE BLANCO RIVER HAS BEEN DESTROYED...ONLY THE PILLARS REMAIN |
| May 24, 3:05 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ene Fischer, TX | FISCHER STORE ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE BLANCO RIVER IS DESTROYED WEST OF WIMBERLEY. |
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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 1269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
701
WGUS54 KEWX 240424
FFWEWX
TXC209-241015-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0064.150524T0424Z-150524T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1124 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN AND TRIBUTARIES
IN SOUTHERN HAYS COUNTY INCLUDING WIMBERLEY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT
* AT 1121 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BLANCO RIVER AT WIMBERLEY HAS RISEN TWELVE
IN THIRTY MINUTES AND AN ADDITIONAL RISE OF AT LEAST SIX FEET IS
EXPECTED IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. NUMEROUS HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED
WITH HIGH WATER RESCUES ONGOING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN AND
TRIBUTARIES IN SOUTHERN HAYS COUNTY INCLUDING WIMBERLEY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WIMBERLEY AND WOODCREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3002 9791 2998 9789 2995 9817 2998 9821
3010 9823
$$
LJH2 follow-up statements
709
WGUS74 KEWX 240541
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1241 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
TXC209-241015-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-150524T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAYS TX-
1241 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN
AND TRIBUTARIES IN SOUTHERN HAYS COUNTY INCLUDING WIMBERLEY...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL HAYS COUNTY...
AT 1231 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RECORD CREST IS ABOUT TO OCCUR ALONG THE
BLANCO RIVER AT WIMBERLEY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO IMPACT LOCATIONS DOWNSTREAM NEAR KYLE...AND EVENTUALLY
SAN MARCOS ALONG THE BLANCO RIVER. NUMEROUS HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED
IN WIMBERLEY WITH HIGH WATER RESCUES ONGOING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN AND
TRIBUTARIES IN SOUTHERN HAYS COUNTY INCLUDING WIMBERLEY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW!
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WIMBERLEY AND THE FAR WESTERN SIDES OF KYLE ALONG THE BLANCO RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3002 9791 2998 9789 2995 9817 2998 9821
3010 9823
$$
LJH527
WGUS74 KEWX 240658
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
158 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
TXC209-241015-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-150524T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAYS TX-
158 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN
AND TRIBUTARIES IN SOUTHERN HAYS COUNTY INCLUDING WIMBERLEY...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL HAYS COUNTY...
AT 153 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED DISASTROUS LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING WILL IMPACT
OVER A HUNDRED HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN AND NEAR WIMBERLEY IN THE
BLANCO RIVER AND CYPRESS CREEK FLOOD PLAINS. MANY HOMES WILL FLOOD
SEVERELY DOWNSTREAM IN THE LOWER BLANCO AND SAN MARCOS RIVER FLOOD
PLAINS NEAR SAN MARCOS. THIS LEVEL WILL REACH LOWER RURAL HOMES IN
THE FLOOD PLAIN ABOVE BLANCO TO BELOW SAN MARCOS AND CAN TRAP AND
DROWN HUNDREDS OF LIVESTOCK. ROADS NEAR THE RIVER ARE EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN AND
TRIBUTARIES IN SOUTHERN HAYS COUNTY INCLUDING WIMBERLEY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW!
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WIMBERLEY AND WOODCREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
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 3002 9791 2998 9789 2995 9817 2998 9821
3010 9823
$$
HAMPSHIREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 49 min |
| May 23, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio, Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 23, 7:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 31 hr |
| May 23, 7:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 19 hr |
| May 23, 7:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 24 hr |
| May 23, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Hays | 26 min |
| May 23, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina | 40 min |
| May 23, 7:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 21 hr |
| May 23, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 35 min |
| May 23, 8:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 3 hr |
| May 23, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Hays, Travis | 41 min |
| May 23, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 23, 8:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 22 hr |
| May 23, 8:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Hays | 55 hr |
| May 23, 8:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 4 days |
| May 23, 8:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 8 days |
| May 23, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 32 min |
| May 23, 8:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Hays and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 23, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar | 37 min |
| May 23, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Guadalupe | 43 min |
| May 23, 8:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 32 hr |
| May 23, 8:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 6 days |
| May 23, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis | 32 min |
| May 23, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Hays | 45 min |
| May 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 35 min |
| May 23, 8:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 26 hr |
| May 23, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Wilson | 53 min |
| May 23, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | 44 min |
| May 23, 9:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 23, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 31 min |
| May 23, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 28 min |
| May 23, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 51 min |
| May 23, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 3 hr |
| May 23, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lee, Williamson | 42 min |
| May 23, 10:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 23, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Gonzales | 40 min |
| May 23, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 28 min |
| May 23, 10:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real | 3 hr |
| May 23, 10:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet | 3 hr |
| May 23, 10:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 40 hr |
| May 23, 11:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 28 hr |
| May 23, 11:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 23, 11:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar | 3 hr |
| May 23, 11:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Real, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| May 23, 11:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 19 hr |
| May 23, 11:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 44 hr |
| May 23, 11:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 27 hr |
| May 23, 11:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 55 hr |
| May 24, 12:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 22 hr |
| May 24, 12:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 22 hr |
| May 24, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Kendall and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 50 min |
| May 24, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays | 8 hr |
| May 24, 1:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 24, 2:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 24, 2:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 21 hr |
| May 24, 3:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca, Lee | 4 hr |
| May 24, 5:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays | 3 hr |
| May 24, 7:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe | 20 hr |
| May 24, 7:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 4 days |
| May 24, 8:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EWX | Hays | 6 hr |
| May 24, 8:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 21 hr |
| May 24, 8:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays | 3 hr |
| May 24, 9:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 22 hr |
| May 24, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 5 days |
| May 24, 9:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 3 days |
| May 24, 11:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays | 6 hr |
| May 24, 2:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EWX | Hays | 3 hr |
| May 24, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 34 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.