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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2015, 1:25 AM CDT for Caldwell County, Guadalupe County, Hays County, Texas. It was in force for 8 hr. 9 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 24, 2015, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2015, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Caldwell County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 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, 3:17 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ssw Kyle, TX | 4 PEOPLE TRAPPED ON ROOF...OTHERS STILL INSIDE...HELICOPTER RESCUE HAS BEEN REQUESTED |
| May 24, 4:05 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne San Marcos, TX | FLOOD WATERS FROM THE BLANCO RIVER ARE OVER I35 SOUTHBOUND IN SAN MARCOS |
| May 24, 4:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E San Marcos, TX | HWY 80 JUST EAST OF I35 IS BEING CLOSED DUE TO RISING WATERS FROM THE BLANCO RIVER...OFFICIALS REPORT DEBRIS BUMPING INTO BRIDGE STRUCTURE |
| May 24, 4:19 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne San Marcos, TX | BOTH LANES OF I35 ARE CLOSED AT THE BLANCO RIVER |
| May 24, 4:25 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne San Marcos, TX | I-35 NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND CLOSED DUE TO BLANCO RIVER FLOODING. POSSIBLY 3 CARS IN THE WATER. |
| May 24, 4:29 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E San Marcos, TX | HIGHWAY 80 JUST EAST OF I-35 CLOSED. WATERBORNE DEBRIS STRIKING BRIDGE STRUCTURE. |
| May 24, 5:19 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 E San Marcos, TX | WATER RESCUES BEING CONDUCTED NEAR THE GARY JOB CORPS CENTER |
| May 24, 5:44 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene San Marcos, TX | WATER IN ASPEN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND WATER IS UP TO THE TOP OF CAR TIRES IN THE PARKING LOTS |
| May 24, 6:17 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ne San Marcos, TX | HAYS COUNTY JAIL INMATES BEING EVACUATED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 9 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 112 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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.
442
WGUS54 KEWX 240625
FFWEWX
TXC055-187-209-241415-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0067.150524T0625Z-150524T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
125 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN AND TRIBUTARIES
IN EASTERN HAYS...SOUTHWEST CALDWELL...AND NORTHERN GUADALUPE
COUNTIES INCLUDING NORTH SAN MARCOS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
WEST CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 111 AM CDT...A RECORD RIVER STAGE OF OVER 40 FEET HAS OCCURRED
ALONG THE BLANCO RIVER AT WIMBERLEY. WATER WILL MOVE DOWNSTREAM TO
IMPACT LOCATIONS IN WEST KYLE...AND NORTH SAN MARCOS IN HAYS
COUNTY ALONG THE BLANCO RIVER...BEFORE MOVING INTO NORTHERN
GUADAULUPE AND SOUTHWEST CALDWELL COUNTIES. NUMEROUS HOMES HAVE
BEEN FLOODED IN WIMBERLEY WITH HIGH WATER RESCUES ONGOING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN AND
TRIBUTARIES IN EASTERN HAYS...SOUTHWEST CALDWELL...AND NORTHERN
GUADALUPE COUNTIES INCLUDING NORTH SAN MARCOS. SEEK HIGHER GROUND
NOW!
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SAN MARCOS...KYLE...MARTINDALE...STAPLES...REEDVILLE AND REDWOOD.
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 2980 9776 2975 9786 2986 9793 2998 9796
2998 9789
$$
LJH1 follow-up statement
241
WGUS74 KEWX 240743
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
243 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
TXC055-187-209-241415-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0067.000000T0000Z-150524T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUADALUPE TX-HAYS TX-CALDWELL TX-
243 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN AND
TRIBUTARIES IN EASTERN HAYS...SOUTHWEST CALDWELL...AND NORTHERN
GUADALUPE COUNTIES INCLUDING NORTH SAN MARCOS...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT SUNDAY
FOR NORTH CENTRAL GUADALUPE...SOUTH CENTRAL HAYS AND WEST CENTRAL
CALDWELL COUNTIES...
AT 239 AM CDT...A RECORD FLOOD WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE BLANCO RIVER
AT WIMBERLEY AND THE FLOOD WATERS HAVE NOW REACHED WESTERN AREAS OF
KYLE WITH A CURRENT READING OF 36.5 FEET. THE FLOOD WATER WILL MOVE
DOWNSTREAM AND IMPACT NORTH SAN MARCOS IN HAYS COUNTY ALONG THE
BLANCO RIVER...BEFORE MOVING INTO NORTHERN GUADAULUPE AND SOUTHWEST
CALDWELL COUNTIES. NUMEROUS HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED WITH HIGH WATER
RESCUES ONGOING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN AND
TRIBUTARIES IN EASTERN HAYS...SOUTHWEST CALDWELL...AND NORTHERN
GUADALUPE COUNTIES INCLUDING NORTH SAN MARCOS. SEEK HIGHER GROUND
NOW!
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SAN
MARCOS...KYLE...MARTINDALE...STAPLES...REEDVILLE AND REDWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2980 9776 2975 9786 2986 9793 2998 9796
2998 9789
$$
HAMPSHIREWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 24, 1:14 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:14 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 114 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 .AVIATION... /06Z TAF UPDATE/ CONVECTION HAS WEAKENED OVER AUS TEMPORARILY BUT WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER SAT/SSF FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. TSRA SHOULD BE MORE ISOLATED AROUND DRT AND WILL KEEP ONLY A MENTION OF VCSH FOR THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. A STRONG CONVECTIVE BAND MOVING THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY SHOULD IMPACT SAT/SSF IN THE NEXT 2 TO 4 HOURS AND IN THE AUS AREA AS LATE AS 11Z. SOME WEAKENING OF THESE CELLS MAY DEVELOP AS THEY MOVE INTO DOWNDRAFT INFLUENCED AIR ALONG I-35. BY 12Z CONVECTION COULD BECOME MORE SCATTERED AND MAINLY EAST OF I-35 WITH MESOSCALE MODELS SUGGESTING SLIGHTLY INCREASED STABILITY BY MIDDAY. WILL LEAVE OUT THE SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORM THREAT FOR NOW AND FOCUS ON THE MORE LIKELY EXPECTATION FOR LOWERING CIGS TOMORROW EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 226 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... AN ACTIVE AND COMPLEX FORECAST IS SHAPING UP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM ON SUNDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT IS ONGOING CURRENTLY ACROSS THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND I-35 CORRIDOR CONVECTION HAS BEGUN ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AND THE BIG BEND REGION. THIS IS THE START OF A LARGE LINEAR MCS THAT ALL OF THE MESOSCALE MODELS SHOW MOVING ACROSS THE STATE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN SITTING OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT PROVIDING THE LIFT FOR THIS MCS. THERE IS PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN PLACE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW 70S AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES BETWEEN 1.75 AND 2 INCHES. THERE IS ALSO PLENTY OF INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA WITH THE MORNING DRT AND CRP SOUNDINGS BOTH HAVING 2000 - 3000 J/KG OF CAPE. A GOOD AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL AND BULK SHEAR IS ALSO EVIDENT ACCORDING TO THE MODELS. THIS MEANS THAT ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS ARE IN PLACE FOR BOTH HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO TOMORROW. WILL BREAKDOWN THE THREATS AND THE TIME PERIODS IN THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM AFD. FOR TONIGHT...AS ALREADY DISCUSSED...THE MESOSCALE MODELS DEVELOP A COMPLEX OF STORMS THAT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. TIMING FOR THIS CONTINUES TO GET EARLIER. THE NSSL WRF AND ARM BOTH HAVE THE LINE APPROACHING THE I-35 CORRIDOR BY THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE TEXAS TECH WRF AND HRRR AND NMM ALL SAY THAT THE LINE WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY AND APPROACHING THE I-35 CORRIDOR BY 9PM AND SLOWLY PUSHING EAST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BASED ON CURRENT SATELLITE TRENDS THE EARLIER TIMING IS BEGINNING TO LOOK MORE LIKELY. MODELS ARE STILL HOLDING ONTO 1-3 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THIS INITIAL WAVE OF CONVECTION. THIS...ON TOP OF ADDITIONAL RAINS THAT HAVE ALREADY FALLEN TODAY...AND THE FACT THAT SOILS ARE SATURATED WILL LEAD TO THE THREAT OF BOTH RIVER FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL ALSO BE PRESENT. WHILE CONVECTION GROUPING TOGETHER LIKE THIS TYPICAL MEANS THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS A LITTLE BIT LESS...CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS ARE VERY FAVORABLE. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE FIRST DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS WITHIN BOWING SECTIONS OF THE LINE. THE HRRR ACTUAL SUPPORTS THIS WITH SEVERAL BOWING SECTIONS BEING SHOWN IN THE MODEL REFLECTIVITY. THERE IS ALSO SUFFICIENT SURFACE WIND SHEAR AND HELICITY VALUES TO RESULT IN AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT AS WINDS PROFILES TURN WITH HEIGHT. DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THOSE OUT AND ABOUT FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY THOSE ON LOCAL RIVERS AND LAKES...MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE READY TO ACT SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR THEIR AREA. HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO RECEIVE WEATHER INFORMATION...HAVE A PLAN TO SEEK SHELTER OR GET TO SAFETY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING OCCUR...AND ALWAYS REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. AS WE GET INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THE LINE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE I-35 CORRIDOR INTO OUR EASTERN COUNTIES WITH CONTINUED RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER. MODELS NOW SHOW THE LINE MOVING OUT OF OUR CWA BY 09Z TO 12Z (4 TO 7 AM). BEHIND THE LINE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE SOME WHAT WORKED OVER FROM THE NIGHT OF STORMS. ALTHOUGH MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW OVER 3000 J/KG OF CAPE...SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY...DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR. THE SAME SOUNDINGS SHOW SIGNIFICANT LOW AND UPPER LEVEL DRYING OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS SHOULD LIMIT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SUNDAYS. MESOSCALE MODELS LIKE THE ARM/NMM/NSSL WRF DO SHOW SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON BUT COVERAGE SHOULD BE LIMITED. TO SUMMARIZE THE NEXT 24 HOURS...1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT. THE LINE SHOULD BE PUSHING OUT OF OUR AREA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS ALONG WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO EXIST WITH THE LINE. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON ONLY AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. EVERYONE SHOULD BE WEATHER AWARE FOR THIS WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY THOSE OUT AND ABOUT ON AREA RIVERS AND LAKES. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... THE BREAK FROM THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES ON MONDAY. THIS DISTURBANCE...CURRENTLY SEEN ON WATER VAPOR ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL ROTATE AROUND THE BASE OF THE LARGER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND GIVE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ANOTHER SHOT OF RAIN AND STORMS. MODELS INDICATE THAT THE BEST TIMING FOR ANOTHER WAVE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE FROM AROUND LUNCH TIME THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MODEL QPF (FROM THE GFS AND ECMWF) FOR THIS TIME PERIOD SUGGEST ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN OVER 1.5 INCHES AS WELL. LATER SHIFTS WOULD POSSIBLE NEED TO CONSIDER EXTENDING THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INTO MONDAY AS CONFIDENCE INCREASES. THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO RETURN ON MONDAY. SPC HAS THE AREA CURRENTLY BLANKETED IN A DAY 3 SLIGHT RISK. MODEL SOUNDINGS AGAIN SHOW CAPE AND SHEAR VALUES SUPPORTIVE OF HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. STORM MODE AND COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL DETERMINE THE OVERALL THREAT OF TORNADOES AS CHANCES ARE BETTER WITH ISOLATED SUPERCELLS RATHER THAN WIDESPREAD CONVECTION OR MCS STORM MODES. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER MONDAY CLOSELY. STRESSING AGAIN...ANYONE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS FOR THE HOLIDAY NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE WEATHER AWARE AND HAVE A PLAN TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP. THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW FOR TUESDAY IS MORE ZONAL WITH SOME SLIGHT RIDGING FOR WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER REDUCTION IN POP CHANCES FOR MID-WEEK. BY THE END OF THE WEEK ANOTHER LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SETS UP ACROSS THE WEST RETURNING THE AREA TO A SIMILAR PATTERN THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS WITH A LARGE UPPER TROUGH SENDING A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ON THE RISE AGAIN LATE NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 81 70 81 69 87 / 80 40 80 60 30 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 82 69 81 68 87 / 80 40 80 60 30 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 83 69 81 70 87 / 70 40 80 50 30 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 81 69 80 67 85 / 60 30 80 50 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 90 71 89 69 90 / 20 20 60 20 - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 80 69 80 68 86 / 70 30 80 50 20 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 85 70 83 69 87 / 50 30 80 40 20 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 82 69 81 69 86 / 80 40 80 60 30 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 82 71 82 71 86 / 90 50 80 70 40 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 84 71 82 71 87 / 60 30 80 50 20 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 84 71 83 71 88 / 60 40 80 50 30 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL... COMAL...DE WITT...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE... GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY... LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE... VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON...ZAVALA. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...OAKS SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...HAMPSHIRE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 6:40 PM CDT, 6 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 640 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 TXZ171>173-186>194-203>209-217>225-228-242345- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE- CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES- GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 640 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE HILL COUNTRY...I-35 CORRIDOR AND POINTS EAST. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY TODAY. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD LATER TODAY AS A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DEVELOPS OVER TEXAS. WITH NEARLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...THERE WILL BE A HIGH THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY EXPERIENCE NEW RISES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE FLASH FLOOD AND POSSIBLE IMPACTS ON RIVERS... CONDITIONS ALONG THE LEAD EDGE OF THE STORM COMPLEX WILL BE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 7 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE DAYTIME HOURS SUNDAY WITH DECREASING POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY EVENING. THE CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN THREAT INTO SUNDAY...MEANS ALL OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAVE A POTENTIAL TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES. SOME RIVERS REMAIN SWOLLEN FROM RECENT RAINFALL. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WINDS AND BRIEF TORNADOES WILL ALSO CONTINUE SUNDAY...MAINLY ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. NEW EPISODES OF HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR AGAIN MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-35. THE STORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. WIDESPREAD RAINS FOR THE FIVE DAY PERIOD ENDING TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES...WHILE SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVING UP TO 6 INCHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. TXZ183>185-202-242345- VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KINNEY- 640 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS THROUGH 9 PM SATURDAY EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY TODAY. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD LATER TODAY AS A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DEVELOPS OVER TEXAS. WITH NEARLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...THERE WILL BE A HIGH THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY EXPERIENCE NEW RISES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE FLASH FLOOD AND POSSIBLE IMPACTS ON RIVERS... CONDITIONS ALONG THE LEAD EDGE OF THE STORM COMPLEX WILL BE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 7 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE DAYTIME HOURS SUNDAY WITH DECREASING POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY EVENING. THE CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN THREAT INTO SUNDAY...MEANS ALL OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAVE A POTENTIAL TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES. SOME RIVERS REMAIN SWOLLEN FROM RECENT RAINFALL. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WINDS AND BRIEF TORNADOES WILL ALSO CONTINUE SUNDAY...MAINLY ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. NEW EPISODES OF HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR AGAIN MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-35. THE STORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. WIDESPREAD RAINS FOR THE FIVE DAY PERIOD ENDING TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES...WHILE SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVING UP TO 6 INCHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 23, 11:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1112 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1111 PM FLASH FLOOD WIMBERLEY 29.99N 98.10W
05/23/2015 HAYS TX EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERE FLOODING IN WIMBERLEY. RESIDENTS STRANDED ON
ROOFTOPS.
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1500471
CVPLocal storm report, May 23, 11:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1113 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 AM FLASH FLOOD 8 SE VANCE 29.75N 99.91W
05/23/2015 REAL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
13 MILE LONG ROAD CLOSURE OF FM ROAD 337 FROM MILE
MARKER 408 TO 421.
0559 AM HEAVY RAIN 7 NE CAMP WOOD 29.74N 99.93W
05/23/2015 M4.10 INCH REAL TX COCORAHS
0700 AM FLASH FLOOD MONTELL 29.53N 100.02W
05/23/2015 UVALDE TX COUNTY OFFICIAL
MAVERICK CROSSING CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 SSE CAMP WOOD 29.60N 99.98W
05/23/2015 M2.85 INCH UVALDE TX COCORAHS
RAINFALL FROM EARLY THIS MORNING
0214 PM TSTM WND GST 3 S NEW BRAUNFELS 29.66N 98.12W
05/23/2015 E60 MPH GUADALUPE TX NWS EMPLOYEE
ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E CIRCLE D-KC ESTATE 30.16N 97.21W
05/23/2015 BASTROP TX EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES BLOWN DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AT HWY 21 AND
CARDINAL
0222 PM HAIL 1 NW NIEDERWALD 30.02N 97.75W
05/23/2015 M0.25 INCH HAYS TX PUBLIC
0230 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 SSW DRIPPING SPRINGS 30.13N 98.11W
05/23/2015 M1.04 INCH HAYS TX COCORAHS
RAINFALL IN 30 MINUTES
0248 PM TSTM WND GST 2 E PFLUGERVILLE 30.44N 97.59W
05/23/2015 M48 MPH TRAVIS TX STORM CHASER
AT LAKE PFLUGERVILLE
0257 PM HAIL 2 SSE MANSFIELD DAM 30.36N 97.90W
05/23/2015 M0.25 INCH TRAVIS TX PUBLIC
AT STEINER RANCH
0318 PM HAIL 2 S BRUSHY CREEK 30.49N 97.74W
05/23/2015 M0.25 INCH WILLIAMSON TX TRAINED SPOTTER
AT FM620 AND CORNERWOOD DRIVE
0440 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 WNW GUADALUPE RIVER S 29.89N 98.56W
05/23/2015 KENDALL TX EMERGENCY MNGR
ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. HIGH WATER RESCUE
OCCURRING.
0459 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 WSW KENDALIA 29.96N 98.54W
05/23/2015 M5.55 INCH KENDALL TX MESONET
3.12 INCHES OF THE RAINFALL TOTAL FELL IN THE PAST
HOUR. FROM PRIVATE MESONET STATION.
0500 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 SSW KENDALIA 29.90N 98.55W
05/23/2015 M4.22 INCH KENDALL TX COCORAHS
0500 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 W UTOPIA 29.62N 99.62W
05/23/2015 UVALDE TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
RM1050 WEST OF UTOPIA CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING
0500 PM FLASH FLOOD 10 NW SABINAL 29.42N 99.59W
05/23/2015 UVALDE TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED ON SH127 BETWEEN SABINAL AND
CONCAN
0509 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 NW BOERNE 29.81N 98.75W
05/23/2015 M3.53 INCH KENDALL TX MESONET
2.13 INCHES OF THE TOTAL FELL IN THE PAST HOUR. FROM
CWOP MESONET STATION.
0514 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 SSW SHAVANO PARK 29.55N 98.57W
05/23/2015 BEXAR TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. ORSINGER LANE AT
VANCE JACKSON.
0524 PM HEAVY RAIN 6 WNW BLANCO 30.13N 98.52W
05/23/2015 M3.42 INCH BLANCO TX MESONET
CWOP STATION
0540 PM FLASH FLOOD SISTERDALE 29.97N 98.73W
05/23/2015 KENDALL TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODING ON RM1376 AND RM473
0550 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 NW BANDERA 29.76N 99.11W
05/23/2015 M3.48 INCH BANDERA TX COCORAHS
0613 PM FLASH FLOOD LEAKEY 29.72N 99.76W
05/23/2015 REAL TX EMERGENCY MNGR
RM337 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
0617 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 ENE FLUGRATH 30.10N 98.50W
05/23/2015 BLANCO TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
RM 1623 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
0645 PM FLASH FLOOD CAMP WOOD 29.67N 100.01W
05/23/2015 REAL TX EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE ROADS IN AND OUT OF CAMP WOOD CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER
0740 PM FLASH FLOOD SABINAL 29.32N 99.47W
05/23/2015 UVALDE TX CO-OP OBSERVER
SH127 FROM THE CITY PARK IN SABINAL TO THE SH127-187
FORK NORTH OF TOWN IS FLOODED
0742 PM HEAVY RAIN SABINAL 29.32N 99.47W
05/23/2015 M3.49 INCH UVALDE TX CO-OP OBSERVER
0746 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 W UTOPIA 29.62N 99.57W
05/23/2015 M4.35 INCH UVALDE TX COCORAHS
0822 PM TSTM WND GST LEON VALLEY 29.50N 98.61W
05/23/2015 E60 MPH BEXAR TX PUBLIC
0838 PM FLASH FLOOD COMFORT 29.97N 98.90W
05/23/2015 KENDALL TX BROADCAST MEDIA
FM1621 FROM COMFORT TO SISTERDALE CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING
0855 PM FLASH FLOOD JOHNSON CITY 30.27N 98.41W
05/23/2015 BLANCO TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE LOW WATER CROSSINGS CLOSED IN JOHNSON CITY DUE
TO HIGH WATER.
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 W LIVE OAK 29.55N 98.38W
05/23/2015 BEXAR TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
OCONNOR ROAD AT OLD OCONNOR CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
0907 PM HEAVY RAIN BLANCO 30.10N 98.42W
05/23/2015 M9.31 INCH BLANCO TX PUBLIC
0911 PM FLASH FLOOD 8 WNW FRIO TOWN 29.05N 99.44W
05/23/2015 ZAVALA TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
RM187 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
0930 PM TSTM WND GST AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP 30.20N 97.67W
05/23/2015 M75 MPH TRAVIS TX ASOS
0930 PM TSTM WND GST 3 E PFLUGERVILLE 30.44N 97.57W
05/23/2015 M57 MPH TRAVIS TX STORM CHASER
0930 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 S WELLS BRANCH 30.36N 97.68W
05/23/2015 TRAVIS TX EMERGENCY MNGR
DAMAGE TO BUILDING. VANS PUSHED ACROSS PARKING LOT.
0930 PM TSTM WND DMG AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP 30.20N 97.67W
05/23/2015 TRAVIS TX PUBLIC
AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVER OFFICE DAMAGED
0940 PM LIGHTNING 8 NNE AUSTIN 30.38N 97.69W
05/23/2015 TRAVIS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
LIGHTNING STRUCK UTILITY POLE NEAR INTERSECTION OF
LAMAR BLVD AND BREAKER LN WITH POWER OUTAGES REPORTED.
0942 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 NE AUSTIN 30.35N 97.66W
05/23/2015 TRAVIS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN THE 10200 BLOCK OF NORTH IH
35 SERVICE ROAD
0943 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE AUSTIN 30.34N 97.67W
05/23/2015 TRAVIS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ON RUTHERFORD LN NEAR FURNESS
DRIVE
0943 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S WELLS BRANCH 30.40N 97.67W
05/23/2015 TRAVIS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
THERE WAS A PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE AT AN APARTMENT
BUILDING NEAR TECH RIDGE BLVD AND I-35.
1015 PM FLASH FLOOD LIBERTY HILL 30.67N 97.92W
05/23/2015 WILLIAMSON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER THE ROAD ON CR282 AND CR279
1015 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N HUTTO 30.56N 97.54W
05/23/2015 WILLIAMSON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF DAMAGED
1045 PM FLASH FLOOD LIBERTY HILL 30.67N 97.92W
05/23/2015 WILLIAMSON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOODING OF HOMES IN LIBERTY HILL NEAR 1869 AND 279.
EVACUATIONS ONGOING.
1046 PM FLASH FLOOD BOERNE 29.80N 98.74W
05/23/2015 KENDALL TX EMERGENCY MNGR
CITY OF BOERNE PREPARING TO EVACUATE SENIOR CARE
FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATER
1049 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ENE AUSTIN 30.30N 97.69W
05/23/2015 TRAVIS TX EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES BLOWN DOWN ON OLD MANOR RD
1050 PM FLASH FLOOD LIBERTY HILL 30.67N 97.92W
05/23/2015 WILLIAMSON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOODING ON HWY 29 AT US 183
1102 PM TSTM WND DMG CEDAR PARK 30.51N 97.83W
05/23/2015 WILLIAMSON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES BLOWN DOWN ONTO BUILDING. WAREHOUSE DOORS BLOWN
AWAY AND ONE CANT BE LOCATED. CHAIN LINK FENCING BLOWN
DOWN
1111 PM FLASH FLOOD WIMBERLEY 29.99N 98.10W
05/23/2015 HAYS TX EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERE FLOODING IN WIMBERLEY. RESIDENTS STRANDED ON
ROOFTOPS.
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1500423 EWX1500425 EWX1500424 EWX1500426 EWX1500427
EWX1500429 EWX1500428 EWX1500433 EWX1500430 EWX1500431 EWX1500432
EWX1500434 EWX1500435 EWX1500437 EWX1500439 EWX1500440 EWX1500436
EWX1500438 EWX1500441 EWX1500442 EWX1500443 EWX1500444 EWX1500445
EWX1500446 EWX1500447 EWX1500448 EWX1500449 EWX1500450 EWX1500454
EWX1500451 EWX1500452 EWX1500455 EWX1500453 EWX1500456 EWX1500457
EWX1500464 EWX1500465 EWX1500458 EWX1500459 EWX1500460 EWX1500463
EWX1500461 EWX1500462 EWX1500466 EWX1500470 EWX1500467 EWX1500468
EWX1500469 EWX1500471
CVPLocal storm report, May 23, 11:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1127 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0855 PM TORNADO DRIPPING SPRINGS 30.19N 98.09W
05/23/2015 HAYS TX EMERGENCY MNGR
APPARENT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT MOBILE HOME
PARK...SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1500472
CVPLocal storm report, May 23, 11:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1151 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 PM FLASH FLOOD DEVINE 29.15N 98.90W
05/23/2015 MEDINA TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN DEVINE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1500473
ZEITLERLocal storm report, May 24, 12:36 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1236 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0937 PM TSTM WND DMG CEDAR PARK 30.51N 97.83W
05/23/2015 WILLIAMSON TX TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED...SOME TRUNKS AS
LARGE AS 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1500474
SBSSpecial weather statement, May 24, 12:55 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1255 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 TXZ185>187-203-204-240645- MEDINA TX-BANDERA TX-UVALDE TX-REAL TX-KERR TX- 1255 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN REAL...NORTHWESTERN MEDINA...WESTERN BANDERA...NORTHEASTERN UVALDE AND CENTRAL KERR COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT... AT 1255 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOST MAPLES STATE PARK TO REAGAN WELLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MEDINA...KERRVILLE...LEAKEY...TARPLEY...VANDERPOOL...HUNT...INGRAM... WALTONIA...GARNER STATE PARK...LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...RIO FRIO... KERRVILLE STATE PARK...UTOPIA AND REAGAN WELLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3011 9912 2955 9923 2952 9982 3005 9968 TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 259DEG 30KT 2996 9967 2954 9980 MO
The 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, 11:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays | 6 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, 1:34 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.