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Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2015, 1:51 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 21 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 25, 2015, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bexar County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Comal County, TX, Hays County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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 25, 3:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.22 | 1 Nne Anderson Mill, TX | RAIN FELL BETWEEN 2PM AND 315PM |
| May 25, 3:17 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bee Cave, TX | BEE CAVE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
| May 25, 3:42 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.5 | 4 Nne Austin, TX | RAIN FELL IN THE PAST 90 MINUTES...WATER FLOWING DOWN THE STREET |
| May 25, 3:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Hutto, TX | WATER OVER THE ROAD |
| May 25, 3:50 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1 | 4 Nne Austin, TX | ONE INCH IN THE PAST HOUR...STREETS AND YARDS ARE FLOODED |
| May 25, 3:51 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ene Pflugerville, TX | WATER OVER THE ROAD |
| May 25, 3:52 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.3 | 2 N Hutto, TX | RAIN GAUGE SHOWS 4.3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR |
| May 25, 3:53 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5 | 1 S Round Rock, TX | FIVE INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 2PM |
| May 25, 4:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Camp Mabry, TX | HIGH WATER RESCUE IN THE 2900 BLOCK OF WESTLAKE DRIVE |
| May 25, 4:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Austin, TX | FLOODING REPORTED AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY OF AUSTIN |
| May 25, 4:10 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.42 | 6 Nw Georgetown, TX | RAIN FELL IN 10 MINUTES |
| May 25, 4:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.23 | 3 Ne Austin, TX | RAIN FELL IN THE PAST 40 MINUTES |
| May 25, 4:16 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ene Hutto, TX | HWY 79 IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING |
| May 25, 4:23 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.22 | 3 Sse Pflugerville, TX | 1.22 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES...FROM 355 PM TO 410 PM |
| May 25, 4:24 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.54 | 2 Sw Brushy Creek, TX | RAIN FELL IN THE PAST THREE HOURS |
| May 25, 4:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nw Taylor, TX | BULL RUN CREEK HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL FLOODED. OVER 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN |
| May 25, 4:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Austin, TX | STREETS AND YARDS FLOODING |
| May 25, 4:43 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Brushy Creek, TX | WATER OVER THE ROAD AT HAIRY MAN ROAD |
| May 25, 4:44 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hutto, TX | WATER OVER THE ROADS AND RAIN RATES OF 4 INCHES PER HOUR |
| May 25, 4:45 PM CDT | FLOOD | 5 E Austin, TX | LITTLE WALNUT CREEK REPORTEDLY SLIGHTLY OUT OF BANKS AND FLOODING PORTIONS OF DOTTIE JORDAN PARK |
| May 25, 4:52 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Austin, TX | MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES OCCURRING IN AUSTIN |
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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 3124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
662
WGUS54 KEWX 251851
FFWEWX
TXC029-053-091-209-453-491-252145-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0080.150525T1851Z-150525T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
151 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COMAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
EASTERN BURNET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
BEXAR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 150 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SAN ANTONIO...AUSTIN...ROUND ROCK...NEW BRAUNFELS...CEDAR PARK...
GEORGETOWN...PFLUGERVILLE...SAN MARCOS...UNIVERSAL CITY...TAYLOR...
WIMBERLEY...DRIPPING SPRINGS...GRANGER...TANGLEWOOD FOREST...
ANDERSON MILL...CANYON LAKE DAM...WINDEMERE...SERENADA...AUSTIN
BERGSTROM INT AP AND SCHERTZ.
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3091 9783 3088 9768 3072 9730 3047 9719
3046 9736 3002 9775 2967 9816 2960 9838
2944 9816 2914 9843 2925 9876 2964 9876
3004 9830 3098 9791
$$
MSL2 follow-up statements
228
WGUS74 KEWX 252010
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
310 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
TXC029-053-091-209-453-491-252145-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0080.000000T0000Z-150525T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COMAL TX-HAYS TX-BURNET TX-TRAVIS TX-BEXAR TX-WILLIAMSON TX-
310 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
COMAL...HAYS...EASTERN BURNET...TRAVIS...BEXAR AND WILLIAMSON
COUNTIES...
AT 307 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE. THE MAIN COUNTIES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED WILL BE
HAYS...TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SAN ANTONIO...AUSTIN...ROUND ROCK...NEW BRAUNFELS...CEDAR PARK...
GEORGETOWN...PFLUGERVILLE...SAN MARCOS...UNIVERSAL CITY...TAYLOR...
WIMBERLEY...DRIPPING SPRINGS...GRANGER...TANGLEWOOD FOREST...ANDERSON
MILL...CANYON LAKE DAM...WINDEMERE...SERENADA...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT
AP AND SCHERTZ.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND HAYS COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3091 9783 3088 9768 3072 9730 3047 9719
3046 9736 3002 9775 2967 9816 2960 9838
2944 9816 2914 9843 2925 9876 2964 9876
3004 9830 3098 9791
$$
MSL029
WGUS74 KEWX 252044
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
344 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
TXC029-053-091-209-453-491-252145-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0080.000000T0000Z-150525T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COMAL TX-HAYS TX-BURNET TX-TRAVIS TX-BEXAR TX-WILLIAMSON TX-
344 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
COMAL...HAYS...EASTERN BURNET...TRAVIS...BEXAR AND WILLIAMSON
COUNTIES...
AT 337 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND NORTHERN HAYS COUNTY. SOUTHERN HAYS AND
BEXAR COUNTIES HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO THIS TIME.
ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS
WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND NORTHERN HAYS COUNTIES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SAN ANTONIO...AUSTIN...ROUND ROCK...NEW BRAUNFELS...CEDAR PARK...
GEORGETOWN...PFLUGERVILLE...SAN MARCOS...UNIVERSAL CITY...TAYLOR...
WIMBERLEY...DRIPPING SPRINGS...GRANGER...TANGLEWOOD FOREST...ANDERSON
MILL...CANYON LAKE DAM...WINDEMERE...SERENADA...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT
AP AND SCHERTZ.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND NORTHERN HAYS COUNTIES.
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 3091 9783 3088 9768 3072 9730 3047 9719
3046 9736 3002 9775 2967 9816 2960 9838
2944 9816 2914 9843 2925 9876 2964 9876
3004 9830 3098 9791
$$
MSLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 15 hr |
| May 24, 8:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 23 hr |
| May 25, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 68 min |
| May 25, 6:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 26 min |
| May 25, 6:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| May 25, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 48 min |
| May 25, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| May 25, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 54 min |
| May 25, 7:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 38 min |
| May 25, 7:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| May 25, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 64 min |
| May 25, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 48 min |
| May 25, 8:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Real | 3 hr |
| May 25, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 50 min |
| May 25, 8:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 30 min |
| May 25, 8:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real | 46 min |
| May 25, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 60 min |
| May 25, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr | 17 min |
| May 25, 9:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 20 min |
| May 25, 10:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr | 19 min |
| May 25, 10:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 5 hr |
| May 25, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 46 min |
| May 25, 11:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 3 hr |
| May 25, 11:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 3 hr |
| May 25, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 34 min |
| May 25, 11:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 29 min |
| May 25, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 26 min |
| May 25, 12:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 33 min |
| May 25, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 27 min |
| May 25, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie | 24 min |
| May 25, 12:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall | 3 hr |
| May 25, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet | 37 min |
| May 25, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano | 47 min |
| May 25, 1:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 2 hr |
| May 25, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Travis, Williamson | 39 min |
| May 25, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Travis, Williamson | 46 min |
| May 25, 2:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 117 min |
| May 25, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 46 min |
| May 25, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 20 min |
| May 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis | 29 min |
| May 25, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Lee and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 33 min |
| May 25, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 52 min |
| May 25, 4:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 25, 4:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 16 hr |
| May 25, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 46 min |
| May 25, 4:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Llano | 27 hr |
| May 25, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Travis | 24 min |
| May 25, 4:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 24 hr |
| May 25, 4:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 35 hr |
| May 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 30 min |
| May 25, 4:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 25, 4:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 3 hr |
| May 25, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee | 46 min |
| May 25, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 26 hr |
| May 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lee and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 25, 6:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 23 min |
| May 25, 6:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 44 hr |
| May 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson | 42 min |
| May 25, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 28 min |
| May 25, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 42 min |
| May 25, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Wilson | 37 min |
Nearby
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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.