Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2015, 4:02 PM CDT for Travis County, Williamson County, 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, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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, 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 |
| May 25, 5:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.88 | Georgetown, TX | LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED...1.88 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 2PM AND 5PM |
| May 25, 5:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.54 | 9 Nnw Austin, TX | RAIN FELL IN THE PAST FOUR HOURS. FIELD IS COVERED WITH WATER. BULL CREEK RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. |
| May 25, 5:36 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.32 | 4 Nne Austin, TX | |
| May 25, 5:37 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.43 | 2 Sse Jollyville, TX | |
| May 25, 5:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw Austin, TX | SEVERE FLOODING ALONG SHOAL CREEK AT HOUSE PARK WITH A RESCUE OCCURRING |
| May 25, 5:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Austin, TX | LITTLE WALNUT CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AT DOTTIE JORDAN PARK. THE SWIMMING POOL HAS OVERFLOWED AND FENCES ARE TORE DOWN. THE LOYOLA LANE BRIDGE OVER WALNUT CREEK IS CLOSED WITH WATER OVER IT. |
| May 25, 6:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Round Rock, TX | FOREST CREEK GOLF CLUB FLOODED. FOREST CREEK DRIVE CLOSED AT THE CLUB HOUSE. NUMBER 9 FAIRWAY UNDER WATER. 6.67 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE PAST 3.5 HOURS |
| May 25, 6:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.52 | Anderson Mill, TX | RAIN FELL BETWEEN 1PM AND 6PM. MINOR STREET FLOODING REPORTED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 1630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
735
WGUS54 KEWX 252102
FFWEWX
TXC453-491-260000-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0083.150525T2102Z-150526T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
402 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR EASTERN WILLIAMSON AND EASTERN TRAVIS
COUNTIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 359 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING
WILL CONTINUE.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR EASTERN WILLIAMSON AND
EASTERN TRAVIS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...ROUND ROCK...CEDAR PARK...GEORGETOWN...PFLUGERVILLE...
TAYLOR...GRANGER...SERENADA...WINDEMERE...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT
AP...TANGLEWOOD FOREST...ANDERSON MILL...LEANDER...HUTTO...
LAKEWAY...MANOR...BEE CAVE...WEST LAKE HILLS...THE HILLS AND
ROLLINGWOOD.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
&&
LAT...LON 3064 9727 3007 9775 3030 9806 3086 9767
$$
MSL1 follow-up statement
534 WGUS74 KEWX 252236 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 536 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 TXC453-491-260000- /O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0083.000000T0000Z-150526T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TRAVIS TX-WILLIAMSON TX- 536 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY TAKE ACTION NOW... ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR TRAVIS AND CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 531 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR TRAVIS AND CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTIES! SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... AUSTIN...ROUND ROCK...CEDAR PARK...GEORGETOWN...PFLUGERVILLE... TAYLOR...GRANGER...SERENADA...WINDEMERE...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP... TANGLEWOOD FOREST...ANDERSON MILL...LEANDER...HUTTO...LAKEWAY... MANOR...BEE CAVE...WEST LAKE HILLS...THE HILLS AND ROLLINGWOOD. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...BUT IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR THE CURRENT FLOODING TO SUBSIDE. SHOAL CREEK...WILLIAMSON CREEK AND WALLER CREEK WILL ALL SEE DISASTROUS FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3064 9727 3007 9775 3030 9806 3086 9767 $$ MSL
The 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 | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Burnet, Comal, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 3 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, 4:14 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 |
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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.