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Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2015, 5:32 AM CDT for Fayette County, Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2015, 5:32 AM CDT (10:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2015, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fayette County, TX, Lee County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 3524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
477
WGUS54 KEWX 271032
FFWEWX
TXC149-287-271230-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0089.150527T1032Z-150527T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
532 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 730 AM CDT
* AT 529 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GIDDINGS...LA GRANGE...FAYETTEVILLE...ROUND TOP...NECHANITZ...
WALHALLA...NORTHRUP...WICCHESTER...PLUM...WARRENTON...WARDA...
WALDECK...WINCHESTER...SERBIN...LEDBETTER...RUTERSVILLE AND RABBS
PRAIRIE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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 2988 9701 3025 9703 3025 9672 3024 9672
3024 9674 3020 9674 3016 9679 3014 9676
3016 9669 2986 9668
$$1 follow-up statement
574
WGUS74 KEWX 271152
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
652 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
TXC287-271201-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-150527T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEE TX-
652 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 2988 9701 3004 9701 3011 9685 3014 9682
3014 9676 3015 9673 3015 9671 3016 9669
2986 9668
$$
TXC149-271230-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-150527T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE TX-
652 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 651 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LA GRANGE...FAYETTEVILLE...ROUND TOP...NECHANITZ...WALHALLA...
WARDA...WALDECK...RUTERSVILLE...PLUM...RABBS PRAIRIE AND WARRENTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
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 2988 9701 3004 9701 3011 9685 3014 9682
3014 9676 3015 9673 3015 9671 3016 9669
2986 9668
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 10:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis | 2 hr |
| May 27, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 45 min |
| May 27, 11:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 2 hr |
| May 27, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 19 min |
| May 27, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Hays | 41 min |
| May 27, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Blanco | 27 min |
| May 27, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Hays | 20 min |
| May 27, 12:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Hays | 3 hr |
| May 27, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 27 min |
| May 27, 12:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Gillespie, Hays and 4 more | 8 hr |
| May 27, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.