Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2015, 2:40 PM CDT for Kinney County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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 30, 2015, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2015, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kinney County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:17 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Ne Brackettville, TX | SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED ON RM 334 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS54 KEWX 301940
FFWEWX
TXC271-463-302245-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0097.150530T1940Z-150530T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
240 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
WESTERN UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 238 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM JUST EAST
OF ALAMO VILLAGE TO JUST NORTH OF UVALDE. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
UVALDE...BLEWETT...LAGUNA...CONCAN...KNIPPA...UVALDE ESTATES...
MONTELL...CLINE AND TURKEY MOUNTAIN.
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 2921 10033 2954 10038 2953 9963 2909 9963
2909 9972
$$
MO1 follow-up statement
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WGUS74 KEWX 302028
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
328 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015
TXC271-463-302245-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0097.000000T0000Z-150530T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KINNEY TX-UVALDE TX-
328 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN KINNEY AND WESTERN UVALDE COUNTIES...
AT 322 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES EAST OF
BRACKETTVILLE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
UVALDE...BLEWETT...LAGUNA...CONCAN...KNIPPA...UVALDE ESTATES...
MONTELL...CLINE...TURKEY MOUNTAIN AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 334.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2921 10033 2954 10038 2953 9963 2909 9963
2909 9972
$$
EMPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Llano, Real, Val Verde | 51 min |
| May 30, 5:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 4 more | 64 min |
| May 30, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 49 min |
| May 30, 11:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 109 min |
| May 30, 11:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 64 min |
| May 30, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 40 min |
| May 30, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 45 min |
| May 30, 1:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 2 hr |
| May 30, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 52 min |
| May 30, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 47 min |
| May 30, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Comal, Hays, Kendall | 45 min |
| May 30, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit, Uvalde, Zavala | 54 min |
| May 30, 2:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 30, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Hays, Kendall | 36 min |
| May 30, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays | 4 hr |
| May 30, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 47 min |
| May 30, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 51 min |
| May 30, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe | 61 min |
| May 30, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Guadalupe | 49 min |
| May 30, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 49 min |
| May 30, 4:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Medina, Wilson | 4 hr |
| May 30, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 39 min |
| May 30, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 4 hr |
| May 30, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 47 min |
| May 30, 4:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 45 min |
| May 30, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, DeWitt, Karnes | 39 min |
| May 30, 5:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 2 hr |
| May 30, 5:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, DeWitt, Karnes, Lavaca, Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes, Lavaca | 4 hr |
| May 30, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 41 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.