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Flash Flood Watch 17, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jun 18, 2015, 3:03 AM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2015, 3:03 AM CDT (08:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2015, 9:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Flood severity
- None
All 23 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 2367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jun 18, 12:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 4:11 PM CDT, 10 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 411 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-217>220-228-182115- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-DIMMIT- 411 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE STORM AND ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN THE RICH MOISTURE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY TROPICAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY POSSIBLY LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLOODING AS ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE A BRIEF DOWNPOUR OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. AN ADDITIONAL HALF IN OF RAIN COULD FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS. ALTHOUGH CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT RAINFALL AND WIND REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN...SAN ANTONIO. TXZ193-194-207>209-221>225-182115- BASTROP-LEE-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES- DE WITT-LAVACA- 411 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE STORM AND ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN THE RICH MOISTURE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY TROPICAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY POSSIBLY LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLOODING AS ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE UP TO 5 INCHES IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE A BRIEF DOWNPOUR OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. AN ADDITIONAL HALF IN OF RAIN COULD FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS. ALTHOUGH CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT RAINFALL AND WIND REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN...SAN ANTONIO.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 17, 9:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
921 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0706 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N ST. HEDWIG 29.45N 98.22W
06/17/2015 BEXAR TX BROADCAST MEDIA
METAL BARN HEAVILY DAMAGED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1500713
CVPLocal storm report, Jun 17, 9:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
953 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 NW SERENADA 30.72N 97.72W
06/17/2015 WILLIAMSON TX PUBLIC
WATER OVER ROAD
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1500714
CVPLocal storm report, Jun 17, 10:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1000 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0959 PM FLASH FLOOD TIVYDALE 30.25N 99.09W
06/17/2015 GILLESPIE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOW WATER CROSSING FLOODED
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1500715
CVPLocal storm report, Jun 17, 10:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1001 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1035 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 N SPEAKS 29.27N 96.72W
06/17/2015 LAVACA TX CO-OP OBSERVER
THE BRIDGE OVER THE NAVIDAD RIVER ON FM14 JUST WEST OF
FM530 IS UNDER WATER
1100 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 E MEYERSVILLE 28.93N 97.26W
06/17/2015 DEWITT TX PUBLIC
WATER OVER THE ROAD AT FM418 AND FM400. FM400 IS ALSO
KNOWN AS MISSION VALLEY-MEYERSVILLE ROAD AND THERE ARE
SEVERAL SECTIONS ALONG THIS ROAD THAT ARE UNDER WATER
1115 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 NW THOMASTON 29.05N 97.20W
06/17/2015 DEWITT TX EMERGENCY MNGR
HWY 87 IS DOWN TO ONE LANE WITH WATER OVER THE ROADWAY
1130 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 NW THOMASTON 29.05N 97.20W
06/17/2015 DEWITT TX EMERGENCY MNGR
HWY 87 IS BEING SHUTDOWN DUE TO HIGH WATER
1135 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 W YOAKUM 29.29N 97.16W
06/17/2015 DEWITT TX EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGH WATER OVER ROADWAY ALONG ALT77 JUST NORTHWEST OF
YOAKUM
1155 AM FLASH FLOOD 9 S EZZELL 29.16N 96.88W
06/17/2015 LAVACA TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER ON FM111 ABOUT THREE AND
A HALF MILES EAST OF HWY 77
1155 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 N SPEAKS 29.32N 96.71W
06/17/2015 LAVACA TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER JUST WEST OF CR2437 ON
FM530 NEAR THE NAVIDAD RIVER
0100 PM FLASH FLOOD 7 S HOPE 29.11N 96.99W
06/17/2015 DEWITT TX EMERGENCY MNGR
US 77 NORTHEAST OF FORDTRAN IS DOWN TO ONE OF FOUR
LANES DUE TO HIGH WATER
0337 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSE PFLUGERVILLE 30.40N 97.60W
06/17/2015 M1.47 INCH TRAVIS TX MESONET
RAINFALL IN THE PAST HOUR
0353 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 NNE MANOR 30.36N 97.55W
06/17/2015 M1.28 INCH TRAVIS TX MESONET
RAINFALL IN PAST 50 MINUTES
0356 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 WNW MANOR 30.37N 97.61W
06/17/2015 TRAVIS TX PUBLIC
CARS STALLED IN FLOOD WATER OVER FM 734 AT HARRIS
BRANCH PKWY
0406 PM FLASH FLOOD 6 ENE CAMP MABRY 30.35N 97.68W
06/17/2015 TRAVIS TX CITY OFFICIAL
3 FEET OF WATER OVER CAMERON RD NEAR PARMER
0410 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSW MANOR 30.30N 97.58W
06/17/2015 M1.07 INCH TRAVIS TX MESONET
RAINFALL IN 15 MINUTES...FROM 355 PM TO 410 PM
0426 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 E AUSTIN 30.27N 97.66W
06/17/2015 M3.72 INCH TRAVIS TX COCORAHS
SINCE APPROXIMATELY 3 PM
0448 PM FLASH FLOOD 6 W MANOR 30.34N 97.66W
06/17/2015 TRAVIS TX PUBLIC
TUSCANY WAY FLOODED NEAR EXCHANGE DR
0515 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 WSW MANOR 30.32N 97.63W
06/17/2015 M7.01 INCH TRAVIS TX COCORAHS
7.01 INCHES OF RAIN IN 2.2 HOURS
0518 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 NW GRUENE 29.79N 98.15W
06/17/2015 COMAL TX COUNTY OFFICIAL
RIVER ROAD SOUTH CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING
0526 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 W GRUENE 29.74N 98.17W
06/17/2015 COMAL TX COUNTY OFFICIAL
HUECO SPRINGS LOOP RD CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING
0527 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NNE NEW BRAUNFELS 29.73N 98.10W
06/17/2015 M1.47 INCH COMAL TX MESONET
RAINFALL IN THE PAST HOUR
0541 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NW CIBOLO 29.59N 98.26W
06/17/2015 M2.25 INCH GUADALUPE TX PUBLIC
2.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES
0549 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 NE AUSTIN 30.31N 97.67W
06/17/2015 M3.72 INCH TRAVIS TX COCORAHS
0551 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 SW SELMA 29.58N 98.33W
06/17/2015 M3.58 INCH BEXAR TX MESONET
3.58 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR
0556 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 WNW NEW BRAUNFELS 29.72N 98.16W
06/17/2015 M3.00 INCH COMAL TX NWS EMPLOYEE
3 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR
0600 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 NW SERENADA 30.72N 97.72W
06/17/2015 WILLIAMSON TX PUBLIC
WATER OVER ROAD
0610 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 NE SCHERTZ 29.57N 98.25W
06/17/2015 GUADALUPE TX PUBLIC
FLASH FLOODING AT W BORGFELD RD AT DIETZ RD
0616 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S TIMBERWOOD PARK 29.66N 98.48W
06/17/2015 BEXAR TX TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN
0621 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 SW SELMA 29.58N 98.33W
06/17/2015 M4.16 INCH BEXAR TX MESONET
4.16 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 5 PM
0624 PM HEAVY RAIN SAN ANTONIO INT AP 29.54N 98.47W
06/17/2015 M1.25 INCH BEXAR TX ASOS
1.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN 24 MINUTES...SINCE 6 PM
0636 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 N WINDCREST 29.55N 98.38W
06/17/2015 BEXAR TX CITY OFFICIAL
LEONHARDT RD AT WEIDNER CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
0645 PM HEAVY RAIN SAN ANTONIO INT AP 29.53N 98.47W
06/17/2015 M2.00 INCH BEXAR TX ASOS
2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES
0645 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 S BALCONES HEIGHTS 29.48N 98.55W
06/17/2015 BEXAR TX PUBLIC
WATER RESCUE OCCURRING ON OVERBROOK DR
0657 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 N LEON VALLEY 29.54N 98.61W
06/17/2015 BEXAR TX CITY OFFICIAL
LOCKHILL RD AT BABCOCK CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
0706 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N ST. HEDWIG 29.45N 98.22W
06/17/2015 BEXAR TX BROADCAST MEDIA
METAL BARN HEAVILY DAMAGED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0707 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 NNW WINDCREST 29.57N 98.41W
06/17/2015 BEXAR TX AMATEUR RADIO
WATER OVER BRIARCREST
0712 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 W OLMOS PARK 29.47N 98.52W
06/17/2015 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLASH FLOODING AT FRESNO AT I-10 FRONTAGE RD
0715 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 SE HILL COUNTRY VILLA 29.57N 98.48W
06/17/2015 M4.67 INCH BEXAR TX COCORAHS
4.67 INCHES OF RAIN IN 2 HOURS
0732 PM FLASH FLOOD LEANDER 30.56N 97.86W
06/17/2015 WILLIAMSON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
EM REPORTS SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN THE CITY.
0749 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE HILL COUNTRY VILLA 29.57N 98.47W
06/17/2015 BEXAR TX AMATEUR RADIO
3 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN
0801 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 WSW WINDCREST 29.51N 98.41W
06/17/2015 BEXAR TX CITY OFFICIAL
VICAR DR AT PERRIN BEITEL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
0959 PM FLASH FLOOD TIVYDALE 30.25N 99.09W
06/17/2015 GILLESPIE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOW WATER CROSSING FLOODED
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1500676 EWX1500677 EWX1500678 EWX1500680 EWX1500679
EWX1500681 EWX1500682 EWX1500683 EWX1500684 EWX1500685 EWX1500686
EWX1500687 EWX1500688 EWX1500689 EWX1500690 EWX1500693 EWX1500694
EWX1500692 EWX1500691 EWX1500695 EWX1500698 EWX1500696 EWX1500697
EWX1500714 EWX1500700 EWX1500699 EWX1500701 EWX1500702 EWX1500703
EWX1500704 EWX1500705 EWX1500706 EWX1500713 EWX1500709 EWX1500707
EWX1500708 EWX1500710 EWX1500711 EWX1500712 EWX1500715
CVPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kendall | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 25 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 36 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 3 days |
| Jun 17, 8:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Frio | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 17 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Lavaca | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 21 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.