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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood watch at May 20, 2015, 9:58 PM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2015, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2015, 7:36 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Flood severity
- None
All 23 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Comal County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Llano County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1721 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
898 WGUS64 KEWX 210258 FFAEWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 958 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE HILL COUNTY...EDWARDSPLATEAU...AND NORTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY... .PERSISTENT CONVECTION ALONG THE OUTFLOWS SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE AS ANOMALOUSLY MOIST AIR IS FED INTO THE COMPLEX OF STORMS BY THE LOW LEVEL JET. A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX IS EVIDENT OVER NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY. THIS FEATURE WILL BE THE MAIN DRIVER TO CONCENTRATE AND MAINTAIN CONVECTION. RAINFALL RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER CELLS...AND TOTAL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO UVALDE TO BANDERA TO CENTER POINT TO STONEWALL TO BURNET. TXZ171-172-183>190-202-203-211100- /O.NEW.KEWX.FF.A.0009.150521T0300Z-150521T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LLANO-BURNET-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE- KENDALL-BLANCO-KINNEY-UVALDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE 958 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BANDERA...BLANCO...BURNET... EDWARDS...GILLESPIE...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LLANO...REAL... UVALDE AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY * PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR AND TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE. * THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRING RAPID RISES ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...PLAN NOW FOR WHAT YOU WILL DO IF FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. STAY INFORMED AND BE READY TO ACT IF YOU SEE FLOODING OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT WHEN WATER LEVELS ARE HARD TO JUDGE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && $$
3 follow-up statements
169 WGUS64 KEWX 210515 FFAEWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1215 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXPANDED EAST INTO THE I-35 CORRIDOR...AND EXTENDED UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... .PERSISTENT CONVECTION ALONG THE OUTFLOWS NEAR A COLD FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE INTO DAYBREAK AS A LOW LEVEL JET FEEDS ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE INTO THE COMPLEX OF STORMS. MESOSCALE CIRCULATIONS PRESENT IN THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX...WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT AND COOL OUTFLOWS THAT NUDGE THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD. RAINFALL RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER CELLS... AND TOTAL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES... WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRACKETTVILLE TO CASTROVILLE TO TAYLOR. TXZ183-210615- /O.CAN.KEWX.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-150521T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VAL VERDE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DEL RIO 1215 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAIN FOCUS HAS SHIFTED EAST OF VAL VERDE COUNTY DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. $$ TXZ173-191-192-204>206-211500- /O.EXB.KEWX.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-150521T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS 1215 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BEXAR...COMAL...HAYS... MEDINA...TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING * PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR AND TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE. * THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRING RAPID RISES ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...PLAN NOW FOR WHAT YOU WILL DO IF FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. STAY INFORMED AND BE READY TO ACT IF YOU SEE FLOODING OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT WHEN WATER LEVELS ARE HARD TO JUDGE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && $$ TXZ171-172-184>190-202-203-211500- /O.EXT.KEWX.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-150521T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LLANO-BURNET-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- KINNEY-UVALDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE 1215 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BANDERA...BLANCO...BURNET...EDWARDS...GILLESPIE... KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LLANO...REAL AND UVALDE. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING * PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR AND TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE. * THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRING RAPID RISES ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...PLAN NOW FOR WHAT YOU WILL DO IF FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. STAY INFORMED AND BE READY TO ACT IF YOU SEE FLOODING OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT WHEN WATER LEVELS ARE HARD TO JUDGE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && $$
707 WGUS64 KEWX 210814 FFAEWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 314 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES ALONG I-35 CORRIDOR...AND EXPANDED SOUTH INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS THROUGH 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... .PERSISTENT CONVECTION ALONG OUTFLOWS AND A COLD FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE MID-MORNING HOURS. THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWARD WITH THE RAIN FOCUS EXPECTED TO SHIFT INTO THE COASTAL BEND AREAS LATER IN THE MORNING. RAINFALL RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER CELLS...AND TOTAL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT AREA IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BRACKETTVILLE TO BOERNE TO BURNET...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TAYLOR TO SAN MARCOS TO PLEASANTON. TXZ171-184>188-202-210915- /O.CAN.KEWX.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-150521T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LLANO-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KINNEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...BRACKETTVILLE 314 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WHILE THERE REMAINS A CHANCE FOR RAIN TODAY...THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE MOST HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU COUNTIES THIS MORNING. $$ TXZ217>220-228-211500- /O.EXA.KEWX.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-150521T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL... PLEASANTON...CARRIZO SPRINGS 314 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ATASCOSA...DIMMIT... FRIO...MAVERICK AND ZAVALA. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING * PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR AND TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE. * THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRING RAPID RISES ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...PLAN NOW FOR WHAT YOU WILL DO IF FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. STAY INFORMED AND BE READY TO ACT IF YOU SEE FLOODING OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT WHEN WATER LEVELS ARE HARD TO JUDGE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && $$ TXZ172-173-189>192-203>206-211500- /O.CON.KEWX.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-150521T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...BOERNE...BLANCO... SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO... NEW BRAUNFELS 314 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...COMAL...HAYS...KENDALL... MEDINA...TRAVIS...UVALDE AND WILLIAMSON. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING * PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR AND TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE. * THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRING RAPID RISES ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...PLAN NOW FOR WHAT YOU WILL DO IF FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. STAY INFORMED AND BE READY TO ACT IF YOU SEE FLOODING OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT WHEN WATER LEVELS ARE HARD TO JUDGE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && $$
599 WGUS64 KEWX 211236 FFAEWX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 736 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 TXZ172-173-189>192-203>206-217>220-228-211345- /O.CAN.KEWX.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-150521T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...BOERNE...BLANCO... SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO... NEW BRAUNFELS...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL... PLEASANTON...CARRIZO SPRINGS 736 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A THE REMAINING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL HAS DIMINISHED AS HEAVY RAINS HAVE EXITED THE AREA. $$ TB3
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 May 20, 8:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 8:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 847 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 .UPDATE... JUST SENT AN UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS IN THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE AREA AS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT HAS REMAINED PERSISTENT ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT CONTINUES TO SAG SOUTH. SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND NORTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 654 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015/ AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ CURRENTLY AREA SITES REPORT VFR CONDITIONS AND EXPECTED TO REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AFTERWARD...CIGS WILL LOWER TO MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO MID DAY THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND EXPECTED TO STALL ALONG THE ESCARPMENT AROUND 05Z TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE BOUNDARY BUT AT THIS TIME...OUR THINKING IS FOR CONVECTION TO STAY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE I-35 TERMINALS WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY GETTING INTO KDRT FROM 02Z TO 05Z TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 612 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015/ UPDATE... JUST UPDATED ALL GRIDS AND TEXT FORECASTS TO LOWER POPS SOUTHEAST THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY...LOWER POPS THIS EVENING FOR THE I-35 CORRIDOR...AND TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 192 UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR EDWARDS AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES. ALL HOURLY FORECAST VARIABLES WERE ALSO UPDATED THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY. IN BRIEF... CONVECTION IS A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH/WEST THAN PREVIOUS HI-RES MODELS PROJECTED...BUT WE STILL EXPECT AN INCREASE IN STORM COVERAGE LATER TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SAG SOUTH TOWARD OUR AREA. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL THIS EVENING. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 241 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)... ALREADY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE FIRING EAST OF THE I35 CORRIDOR AS INSTABILITY IS OVERCOMING WEAK MORNING CAPPING. THIS ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POTENTIAL SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WHERE THE SUN IS EFFICIENTLY DESTABILIZING THE SURFACE ATMOSPHERE. OUT WEST...HIGH INSTABILITY AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTH IS INTERACTING WITH A DRY LINE PRODUCING ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION IN THE BIG BEND AREA AND OFF THE MEXICAN MOUNTAINS. AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO APPROACH...EXPECTING THIS ACTIVITY TO ORGANIZE INTO A CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE EASTWARD PROPAGATION OF THIS ACTIVITY IS THE QUESTION. IT LOOKS LIKE THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH TO THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY COUNTIES AFTER 00Z AND DEVELOP STORMS ALONG IT AND WEST OF THE I35 CORRIDOR. AFTER DARK...THE STORM INTENSITY SHOULD SUBSIDE AND THEN THE THREAT BECOMES THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THREAT AS IT HAS BEEN THE LAST FEW DAYS. THURSDAY IS LOOKING LIKE ANOTHER SIMILAR SET UP TO TODAY WITH THE FRONT NOW STALLED TO OUR NORTH. SHOULD BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ANOTHER SUBTLE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO ENHANCE QPF RATES ALONG THE RGV THURSDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE STRONG AMPLIFICATION OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE ROCKIES DUE A FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE ORIGINATING FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AS THIS FEATURE ROUNDS THE LOW...THE LOW ITSELF PROGRESSES EASTWARD. 300 MB WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVERTOP A VERY MOIST AIRMASS CHARACTERIZED BY PWAT VALUES RANGING FROM 1.75 TO 2 INCHES. WITH A HEALTHY SOUTHERLY LLJ...EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE...AND 300 MB RIGHT EXIT REGION OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT SATURDAY ADVERTISED ON BOTH MODELS BUT ESPECIALLY ON THE ECMWF...HEAVY RAINS LOOK LIKELY BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH AS FAR AS MONDAY AFTERNOON. QPF TOTALS LOOKS TO RANGE FROM 3-4 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CWA AND 2-3 INCHES IN THE EAST WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 OR 7 INCHES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE DETAILS ARE A BIT LESS CLEAR BEYOND MONDAY AS A MORE BROAD PATTERN WILL DEVELOP IN THE WESTERN CONUS. IT LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST A FEW DAYS OF DRIER CONDITIONS WILL BE AROUND MID WEEK BEFORE ANOTHER WEAKER SHORTWAVE COMES ON THE PACIFIC SHORE AND RAIN RETURNS TO THE FORECAST LATE IN THE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 69 79 67 83 70 / 40 40 40 40 40 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 68 79 67 83 70 / 30 40 40 40 40 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 70 81 68 83 70 / 30 50 40 40 40 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 66 75 64 80 69 / 40 40 40 40 40 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 70 81 70 85 70 / 60 50 60 30 40 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 66 76 65 82 70 / 40 40 40 50 40 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 70 82 69 84 70 / 30 50 50 30 40 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 69 79 67 83 70 / 30 40 40 40 40 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 70 82 70 83 70 / 20 50 30 50 30 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 70 81 69 84 70 / 30 50 40 40 40 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 70 82 70 84 70 / 30 50 40 40 40 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...17 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...26 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...33/12
Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 7:35 AM CDT, 14 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 735 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-211245- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 735 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A ELGIN TO BOERNE TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF ISOLATED STREAMS...CREEKS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IN ADDITION...A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-10. THE CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE DURING THIS TIME...WHICH COULD RESULT IN MORE WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING. THERE IS A CHANCE THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT COULD LINGER INTO MONDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS WEEK OR WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF AN ELGIN TO BOERNE TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 20, 8:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 807 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 TXZ184-185-210145- EDWARDS TX-REAL TX- 807 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN REAL AND EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 807 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLOUR MILLS TO NEAR VANCE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROCKSPRINGS...VANCE...DEVILS SINKHOLE STATE NATURAL AREA AND US- 377 NEAR THE KIMBLE-EDWARDS COUNTY LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3029 9979 2971 9997 2989 10053 3029 10052 TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 191DEG 22KT 2990 10046 2977 10005
Special weather statement, May 20, 8:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 818 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 TXZ191-192-210145- TRAVIS TX-HAYS TX- 818 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL HAYS AND SOUTH CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 818 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHADY HOLLOW...OR NEAR TANGLEWOOD FOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AUSTIN...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP...TANGLEWOOD FOREST...KYLE...BUDA... BEE CAVE...WEST LAKE HILLS...ROLLINGWOOD...BEAR CREEK...SHADY HOLLOW...BARTON CREEK...ONION CREEK...MANSFIELD DAM...SUNSET VALLEY...MOUNTAIN CITY...SAN LEANNA...HAYS...CREEDMOOR...PILOT KNOB AND LOST CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 2999 9786 3008 9804 3034 9791 3020 9765 TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 212DEG 8KT 3010 9791
Special weather statement, May 20, 8:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 854 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 TXZ184>188-203-204-218-210245- ZAVALA TX-MEDINA TX-EDWARDS TX-BANDERA TX-UVALDE TX-GILLESPIE TX- REAL TX-KERR TX- 854 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR REAL...NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS... WESTERN MEDINA...NORTHERN ZAVALA...BANDERA...UVALDE...SOUTHWESTERN GILLESPIE AND KERR COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 854 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF LA PRYOR TO NEAR BATESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MEDINA...KERRVILLE...UVALDE...LEAKEY...VANDERPOOL...TARPLEY...LA PRYOR...BATESVILLE...HUNT...INGRAM...SABINAL...KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...MOUNTAIN HOME...KERRVILLE STATE PARK...BLEWETT...CONCAN...KNIPPA...UTOPIA AND CAMP VERDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 2885 10011 3018 9986 3029 9894 2881 9951 TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 200DEG 9KT 2890 10002 2887 9960
Special weather statement, May 20, 9:12 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
912 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015
TXZ172-210300-
BURNET TX-
912 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY UNTIL
1000 PM CDT...
AT 911 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BURNET...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURNET...BUCHANAN DAM...INKS LAKE STATE PARK...SUNNYLANE AND LAKE
VICTOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3069 9817 3068 9821 3070 9839 3072 9840
3074 9837 3075 9840 3082 9840 3083 9838
3085 9841 3103 9841 3103 9803
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 178DEG 9KT 3074 9830Special weather statement, May 20, 9:31 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 931 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 TXZ171-210315- LLANO TX- 931 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN LLANO COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM CDT... AT 930 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CASTELL...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LLANO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LLANO...FIELD CREEK...VALLEY SPRING...PRAIRIE MOUNTAIN...BABY HEAD AND CASTELL. LAT...LON 3063 9873 3050 9896 3092 9896 3092 9861 TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 142DEG 20KT 3065 9889 ZEITLER
Special weather statement, May 20, 9:44 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
944 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015
TXZ183>186-188-210330-
EDWARDS TX-VAL VERDE TX-GILLESPIE TX-REAL TX-KERR TX-
944 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN REAL...EDWARDS...
NORTHEASTERN VAL VERDE...SOUTHWESTERN GILLESPIE AND NORTHWESTERN KERR
COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...
AT 943 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR JUNCTION TO 10 MILES
EAST OF JUNO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKSPRINGS...LOMA ALTA...HUNT...KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...
CARTA VALLEY...MOUNTAIN HOME...FLOUR MILLS...HARPER...US-277 NEAR THE
SUTTON-EDWARDS COUNTY LINE...PRADE RANCH...US-377 NEAR THE
KIMBLE-EDWARDS COUNTY LINE...THE INTERSECTION OF I-10 AND U.S 290...
US-83 NEAR THE KERR-KIMBLE COUNTY LINE...I-10 NEAR THE KIMBLE-KERR
COUNTY LINE...VINEGARONE AND DEVILS SINKHOLE STATE NATURAL AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3029 10068 3029 9933 3011 9919 2964 10075
3018 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 308DEG 12KT 3054 9970 3016 10093The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 38 min |
| May 20, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 27 min |
| May 20, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 38 min |
| May 20, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real, Uvalde, Zavala | 51 min |
| May 20, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 42 min |
| May 20, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 48 min |
| May 20, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 44 min |
| May 20, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 46 min |
| May 20, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards, Gillespie | 57 min |
| May 20, 10:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Llano | 3 hr |
| May 20, 11:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 5 hr |
| May 20, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Llano, Real | 44 min |
| May 20, 11:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano | 3 hr |
| May 21, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 65 min |
| May 21, 12:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano | 3 hr |
| May 21, 12:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 56 min |
| May 21, 12:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Kendall | 3 hr |
| May 21, 12:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 21, 12:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera | 3 hr |
| May 21, 1:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 62 min |
| May 21, 1:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 3 hr |
| May 21, 2:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 21, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 61 min |
| May 21, 2:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 21, 2:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| May 21, 2:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 21, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 53 min |
| May 21, 3:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano | 115 min |
| May 21, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 56 min |
| May 21, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 21, 3:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 3 hr |
| May 21, 4:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 3 hr |
| May 21, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 48 min |
| May 21, 4:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis | 3 hr |
| May 21, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 46 min |
| May 21, 5:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 21, 6:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 21, 6:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 3 hr |
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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.