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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2016, 8:05 AM CDT for Edwards County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 14, 2016, 8:05 AM CDT (13:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Edwards County, TX, Real County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1914 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
404 WGUS54 KEWX 141305 FFWEWX TXC137-385-141600- /O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0016.160514T1305Z-160514T1600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 805 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHWESTERN REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 1100 AM CDT * AT 802 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... VANCE...STATE HIGHWAY 55...FARM TO MARKET ROADS 335 AND 2631. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3003 9982 2974 9985 2977 10011 3006 10009 $$ PLATT
2 follow-up statements
056 WGUS74 KEWX 141425 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 925 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016 TXC137-385-141600- /O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160514T1600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EDWARDS TX-REAL TX- 925 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EDWARDS AND NORTHWESTERN REAL COUNTIES... AT 921 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... VANCE...STATE HIGHWAY 55...FARM TO MARKET ROADS 335 AND 2631. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3003 9982 2974 9985 2977 10011 3006 10009 $$ PLATT
060 WGUS74 KEWX 141557 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1057 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016 TXC137-385-141603- /O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160514T1600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EDWARDS TX-REAL TX- 1057 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EDWARDS AND NORTHWESTERN REAL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 AM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. HOWEVER...LIGHT RAIN THROUGH NOON ALONG WITH EARLIER RAINS WILL CONTINUE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3003 9982 2974 9985 2977 10011 3006 10009 $$ PLATT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 49 min |
| May 14, 7:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| May 14, 10:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 14, 10:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 46 min |
| May 14, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 43 min |
| May 14, 11:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 52 min |
| May 14, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 42 min |
| May 14, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 42 min |
| May 14, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 38 min |
| May 14, 12:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 14, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 50 min |
| May 14, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 42 min |
| May 14, 1:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 14, 1:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Frio | 3 hr |
| May 14, 2:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 14, 2:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 3 hr |
| May 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 4 hr |
| May 14, 3:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| May 14, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 52 min |
| May 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee, Williamson | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 2 hr |
| May 14, 4:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| May 14, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 44 min |
| May 14, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 50 min |
| May 14, 5:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Williamson | 118 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.