Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2016, 4:07 PM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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 14, 2016, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Travis County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 5:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 W Sunset Valley, TX | SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED IN THE VICINITY OF OLD BEE CAVES ROAD INCLUDING JOE TANNER LANE AND WASSON RD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 288 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
- 1239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
970
WGUS54 KEWX 142107
FFWEWX
TXC453-142330-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0019.160514T2107Z-160514T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
407 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 404 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WATERSHEDS OF BARTON CREEK AND THE
WILLIAMSON CREEK. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...BEE CAVE...WEST LAKE HILLS...ROLLINGWOOD...BARTON CREEK...SHADY
HOLLOW...SUNSET VALLEY AND LOST CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3031 9782 3026 9777 3017 9785 3026 9803
3033 9801
$$
MO1 follow-up statement
173
WGUS74 KEWX 142159
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
459 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016
TXC453-142330-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160514T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRAVIS TX-
459 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY...
AT 454 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED
OVER THE WARNED AREA OF WEST CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY...BUT COULD STILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH THROUGH 6 PM CDT. HEAVY RAINS
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ALONG WILLIAMSON
CREEK...BARTON CREEK AND LOST CREEK AS WELL AS THEIR TRIBUTARIES AND
NEARBY DRAINAGE DITCHES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...BEE CAVE...WEST LAKE HILLS...ROLLINGWOOD...BARTON CREEK...SHADY
HOLLOW...SUNSET VALLEY AND LOST CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3031 9782 3026 9777 3017 9785 3026 9803
3033 9801
$$
MOThe 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, 8:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | 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, 4:16 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.