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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2016, 5:08 AM CDT for Edwards County, Kerr 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 19, 2016, 5:08 AM CDT (10:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2016, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Edwards County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
150
WGUS54 KEWX 191008
FFWEWX
TXC137-265-385-191300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0023.160519T1008Z-160519T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
508 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN KERR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT
* AT 507 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEAKEY...CAMP WOOD...KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...VANCE...RIO FRIO...
TUFF...BARKSDALE...PRADE RANCH...US-83 NEAR THE KERR-
KIMBLE COUNTY LINE...I-10 NEAR THE KIMBLE-
KERR COUNTY LINE AND THE INTERSECTION OF I-10 AND US 290.
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 3029 9943 2991 9942 2990 9960 2963 9960
2963 10045 2985 10041 3003 10003 3029 9977
$$
RUNYEN1 follow-up statement
352
WGUS74 KEWX 191154
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
654 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2016
TXC137-265-385-191300-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160519T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KERR TX-EDWARDS TX-REAL TX-
654 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KERR...SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS AND REAL COUNTIES...
AT 653 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ON SATURATED
SOILS. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR LOW LYING AREAS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE... LEAKEY...CAMP WOOD...KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA...VANCE...RIO FRIO... TUFF...BARKSDALE...PRADE RANCH...US-83
NEAR THE KERR-KIMBLE COUNTY LINE...I-10 NEAR THE KIMBLE-KERR COUNTY
LINE AND THE INTERSECTION OF I-10 AND US 290.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3029 9943 2991 9942 2990 9960 2963 9960
2963 10045 2985 10041 3003 10003 3029 9977
$$
ALLENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 3 days |
| May 19, 2:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 51 min |
| May 19, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 39 min |
| May 19, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 31 min |
| May 19, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 31 min |
| May 19, 5:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 5 hr |
| May 19, 6:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall | 5 hr |
| May 19, 6:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 51 min |
| May 19, 6:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 43 min |
| May 19, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 51 min |
| May 19, 7:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 49 min |
| May 19, 8:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 27 hr |
| May 19, 9:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| May 19, 10:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays | 3 hr |
| May 19, 10:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 19, 10:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee | 3 hr |
| May 19, 11:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gonzales, Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 19, 11:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 19, 11:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| May 19, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 49 min |
| May 19, 2:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 18 hr |
| May 19, 2:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Comal, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 19, 2:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| May 19, 3:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 4 days |
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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.