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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 10:06 PM CDT for Hays County, Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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 26, 2016, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hays County, TX, Travis County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 26, 10:29 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 W Pilot Knob, TX | LOW WATER CROSSINGS BEGINNING TO CLOSE IN SOUTH AUSTIN DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS. |
| May 26, 11:46 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ese Del Valle, TX | REPORTS OF CARS TRAPPED IN HIGH WATER AT TOLL 130 AND HWY 71. |
| May 27, 12:03 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Buda, TX | LOW WATER CROSSING WATER RESCUE ONGOING IN BUDA. |
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 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 2934 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted.
821
WGUS54 KEWX 270306
FFWEWX
TXC209-453-270600-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0031.160527T0306Z-160527T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1006 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1004 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP...TANGLEWOOD FOREST...KYLE...BUDA...
UHLAND...MUSTANG RIDGE...NIEDERWALD...ONION CREEK...SHADY HOLLOW...
MOUNTAIN CITY...SAN LEANNA...WEBBERVILLE...HAYS...CREEDMOOR...HAYS CITY...
DEL VALLE...MAHA...PILOT KNOB AND MANCHACA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR IS
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3026 9746 3020 9750 3016 9755 2999 9776
2994 9781 2992 9784 3003 9802 3027 9773
$$
LJH1 follow-up statement
840
WGUS74 KEWX 270408
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1108 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
TXC209-453-270600-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160527T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRAVIS TX-HAYS TX-
1108 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TRAVIS AND EAST CENTRAL HAYS COUNTIES...
AT 1102 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WITH
LOW WATER CROSSINGS CLOSED IN NORTHEASTERN HAYS COUNTY AND
SOUTHEASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY INCLUDING SOUTHEAST AUSTIN. OVER SIX
INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM. FLASH FLOODING
IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE DRY CREEK AND ONION CREEK BASINS EAST OF
INTERSTATE 35.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP...TANGLEWOOD FOREST...KYLE...BUDA...
UHLAND...MUSTANG RIDGE...NIEDERWALD...ONION CREEK...SHADY HOLLOW...
MOUNTAIN CITY...SAN LEANNA...WEBBERVILLE...HAYS...CREEDMOOR...HAYS CITY...
DEL VALLE...MAHA...PILOT KNOB AND MANCHACA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO FIVE INCHES AN HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3026 9746 3020 9750 3016 9755 2999 9776
2994 9781 2992 9784 3003 9802 3027 9773
$$
LJHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 45 min |
| May 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 3 hr |
| May 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Real, Val Verde | 49 min |
| May 26, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 33 min |
| May 26, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 39 min |
| May 26, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 42 min |
| May 26, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr, Real | 40 min |
| May 26, 9:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis | 113 min |
| May 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 39 min |
| May 26, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Real | 52 min |
| May 26, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 30 min |
| May 26, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 44 min |
| May 26, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Hays, Travis | 39 min |
| May 26, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano | 65 min |
| May 26, 10:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | 47 min |
| May 26, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano | 52 min |
| May 26, 11:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | 49 min |
| May 26, 11:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 20 hr |
| May 26, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 53 min |
| May 26, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco | 54 min |
| May 27, 12:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 4 hr |
| May 27, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall | 57 min |
| May 27, 12:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 69 hr |
| May 27, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 49 min |
| May 27, 12:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 32 hr |
| May 27, 12:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis, Williamson | 54 min |
| May 27, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 47 min |
| May 27, 12:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 28 min |
| May 27, 1:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco | 42 min |
| May 27, 1:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Lee | 15 hr |
| May 27, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 59 min |
| May 27, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales | 53 min |
| May 27, 1:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette | 54 hr |
| May 27, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 63 min |
| May 27, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 11 hr |
| May 27, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 56 min |
| May 27, 4:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Lavaca | 3 hr |
| May 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 63 min |
| May 27, 5:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 3 hr |
| May 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 44 min |
| May 27, 6:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt | 2 hr |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 44 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.