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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 26, 2016Bastrop County, Fayette County, Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 10:16 PM CDT for Bastrop County, Fayette County, Lee 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, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2016, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Lee County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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 26, 11:05 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 S Hills, TX	200 BLOCK OF FM 2239 AND FM 2104 NEAR GRASSYVILLE ROAD IN PAIGE TEXAS FLOODED.
May 26, 11:55 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ese Webberville, TX	WATER RESCUES ONGOING ALONG 969 IN BASTROP COUNTY.
May 27, 1:17 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ese Bastrop, TX	HWY 71 EAST OF BASTROP EAST OF TAHITIAN DRIVE AND HWY 21 EAST OF BASTROP NEAR NORFOLK DRIVE ARE BOTH FLOODED WITH WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.

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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 274 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted.

893 
WGUS54 KEWX 270316
FFWEWX
TXC021-149-287-270615-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0032.160527T0316Z-160527T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1016 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  BASTROP COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1013 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING WITH HIGH WATER RESCUES ONGOING IN CARMINE. SEVERAL ROADS
  ARE ALSO FLOODED IN OTHER PARTS OF FAYETTE...BASTROP...AND LEE
  COUNTIES. UP TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF
  THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BASTROP...GIDDINGS...LA GRANGE...SMITHVILLE...LEXINGTON...FAYETTEVILLE...
  ROUND TOP...FEDOR...ROSANKY...PAIGE...CEDAR CREEK...CIRCLE D-KC ESTATE...
  WYLDWOOD...CISTERN...CIRCLE D-KC ESTATES...CAMP SWIFT...DIME BOX...
  UPTON...CARMINE AND REK HILL.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER 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 2988 9665 2978 9732 3007 9765 3020 9750
      3026 9746 3032 9717 3049 9690 3046 9690
      3042 9683 3025 9671 3023 9674 3020 9674
      3016 9679 3014 9677 3017 9669 3014 9665
      3008 9663 2996 9657

$$

LJH

1 follow-up statement

452 
WGUS74 KEWX 270352
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1052 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

TXC021-149-287-270615-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160527T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE TX-BASTROP TX-LEE TX-
1052 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR
FAYETTE...BASTROP AND LEE COUNTIES...

AT 1040 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WITH
HIGH WATER RESCUES ONGOING IN CARMINE IN NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE
COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN LEE
COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...AND EASTERN BASTROP
COUNTY...WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN WESTERN
BASTROP COUNTY. UP TO NINE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF THE
WARNED AREA WITH WIDESPREAD AREAS RECEIVING THREE TO SIX INCHES.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BASTROP...GIDDINGS...LA GRANGE...SMITHVILLE...LEXINGTON...FAYETTEVILLE...
ROUND TOP...FEDOR...ROSANKY...PAIGE...CEDAR CREEK...CIRCLE D-KC ESTATE...
WYLDWOOD...CISTERN...CIRCLE D-KC ESTATES...CAMP SWIFT...DIME BOX...UPTON...
CARMINE AND REK HILL.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE INCHES AN 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 2988 9665 2978 9732 3007 9765 3020 9750
      3026 9746 3032 9717 3049 9690 3046 9690
      3042 9683 3025 9671 3023 9674 3020 9674
      3016 9679 3014 9677 3017 9669 3014 9665
      3008 9663 2996 9657

$$

LJH

The 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	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Hays, Travis	3 hr
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, 10:43 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

Nearby

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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.