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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 27, 2016Hays County, Travis County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2016, 3:28 AM CDT for Hays County, Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 11 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 27, 2016, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2016, 2:47 PM CDT
In force: 11 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 Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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 27, 12:15 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Creedmoor, TX	NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND LOW WATER CROSSING AREAS REMAIN CLOSED

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, 8.5 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.

999 
WGUS54 KEWX 270828
FFWEWX
TXC209-453-271115-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0036.160527T0828Z-160527T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
328 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 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 615 AM CDT

* AT 322 AM CDT...LOCAL OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO INDICATE SIGNIFICANT
  FLOODING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TRAVIS AND EAST CENTRAL HAYS
  COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED FOR NOW AND NO ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH DAYBREAK. HOWEVER RAINFALL ESTIMATES
  AND REPORTS SUGGEST THAT MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA HAS RECEIVED
  BETWEEN 7 AND 10 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THERESITA EVENING.
  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND ALONG
  THE LARGER STREAM CHANNELS...INCLUDING ONION CREEK...DRY
  CREEK...MAHA CREEK...GILLELAND CREEK...AND THE COLORADO RIVER
  BELOW HIGHWAY 183.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  AUSTIN...ELGIN...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP...KYLE...BUDA...UHLAND...MUSTANG
  RIDGE...NIEDERWALD...ONION CREEK...MOUNTAIN CITY...WEBBERVILLE...
  CREEDMOOR...DEL VALLE...MAHA AND PILOT KNOB.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3020 9750 2996 9779 3003 9794 3035 9747
      3037 9740

$$

MO

4 follow-up statements

793 
WGUS54 KEWX 271107
FFWEWX
TXC209-453-271415-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160527T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
607 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  EAST CENTRAL HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 602 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING ALONG DRY CREEK, BRUSHY CREEK, FAR DOWNSTREAM ONION
  CREEK, AND MAHA CREEK IN SOUTHEAST TRAVIS COUNTY.

* SWOLLEN RIVERS, CREEKS, AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  EARLY MORNING HOURS AND IMPACT MANY AREA ROADS. HIGH CAUTION IS
  URGED ON THE MORNING COMMUTE AS MANY ROADS WILL BE FLOODED. DO NOT
  DRIVE INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY!

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  AUSTIN...ELGIN...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP...KYLE...BUDA...UHLAND...MUSTANG
  RIDGE...NIEDERWALD...ONION CREEK...MOUNTAIN CITY...WEBBERVILLE...
  CREEDMOOR...DEL VALLE...MAHA AND PILOT KNOB.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3020 9750 2996 9779 3003 9794 3035 9747
      3037 9740

$$

ALLEN

105 
WGUS54 KEWX 271410
FFWEWX
TXC209-453-271715-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160527T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
910 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  EAST CENTRAL HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 905 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MULTIPLE
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ROADWAYS FLOODED MAKING THEM DANGEROUS FOR
  TRAVEL. FLOODING IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REST
  OF THE MORNING.

* SWOLLEN RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  MORNING HOURS AND IMPACT MANY ROADWAYS NEAR THOSE WATERWAYS. HIGH
  CAUTION IS URGED AS MANY ROADS WILL BE FLOODED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO
  A FLOODED ROADWAY!

* AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING INCLUDE...SOUTH HIGHWAY 183
  NEAR 45...CREEDMOOR...MUSTANG RIDGE...UHLAND...AND BUDA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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 3020 9750 2996 9779 3003 9794 3035 9747
      3037 9740

$$

TB3

975 
WGUS54 KEWX 271650
FFWEWX
TXC209-453-272015-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160527T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1150 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  EAST CENTRAL HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 1149 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MULTIPLE
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ROADWAYS FLOODED MAKING THEM DANGEROUS FOR
  TRAVEL. FLOODING IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REST
  OF THE MORNING.

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
  WARNED AREA WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OF RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON.
  THIS COULD CONTINUE OR PERHAPS WORSEN THE FLOODING ALREADY ONGOING
  WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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 3020 9750 2996 9779 3003 9794 3035 9747
      3037 9740

$$

TB3

288 
WGUS74 KEWX 271947
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
247 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

TXC209-453-271956-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160527T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRAVIS TX-HAYS TX-
247 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TRAVIS AND EAST CENTRAL
HAYS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED
HOWEVER MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY REMAIN FLOODED AND SOME CLOSED
ROADWAYS MAY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES AND DO NOT DRIVE AROUND ANY
BARRICADES.

LAT...LON 3020 9750 2996 9779 3003 9794 3035 9747
      3037 9740

$$

TB3

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, 10:16 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, 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.