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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2016, 5:37 PM CDT for Lavaca 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 27, 2016, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lavaca County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 3530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted.
306
WGUS54 KEWX 272237
FFWEWX
TXC285-280130-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0037.160527T2237Z-160528T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
537 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LAVACA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 536 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF LAVACA COUNTY SOUTH OF A SUBLIME TO
HALLETTSVILLE TO YOAKUM LINE. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPEAKS...SUBLIME...EZZELL...HOPE...KOERTH AND VIENNA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 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 2906 9694 2912 9699 2928 9712 2955 9676
2934 9656
$$
CP1 follow-up statement
991
WGUS74 KEWX 280048
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
748 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
TXC285-280058-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160528T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAVACA TX-
748 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAVACA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 2906 9694 2912 9699 2928 9712 2955 9676
2934 9656
$$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, 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, 5:46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.