Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2016, 12:07 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 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 29, 2016, 12:07 AM CDT (05:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bandera County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 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 29, 2:34 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Sse Utopia, TX | LAW ENFORECEMENT REPORTS SEVERAL FARM TO MARKET ROAD CLOSURES BETWEEN UTOPIA AND SABINAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 2551 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted.
808
WGUS54 KEWX 290507
FFWEWX
TXC019-325-385-463-290800-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0040.160529T0507Z-160529T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1207 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 1206 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TARPLEY...CONCAN...GARNER STATE PARK...UTOPIA...MONTELL...RIO FRIO AND
REAGAN WELLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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.
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 2944 10010 2962 10010 2962 10002 2963 10001
2964 10001 2964 9906 2944 9907
$$
MSL2 follow-up statements
136
WGUS74 KEWX 290537
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1237 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016
TXC019-325-385-463-290800-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160529T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UVALDE TX-BANDERA TX-MEDINA TX-REAL TX-
1237 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN UVALDE...SOUTHWESTERN BANDERA...NORTHWESTERN MEDINA AND
SOUTHEASTERN REAL COUNTIES...
AT 1236 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TARPLEY...CONCAN...GARNER STATE PARK...UTOPIA...MONTELL...RIO FRIO AND
REAGAN WELLS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. THE WATER WILL TAKE SEVERL HOURS TO DRAIN OFF EVEN
AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 2944 10010 2962 10010 2962 10002 2963 10001
2964 10001 2964 9906 2944 9907
$$
MSL924
WGUS54 KEWX 290749
FFWEWX
TXC019-325-385-463-291000-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160529T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
249 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 500 AM CDT
* AT 248 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TARPLEY...CONCAN...GARNER STATE PARK...UTOPIA...MONTELL...RIO FRIO AND
REAGAN WELLS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 2944 10010 2962 10010 2962 10002 2963 10001
2964 10001 2964 9906 2944 9907
$$
MSLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 58 min |
| May 28, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 40 min |
| May 28, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 62 min |
| May 28, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr, Real | 58 min |
| May 28, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 44 min |
| May 28, 8:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 2 hr |
| May 28, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 58 min |
| May 28, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 56 min |
| May 28, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Real | 54 min |
| May 28, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 57 min |
| May 28, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 40 min |
| May 28, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 39 min |
| May 28, 10:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| May 28, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 38 min |
| May 28, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 67 min |
| May 28, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 55 min |
| May 28, 11:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 25 hr |
| May 28, 11:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 17 hr |
| May 28, 11:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Real | 8 hr |
| May 28, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 33 min |
| May 28, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 52 min |
| May 28, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Medina and 2 more | 31 min |
| May 29, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 43 min |
| May 29, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Uvalde | 65 min |
| May 29, 1:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards | 2 hr |
| May 29, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 4 hr |
| May 29, 1:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 6 hr |
| May 29, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 44 min |
| May 29, 2:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 25 hr |
| May 29, 2:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 15 hr |
| May 29, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 42 min |
| May 29, 2:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 40 min |
| May 29, 2:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 2 hr |
| May 29, 2:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 24 hr |
| May 29, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 45 min |
| May 29, 3:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 34 hr |
| May 29, 3:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 119 min |
| May 29, 3:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 5 hr |
| May 29, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 44 min |
| May 29, 3:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 17 hr |
| May 29, 3:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 48 hr |
| May 29, 3:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 41 hr |
| May 29, 4:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 46 min |
| May 29, 4:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 48 min |
| May 29, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 40 min |
| May 29, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 29, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 41 min |
| May 29, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 40 min |
| May 29, 4:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 3 hr |
| May 29, 4:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 19 hr |
| May 29, 4:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 16 hr |
| May 29, 4:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 24 hr |
| May 29, 4:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 19 hr |
| May 29, 5:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 17 hr |
| May 29, 5:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 40 min |
| May 29, 5:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 47 min |
| May 29, 6:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Frio | 3 hr |
| May 29, 7:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 3 hr |
| May 29, 7:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 29, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 46 min |
| May 29, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gonzales, Wilson | 46 min |
| May 29, 9:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 26 hr |
| May 29, 9:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 4 days |
| May 29, 9:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 4 days |
| May 29, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 44 min |
| May 29, 10:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes | 42 min |
| May 29, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 5 more | 20 hr |
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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.