Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2016, 4:45 AM CDT for Bandera County, Medina County, Uvalde 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 29, 2016, 4:45 AM CDT (09:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2016, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bandera County, TX, Medina County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
906 WGUS54 KEWX 290945 FFWEWX TXC019-325-463-291245- /O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0044.160529T0945Z-160529T1245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 445 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... MEDINA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 745 AM CDT * AT 443 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... UVALDE...HONDO...DEVINE...CASTROVILLE...SABINAL...NATALIA...D'HANIS... BADER...PEARSON...NOONAN...BLEWETT...CONCAN...KNIPPA...UTOPIA...QUIHI... MICO...DUNLAY...YANCEY...GARNER STATE PARK AND UVALDE ESTATES. 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. 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 2964 9881 2911 9886 2914 10006 2961 9986 $$ MSL
The 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, 12:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 5 hr |
| 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, 4:49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.