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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 2016, 7:51 PM CDT for Bandera 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
- Apr 17, 2016, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bandera County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
871
WGUS54 KEWX 180051
FFWEWX
TXC019-180345-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0005.160418T0051Z-160418T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
751 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 749 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MEDINA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2988 9914 2987 9911 2967 9916 2967 9949
2990 9946
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 30 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 46 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 8:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 29 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 22 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 41 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette | 56 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 60 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 2:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 66 min |
| Apr 18, 4:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 6:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Hays, Kendall | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gonzales, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 7:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Hays | 59 min |
| Apr 18, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 10:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Maverick | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 2:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 4 days |
| Apr 18, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 4:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette | 5 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.