Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jun 2, 2016, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 2016, 3:45 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Uvalde County, TX

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832 
WGUS54 KEWX 020511
FFWEWX
TXC463-020845-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0053.160602T0511Z-160602T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1211 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 1209 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL UVALDE
  COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TO FALL IN LESS THAN AN
  HOURS TIME OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 445 AM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  UVALDE...BLEWETT...LAGUNA...KNIPPA...DABNEY...UVALDE ESTATES AND CLINE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN
A MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL. BE ESPECIALLY
CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF
FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 2937 9959 2909 9955 2909 10011 2947 10011

$$

MO

023 
WGUS74 KEWX 020633
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
133 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

TXC463-020845-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160602T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UVALDE TX-
133 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN UVALDE COUNTY...

AT 123 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS WERE
DECREASING OVER THE WARNED AREA OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
UVALDE COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT SHIFTING EAST. FLASH
FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY OCCURRING OVER THE NORTH SIDE OF
UVALDE...EXTENDING TO UPPER PORTIONS OF THE NUECES RIVER NEAR
LAGUNA. RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER THIS AREA...AND RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE
AREA...MEANS THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS NEAR THE NUECES AND ITS
TRIBUTARIES WILL BE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE THROUGH AT LEAST 3 AM.

EVEN IN AREAS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF UVALDE COUNTY...
A RAINFALL REPORT OF 1.76 INCHES RECEIVED AT GARNER FIELD INDICATES
EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING SHOULD BE OCCURRING OVER THE CITY OF
UVALDE. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
UVALDE...BLEWETT...LAGUNA...KNIPPA...DABNEY...UVALDE ESTATES AND CLINE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.

&&

LAT...LON 2937 9959 2909 9955 2909 10011 2947 10011

$$

MO

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