Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2016, 5:13 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
- Jun 2, 2016, 5:13 AM CDT (10:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2016, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Gillespie County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Llano County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:08 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Waring, TX | MULTIPLE LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED NEAR AND AROUND WARING. |
| Jun 2, 7:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Llano, TX | SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS FLOODING AT THIS TIME |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -2.9
The text
As transmitted.
281
WGUS54 KEWX 021013
FFWEWX
TXC171-259-265-299-021315-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0059.160602T1013Z-160602T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
513 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GILLESPIE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN KERR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
KENDALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
LLANO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 815 AM CDT
* AT 511 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN FROM BOERNE AND KERRVILLE...NORTH TO LLANO AND VALLEY
SPRING. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KERRVILLE...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...LLANO...COMFORT...STONEWALL...
VALLEY SPRING...OXFORD...WARING...ECKERT...CRABAPPLE...DOSS...WALNUT
GROVE...CASTELL...CAIN CITY...WELFARE...LBJ STATE PARK...ROCKY HILL...
WILLOW CITY AND SISTERDALE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA AND WITH SATURATED SOILS WILL CREATE FLASH FLOODING.
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.
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 2979 9860 2985 9905 3050 9929 3050 9896
3092 9896 3092 9858
$$
CP1 follow-up statement
902
WGUS74 KEWX 021209
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
709 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2016
TXC171-259-265-299-021315-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160602T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GILLESPIE TX-KERR TX-KENDALL TX-LLANO TX-
709 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR
GILLESPIE...SOUTHEASTERN KERR...KENDALL AND LLANO COUNTIES...
AT 707 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. EARLIER HEAVY RAINS UP TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING AND MAY PRODUCE
SOME RIVER FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KERRVILLE...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...LLANO...COMFORT...STONEWALL...VALLEY
SPRING...OXFORD...WARING...ECKERT...CRABAPPLE...DOSS...WALNUT GROVE...
CASTELL...CAIN CITY...WELFARE...LBJ STATE PARK...ROCKY HILL...WILLOW CITY
AND SISTERDALE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 2979 9860 2985 9905 3050 9929 3050 9896
3092 9896 3092 9858
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 7:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 11:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 12:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 14 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 1:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 18 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Zavala | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 1:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 8 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 20 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 4 days |
| Jun 2, 2:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 67 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 4 days |
| Jun 2, 2:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 5:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Medina | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 13 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 22 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 21 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 57 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 24 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 20 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 4 days |
| Jun 2, 2:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 3 days |
| Jun 2, 2:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 5 days |
| Jun 2, 2:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 57 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.