Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2016, 7:32 AM CDT for Burnet County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 2, 2016, 7:32 AM CDT (12:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2016, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Burnet County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:36 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Georgetown, TX | THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. CLOSED ROADS ARE ACROSS BOTH THE EAST AND WEST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 1078 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
149
WGUS54 KEWX 021232
FFWEWX
TXC053-491-021530-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0061.160602T1232Z-160602T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
732 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BURNET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
* AT 731 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF WILLIAMSON AND NORTHERN BURNET COUNTIES.
UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROUND ROCK...GEORGETOWN...TAYLOR...GRANGER...BERTRAM...SERENADA...HUTTO...
FLORENCE...JARRELL...LIBERTY HILL...THRALL...WEIR...GEORGETOWN DAM...
ANDICE...SUN CITY...SHADY GROVE...COUPLAND...WATSON...LAKE VICTOR AND
GRANGER DAM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
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 3101 9790 3091 9783 3086 9759 3069 9725
3054 9719 3045 9739 3049 9751 3048 9755
3050 9758 3049 9761 3091 9845 3094 9841
3095 9845 3101 9846 3103 9844 3103 9824
$$
CP1 follow-up statement
835
WGUS74 KEWX 021450
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
950 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2016
TXC053-491-021530-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160602T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BURNET TX-WILLIAMSON TX-
950 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN BURNET AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...
AT 943 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED
IN WILLIAMSON AND BURNET COUNTIES. EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS
ENDED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING THROUGH 1030 AM. SOME ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL
LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED THIS MORNING...BUT MORE STORMS MAY FORM LATER
IN THE AFTERNOON. BE CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING AND IF YOU SEE A
FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROUND ROCK...GEORGETOWN...TAYLOR...GRANGER...BERTRAM...SERENADA...HUTTO...
FLORENCE...JARRELL...LIBERTY HILL...THRALL...WEIR...GEORGETOWN DAM...
ANDICE...SUN CITY...SHADY GROVE...COUPLAND...WATSON...LAKE VICTOR AND
GRANGER DAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3101 9790 3091 9783 3086 9759 3069 9725
3054 9719 3045 9739 3049 9751 3048 9755
3050 9758 3049 9761 3091 9845 3094 9841
3095 9845 3101 9846 3103 9844 3103 9824
$$
YURAThe 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, 5:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano | 3 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, 7:54 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.