Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2016, 10:38 PM CDT for Hays County, Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. 5 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 3, 2016, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2016, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hays County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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 3, 11:04 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ssw Jollyville, TX | WATER RESCUE REPORTED VIA APD TWITTER ACCOUNT ON SPICEWOOD SPRINGS ROAD NEAR BULL CREEK. |
| Jun 3, 11:12 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Anderson Mill, TX | AUSTIN PD DOING SWIFT WATER RESCUE NEAR ANDERSON MILL RD AND MILLWRIGHT PKWY. RELAYED ON TWITTER BY AUSTIN VOST. |
| Jun 3, 11:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wsw Austin, TX | AUSTIN PD RESPONDING TO A FLOOD ASSISTANCE AT N LAMAR BLVD AND W 10TH ST. |
| Jun 3, 11:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wsw Austin, TX | AUSTIN PD RESPONDING TO A FLOOD ASSISTANCE AT N LAMAR BLVD AND W 10TH ST NEAR SHOAL CREEK. |
| Jun 3, 11:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Sw Lost Creek, TX | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE RESIDENTIAL BRIDGE ON SILVERMINE DRIVE AND WILLIAMSON CREEK NEAR HIGHWAY 71. THE ROAD IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE |
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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 517 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
135
WGUS54 KEWX 040338
FFWEWX
TXC209-453-491-040730-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0062.160604T0338Z-160604T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1038 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 1037 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...ROUND ROCK...CEDAR PARK...GEORGETOWN...PFLUGERVILLE...SAN
MARCOS...TAYLOR...ELGIN...WIMBERLEY...DRIPPING SPRINGS...WINDEMERE...
TANGLEWOOD FOREST...ANDERSON MILL...SERENADA...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT
AP...KYLE...LEANDER...HUTTO...LAKEWAY AND BUDA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3062 9723 3045 9716 3041 9732 3042 9737
3020 9750 2994 9780 2988 9789 2981 9795
2995 9817 3045 9802 3076 9779
$$
ZEITLER3 follow-up statements
594
WGUS74 KEWX 040453
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1153 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016
TXC209-453-491-040730-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160604T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRAVIS TX-WILLIAMSON TX-HAYS TX-
1153 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
TRAVIS...SOUTHERN WILLIAMSON AND HAYS COUNTIES...
AT 1151 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
THE AUSTIN METROPOLITAN AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH SWIFT RESCUES
ONGOING IN AUSTIN.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...ROUND ROCK...CEDAR PARK...GEORGETOWN...PFLUGERVILLE...SAN MARCOS...
TAYLOR...ELGIN...WIMBERLEY...DRIPPING SPRINGS...WINDEMERE...TANGLEWOOD
FOREST...ANDERSON MILL...SERENADA...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP...KYLE...
LEANDER...HUTTO...LAKEWAY...AND BUDA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3062 9723 3045 9716 3041 9732 3042 9737
3020 9750 2994 9780 2988 9789 2981 9795
2995 9817 3045 9802 3076 9779
$$354
WGUS74 KEWX 040626
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
126 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016
TXC209-040620-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160604T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAYS TX-
126 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HAYS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE RAINS HAVE ENDED AND ONLY LIGHT RAIN IS FORECAST. FLASH FLOODING
IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3062 9723 3045 9716 3041 9732 3042 9737
3020 9750 3003 9771 3028 9807 3045 9802
3076 9779
$$
TXC453-491-040730-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160604T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRAVIS TX-WILLIAMSON TX-
126 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
TRAVIS AND SOUTHERN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...
AT 125 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWS ONLY LIGHT RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF TRAVIS
AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE FROM DUE
TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINS UP TO 4.5 INCHES. THIS INCLUDES AREAS FROM
EAST OF LAKE TRAVIS TO ROUND ROCK...INCLUDING THE BULL CREEK...
WALNUT CREEK...LAKE CREEK AND GILLELAND CREEK WATERSHEDS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...ROUND ROCK...CEDAR PARK...GEORGETOWN...PFLUGERVILLE...TAYLOR...
ELGIN...WINDEMERE...TANGLEWOOD FOREST...ANDERSON MILL...SERENADA...AUSTIN
BERGSTROM INT AP...LEANDER...HUTTO...LAKEWAY...LAGO VISTA...MANOR...BEE
CAVE...WEST LAKE HILLS AND THE HILLS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE TENTH INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3062 9723 3045 9716 3041 9732 3042 9737
3020 9750 3003 9771 3028 9807 3045 9802
3076 9779
$$
CP565
WGUS74 KEWX 040733
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
233 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016
TXC453-491-040741-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160604T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRAVIS TX-WILLIAMSON TX-
233 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TRAVIS AND SOUTHERN WILLIAMSON
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO ONGOING FLOODING. THIS INCLUDES
AREAS FROM EAST OF LAKE TRAVIS TO ROUND ROCK...INCLUDING THE BULL
CREEK... WALNUT CREEK...LAKE CREEK AND GILLELAND CREEK
WATERSHEDS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3062 9723 3045 9716 3041 9732 3042 9737
3020 9750 3003 9771 3028 9807 3045 9802
3076 9779
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 4 days |
| Jun 4, 12:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 65 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 54 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Travis | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell, Hays | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes, Wilson | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 57 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.