Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2016, 10:04 AM CDT for Bastrop County, Travis County, 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
- Jul 27, 2016, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Travis County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 11:03 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nw Austin Bergstrom I, TX | LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON POSTEM LANE AND HOEKE LANE HAVE BEEN CLOSED... IN ADDITION TO OTHERS IN THE AREA. |
| Jul 27, 11:26 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.17 | Austin Bergstrom Int Ap, TX | THE ASOS AT AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 4.17 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 2411 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
638
WGUS54 KEWX 271504
FFWEWX
TXC021-453-271800-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0064.160727T1504Z-160727T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1004 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BASTROP COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 1003 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR SHOWS NEARLY STATIONARY
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEAST TRAVIS
COUNTY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH MORE
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP...TANGLEWOOD FOREST...
MUSTANG RIDGE...SHADY HOLLOW...ONION CREEK...WYLDWOOD...
SUNSET VALLEY...SAN LEANNA...WEBBERVILLE...CREEDMOOR...DEL VALLE...
MAHA...PILOT KNOB AND MANCHACA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE 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.
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 3002 9759 3007 9765 3003 9771 3017 9791
3028 9774 3028 9747 3017 9739
$$
AAT2 follow-up statements
742
WGUS74 KEWX 271612
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1112 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
TXC021-453-271800-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160727T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BASTROP TX-TRAVIS TX-
1112 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL BASTROP AND SOUTHEASTERN TRAVIS COUNTIES...
AT 1110 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG THE BASTROP AND TRAVIS COUNTY LINE. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL HAS
LEAD TO A HANDFUL OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS BEING CLOSED ACROSS TRAVIS
COUNTY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP...MUSTANG RIDGE...WYLDWOOD...
WEBBERVILLE...DEL VALLE...MAHA AND PILOT KNOB.
STORMS HAVE PUSHED EAST OF HWY 183 AND BEGUN TO DECREASE IN
INTENSITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO ONE INCH
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3002 9759 3007 9765 3008 9770 3025 9769
3028 9747 3017 9739
$$
AAT960
WGUS74 KEWX 271703
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1203 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
TXC021-453-271711-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160727T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BASTROP TX-TRAVIS TX-
1203 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BASTROP AND SOUTHEASTERN
TRAVIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
ISOLATED POCKETS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.
LAT...LON 3002 9759 3007 9765 3008 9770 3025 9769
3028 9747 3017 9739
$$
AATThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | 117 min |
| Jul 27, 8:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 21 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 61 min |
| Jul 27, 3:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Guadalupe, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Real | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.