Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2016, 7:58 AM CDT for Burnet County, Travis County, Williamson 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
- Aug 16, 2016, 7:58 AM CDT (12:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Burnet County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 9:28 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ene Smithwick, TX | COW CREEK LOW WATER CROSSING CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 16, 10:44 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sse Oatmeal, TX | FM 243 AT 1174 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
705
WGUS54 KEWX 161258
FFWEWX
TXC053-453-491-161545-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0066.160816T1258Z-160816T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
758 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BURNET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
* AT 753 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
MOVING ACROSS WESTERN TRAVIS...SOUTHERN PARTS OF BURNET AND
WILLIAMSON COUNTIES. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN
THE PAST 6 HOURS WITH FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
A CLUSTER OF MODERATE TO ISOLATED SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A MID
LEVEL CIRCULATION WILL PRODUCE NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR SO
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THIS FEATURE PUSHES TO THE NORTH.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...CEDAR PARK...BERTRAM...LEANDER...LAGO VISTA...
LIBERTY HILL...BRIGGS...MAHOMET...OATMEAL...ANDICE...SHADY GROVE...
SUNNYLANE...JOPPA...WATSON...LAKE VICTOR...HUDSON BEND...
JONESTOWN AND SEWARD JUNCTION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3096 9786 3091 9783 3090 9780 3037 9786
3061 9818 3097 9824
$$2 follow-up statements
608
WGUS74 KEWX 161515
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1015 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
TXC453-161516-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160816T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRAVIS TX-
1015 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS WESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY AND FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOME
AREAS WITH LIMITED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3096 9786 3091 9783 3090 9780 3065 9791
3061 9818 3097 9824
$$
TXC053-491-161545-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160816T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BURNET TX-WILLIAMSON TX-
1015 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BURNET AND NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...
AT 1009 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATE MODERATE RAIN
ACROSS PARTS OF BURNET AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS OVER SOME LOCATIONS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BERTRAM...LIBERTY HILL...SHADY GROVE...SUNNYLANE...BRIGGS...JOPPA...
WATSON...MAHOMET...LAKE VICTOR AND OATMEAL.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER
SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY EASTERN BURNET COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3096 9786 3091 9783 3090 9780 3065 9791
3061 9818 3097 9824
$$639
WGUS74 KEWX 161544
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1044 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
TXC053-491-161550-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160816T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BURNET TX-WILLIAMSON TX-
1044 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BURNET AND NORTHWESTERN
WILLIAMSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 AM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING
ROAD CLOSURES AND AFFECTED AREAS DUE TO FLOODED WATERS. A FLOOD
ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR AREAS ACROSS BURNET AND
WILLIAMSON COUNTIES AS MODERATE SHOWERS CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOME OF
THE AREAS.
LAT...LON 3096 9786 3091 9783 3090 9780 3065 9791
3061 9818 3097 9824
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Comal, Hays | 107 min |
| Aug 16, 5:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 30 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Frio and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Travis | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 16 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Kendall, Medina | 115 min |
| Aug 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 58 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.