Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2016, 4:18 PM CDT for 8 counties in 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
- Aug 16, 2016, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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, 5:12 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ese Mustang Ridge, TX | LOW WATER CROSSING CLOSED NEAR THE 1500 BLOCK OF TOMAHAWK TRAIL IN CALDWELL 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, 9.3 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
- 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.
495
WGUS54 KEWX 162118
FFWEWX
TXC021-055-123-149-177-285-287-491-170015-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0068.160816T2118Z-160817T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
418 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
BASTROP COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN DEWITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
EASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN GONZALES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN LAVACA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 412 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS
AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM EASTERN WILLIAMSON
COUNTY SOUTH INTO FAR NORTHERN DEWITT COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND
STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AND WILL RESULT IN SOME LOCATIONS SEEING
REPEATED ROUNDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN WITH ISOLATED SPOTS UP TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME
SPOTS OF THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL OCCUR OVER SOME LOCATIONS THAT
ARE SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL THE PAST FEW
DAYS...ELEVATING THE FLASH FLOOD RISK.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TAYLOR...ELGIN...GONZALES...BASTROP...YOAKUM...SMITHVILLE...
SHINER...GRANGER...FLATONIA...LEXINGTON...MOULTON...HUTTO...
BARTLETT...WAELDER...MUSTANG RIDGE...THRALL...HOCHHEIM...
COUPLAND...FEDOR AND ROSANKY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3074 9727 3046 9715 3056 9697 3054 9692
3049 9690 3005 9710 2922 9706 2927 9737
2958 9747 3006 9767 3020 9750 3042 9737
3046 9744 3049 9751 3048 9755 3049 9756
3080 9743
$$
RUNYEN2 follow-up statements
509
WGUS74 KEWX 162254
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
554 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
TXC055-149-177-285-162301-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-160817T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE TX-CALDWELL TX-GONZALES TX-LAVACA TX-
554 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE...EASTERN
CALDWELL...NORTHEASTERN GONZALES AND NORTHWESTERN LAVACA COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3074 9727 3046 9715 3056 9697 3054 9692
3049 9690 3005 9710 2998 9710 2979 9732
2938 9724 2923 9709 2927 9737 2938 9725
2978 9732 3007 9765 3020 9750 3042 9737
3049 9756 3080 9743
$$
TXC021-123-287-491-170015-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-160817T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BASTROP TX-DEWITT TX-WILLIAMSON TX-LEE TX-
554 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
BASTROP...NORTHEASTERN DEWITT...EASTERN WILLIAMSON AND NORTHWESTERN
LEE COUNTIES...
AT 551 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN
BASTROP AND WESTERN LEE COUNTIES. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN LEE COUNTY AND 1/2 INCH ELSEWHERE. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TAYLOR...ELGIN...BASTROP...YOAKUM...SMITHVILLE...GRANGER...
LEXINGTON...HUTTO...BARTLETT...WAELDER...THRALL...HOCHHEIM...
COUPLAND...FEDOR...ROSANKY...PAIGE...CEDAR CREEK...
CIRCLE D-KC ESTATE...WYLDWOOD AND TANGLEWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3074 9727 3046 9715 3056 9697 3054 9692
3049 9690 3005 9710 2998 9710 2979 9732
2938 9724 2923 9709 2927 9737 2938 9725
2978 9732 3007 9765 3020 9750 3042 9737
3049 9756 3080 9743
$$
RUNYEN196
WGUS74 KEWX 162257
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
557 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
TXC123-162306-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-160817T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DEWITT TX-
557 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DEWITT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3074 9727 3046 9715 3056 9697 3054 9692
3049 9690 3005 9710 2998 9710 2979 9732
3007 9765 3020 9750 3042 9737 3049 9756
3080 9743
$$
TXC021-287-491-170015-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-160817T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BASTROP TX-WILLIAMSON TX-LEE TX-
557 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
BASTROP...EASTERN WILLIAMSON AND NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES...
AT 556 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN
BASTROP AND WESTERN LEE COUNTIES. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN LEE COUNTY AND 1/2 INCH ELSEWHERE. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TAYLOR...ELGIN...BASTROP...SMITHVILLE...GRANGER...LEXINGTON...
HUTTO...BARTLETT...THRALL...CEDAR CREEK...CIRCLE D-KC ESTATE...
WYLDWOOD...COUPLAND...TANGLEWOOD...FEDOR...GRANGER DAM...ROSANKY...
CIRCLE D-KC ESTATES...CAMP SWIFT AND PAIGE.
LAT...LON 3074 9727 3046 9715 3056 9697 3054 9692
3049 9690 3005 9710 2998 9710 2979 9732
3007 9765 3020 9750 3042 9737 3049 9756
3080 9743
$$
RUNYENThe 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, 7:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, Travis, Williamson | 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, 4:50 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 |
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.