Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2016, 12:31 AM CDT for Burnet County, Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2016, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2016, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Burnet County, TX, Travis County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
261
WGUS54 KEWX 170531
FFWEWX
TXC053-453-170830-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0072.160817T0531Z-160817T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1231 AM CDT WED AUG 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
* AT 1230 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KINGSLAND...MARBLE FALLS...LAGO VISTA...GRANITE SHOALS...
HORSESHOE BAY...MEADOWLAKES...HIGHLAND HAVEN...
INKS LAKE STATE PARK...SPICEWOOD...SMITHWICK...
BRIARCLIFF AND COTTONWOOD SHORES.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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 3064 9804 3061 9804 3062 9801 3061 9800
3062 9795 3041 9803 3042 9812 3049 9835
3056 9835 3057 9837 3057 9841 3060 9840
3067 9844 3068 9840 3070 9842 3074 9837
$$
RUNYEN1 follow-up statement
737
WGUS74 KEWX 170633
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
133 AM CDT WED AUG 17 2016
TXC053-453-170830-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0072.000000T0000Z-160817T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BURNET TX-TRAVIS TX-
133 AM CDT WED AUG 17 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BURNET AND NORTHWESTERN TRAVIS COUNTIES...
AT 123 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR AND
GAUGE DATA SHOWS BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN
OVER SOUTHWESTERN BURNET AND NORTHWESTERN TRAVIS COUNTIES OVER THE
LAST HOUR. THIS HAS LEAD TO THE CLOSURE OF SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS
ON COMMERCE...BROADWAY AND MAIN STREETS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KINGSLAND...MARBLE FALLS...LAGO VISTA...GRANITE SHOALS...
HORSESHOE BAY...MEADOWLAKES...HIGHLAND HAVEN...
INKS LAKE STATE PARK...SPICEWOOD...SMITHWICK...
BRIARCLIFF AND COTTONWOOD SHORES.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3064 9804 3061 9804 3062 9801 3061 9800
3062 9795 3041 9803 3042 9812 3049 9835
3056 9835 3057 9837 3057 9841 3060 9840
3067 9844 3068 9840 3070 9842 3074 9837
$$
PLATTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Williamson | 119 min |
| Aug 16, 9:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 14 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Williamson | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 16 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kendall | 116 min |
| Aug 17, 4:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Llano | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera | 117 min |
| Aug 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Llano | 115 min |
| Aug 17, 6:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Medina | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.