Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Aug 21, 2016, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)

Expired

Aug 21, 2016, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Comal County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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267 
WGUS54 KEWX 210806
FFWEWX
TXC091-211100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0082.160821T0806Z-160821T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
306 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COMAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 301 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MOST OF
  COMAL COUNTY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAR NORTH. UP TO 1.5 INCHES
  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN BETWEEN SMITHSON VALLEY AND NEW
  BRAUNFELS. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS SHOWERS SLOWLY
  PUSH TO THE SOUTH. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  NEW BRAUNFELS...CANYON LAKE DAM...SCHERTZ...SELMA...CANYON LAKE...
  BULVERDE...GARDEN RIDGE...NORTHCLIFF...BRACKEN...HUNTER...SOLMS...
  GRUENE...SPECHT STORE...SATTLER...FREIHEIT AND STARTZVILLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 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.

&&

LAT...LON 2985 9803 2977 9800 2968 9810 2959 9831
      2962 9834 2965 9834 2967 9838 2970 9838
      2972 9834 2973 9835 2972 9838 2973 9838
      2975 9841 2971 9843 2974 9845 2975 9853
      2997 9820

$$

448 
WGUS74 KEWX 211042
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
542 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2016

TXC091-211100-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160821T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COMAL TX-
542 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN COMAL COUNTY...

AT 536 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF COMAL COUNTY. THERE ARE SEVERAL
LOW WATER CROSSINGS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE
EXTENDED IN TIME SHORTLY FOR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PART OF COMAL
COUNTY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW BRAUNFELS...SCHERTZ...SELMA...CANYON LAKE...BULVERDE...
GARDEN RIDGE...NORTHCLIFF...BRACKEN...SOLMS...GRUENE...
SPECHT STORE...FREIHEIT AND STARTZVILLE.


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 2977 9800 2968 9810 2959 9831 2962 9834
      2965 9834 2967 9838 2970 9838 2972 9834
      2973 9835 2972 9838 2973 9838 2975 9841
      2971 9843 2974 9845 2975 9853 2987 9835

$$

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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.