Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Aug 21, 2016, 5:52 AM CDT (10:52 UTC)

Expired

Aug 21, 2016, 7:45 AM CDT

In force

113 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Comal County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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213 
WGUS54 KEWX 211052
FFWEWX
TXC091-211245-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0084.160821T1052Z-160821T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 551 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
  ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN COMAL COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
  OCCURRING OVER SOME AREAS. SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE CLOSED
  DUE TO FLOODING SUCH AS HUECO SPRINGS LOOP ROAD...RIVER
  CANYON...STAHL LANE AND SMITHSON VALLEY ROAD.

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

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE DURING 
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

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 2973 9803 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 2974 9851 2975 9853
      2987 9835

$$

872 
WGUS74 KEWX 211249
FFSEWX

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

TXC091-211256-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160821T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COMAL TX-
749 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN COMAL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

FLOOD WATERS ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT WILL
CONTINUE TO LESSEN THIS MORNING AS ONLY LIGHT RAIN REMAINS. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES AND BE AWARE THAT SOME 
LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL REMAIN FLOODED FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.

LAT...LON 2973 9803 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 2974 9851 2975 9853
      2987 9835

$$

YURA

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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.