Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Aug 21, 2016, 6:38 AM CDT (11:38 UTC)

Expired

Aug 21, 2016, 9:30 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Frio County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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139 
WGUS54 KEWX 211138
FFWEWX
TXC013-029-163-211430-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0085.160821T1138Z-160821T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BEXAR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  FRIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN ATASCOSA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 635 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MULTIPLE
  ROAD CLOSURES IN BEXAR...ATASCOSA AND FRIO COUNTIES. FLASH
  FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF
  RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE ALREADY FLOODED AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PARTS OF SAN ANTONIO...PEARSALL...DILLEY...POTEET...MOORE...
  LYTLE...ST. HEDWIG...SOMERSET...ELMENDORF...FRIO TOWN...
  GOLDFINCH...CALAVERAS LAKE...LACKLAND AFB...NORTH PEARSALL...
  WEST PEARSALL...SCHATTEL...BIGFOOT...LEMING...DIVOT AND BIG FOOT.


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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 2907 9941 2909 9937 2909 9880 2945 9880
      2945 9813 2911 9840 2893 9869 2865 9881
      2864 9941

$$

093 
WGUS74 KEWX 211432
FFSEWX

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

TXC013-029-163-211439-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0085.000000T0000Z-160821T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BEXAR TX-FRIO TX-ATASCOSA TX-
932 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BEXAR...FRIO AND NORTHWESTERN
ATASCOSA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 AM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. MANY ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HOWEVER
WILL CONTINUE TO SEE RESIDUAL FLOODING THROUGH THE REST OF THE
MORNING AND EVEN INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO
RECEDE. MANY ROADS WILL REMAIN CLOSED.  PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES AND USE EXTREME CAUTION IF DRIVING TODAY.
AVOID FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

LAT...LON 2907 9941 2909 9937 2909 9880 2945 9880
      2945 9813 2911 9840 2893 9869 2865 9881
      2864 9941

$$

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.