Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2016, 5:53 AM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
- Sep 14, 2016, 5:53 AM CDT (10:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2016, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 8:31 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 Nw Uvalde, TX | PARTS OF HWY 55 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Sep 14, 8:31 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Se Concan, TX | HWY 127 SOUTHEAST OF CONCAN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
453
WGUS54 KEWX 141053
FFWEWX
TXC463-141345-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0089.160914T1053Z-160914T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
553 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 845 AM CDT
* AT 549 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF UVALDE COUNTY.
RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.
CONCAN HAS REPORTED IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED WITH IMPACTS ALONG THE NUECES...FRIO AND SABINAL BASINS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
UVALDE...LAGUNA...CONCAN...KNIPPA...GARNER STATE PARK...UTOPIA...
MONTELL...UVALDE ESTATES...REAGAN WELLS AND CLINE.
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 2962 9949 2928 9950 2910 9963 2909 9992
2928 10011 2961 10010
$$
CP1 follow-up statement
725
WGUS74 KEWX 141149
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
649 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2016
TXC463-141345-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160914T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UVALDE TX-
649 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR
UVALDE COUNTY...
AT 645 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS
ACROSS MUCH OF UVALDE COUNTY. EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WITH RADAR
ESTIMATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOODING OF PARTS OF
THE NUECES...FRIO AND SABINAL BASINS. CONCAN HAS REPORTED 3.42
INCHES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
UVALDE...LAGUNA...CONCAN...KNIPPA...GARNER STATE PARK...UTOPIA...
MONTELL...UVALDE ESTATES...REAGAN WELLS AND CLINE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 2962 9949 2928 9950 2910 9963 2909 9992
2928 10011 2961 10010
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 4:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 6:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney | 2 hr |
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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.