Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 18, 2016, 4:11 AM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 12 hr. 5 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
- Apr 18, 2016, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fayette County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 5:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw Ellinger, TX | FM955 AT HIGHWAY 71 IS UNDERWATER AND IMPASSABLE |
| Apr 18, 5:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne Rutersville, TX | FM237 AT OLDENBURG IS UNDERWATER |
| Apr 18, 5:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | La Grange, TX | WEST TRAVIS STREET AT HIGHWAY 77 IN LA GRANGE IS UNDERWATER |
| Apr 18, 5:29 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.34 | La Grange, TX | 4.34 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS WITH 8.69 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST SIX HOURS |
| Apr 18, 11:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ne Rutersville, TX | HIGH WATER RESCUE ONGOING NEAR THE JUNCTION OF FM237 AND FM159 NEAR OLDENBURG...MULTIPLE VEHICLES BECOMING STRANDED OR STALLED DURING ATTEMPTS TO TRAVEL ALONG FLOODED ROADWAYS...TXDOT IS UNABLE TO REACH MANY LOCATIONS WHERE ROADWAYS ARE FLOODED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 1949 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted.
640
WGUS54 KEWX 180911
FFWEWX
TXC149-181500-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0009.160418T0911Z-160418T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
411 AM CDT MON APR 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 404 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERE FLOODING
CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF FAYETTE COUNTY WITH NUMEROUS
ROADWAYS...INCLUDING PARTS OF HIGHWAY 71...CUT OFF DUE TO
FLOODING. OVER 9 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF
FAYETTE COUNTY IN JUST A FOUR HOUR PERIOD. HEAVY RAINFALL
CONTINUES TO TRAIN OVER FAYETTE COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6
INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER FAYETTE COUNTY THROUGH 7 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION. TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN FAYETTE COUNTY IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED...AS RESCUE EFFORTS WILL BE HINDERED BY THE SEVERE
FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 2963 9688 2963 9714 2965 9714 2978 9732
3005 9703 3003 9702 3015 9678 3015 9671
3017 9669 3015 9668 3014 9665 3008 9663
2996 9657
$$
MO3 follow-up statements
341
WGUS74 KEWX 181237
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
737 AM CDT MON APR 18 2016
TXC149-181500-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160418T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE TX-
737 AM CDT MON APR 18 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR
FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 735 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE COUNTY. OVER 13 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AT LAKE
FAYETTE AND OVER 12 INCHES IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.
HIGHWAY 71 IS WAS REPORTED CLOSED IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER AREA
ROADWAYS ACROSS THE COUNTY. RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE COUNTY WITH
POSSIBLY ANOTHER 2-4 INCHES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
&&
LAT...LON 2963 9688 2963 9714 2965 9714 2978 9732
3005 9703 3003 9702 3015 9678 3015 9671
3017 9669 3015 9668 3014 9665 3008 9663
2996 9657
$$
TB3476
WGUS54 KEWX 181425
FFWEWX
TXC149-181700-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160418T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
925 AM CDT MON APR 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 919 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED ONGOING FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS FAYETTE COUNTY. OVER 14 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
NEAR LAKE FAYETTE IN 24 HOURS. THE CITY OF LAGRANGE HAS RECEIVED
OVER 13 INCHES. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES
INCLUDING HIGHWAY 71 AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
THE COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
COUNTY THROUGH NOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2963 9688 2963 9714 2965 9714 2978 9732
3005 9703 3003 9702 3015 9678 3015 9671
3017 9669 3015 9668 3014 9665 3008 9663
2996 9657
$$
TB3566
WGUS54 KEWX 181649
FFWEWX
TXC149-182100-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160418T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1149 AM CDT MON APR 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 1147 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY HAVE EXPERIENCED
OVER 13 INCHES OF RAIN AND SOME ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 14 INCHES.
ONGOING FLOODING IN THE COUNTY IS CONTINUING WITH MULTIPLE ROAD
CLOSURES INCLUDING HIGHWAY 71. LIGHT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2963 9688 2963 9714 2965 9714 2978 9732
3005 9703 3003 9702 3015 9678 3015 9671
3017 9669 3015 9668 3014 9665 3008 9663
2996 9657
$$
TB3The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 30 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 46 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 8:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 29 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 22 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 41 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette | 56 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 60 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 2:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 66 min |
| Apr 18, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 6:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Hays, Kendall | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gonzales, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 7:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Hays | 59 min |
| Apr 18, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 10:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Maverick | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 2:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 4 days |
| Apr 18, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 4:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette | 5 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.