Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2016, 9:33 AM CDT for Edwards County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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 25, 2016, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Edwards County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 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 25, 9:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wsw Rocksprings, TX | ROAD CLOSURE AT INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 674 AND US HWY 377 DUE TO WATER OVER ROAD |
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 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
383 WGUS54 KEWX 251433 FFWEWX TXC137-465-251700- /O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0091.160925T1433Z-160925T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 933 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 931 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST COUPLE HOURS AS ASSESSED FROM RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM THE SOUTH WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ROCKSPRINGS...LOMA ALTA...FLOUR MILLS...CARTA VALLEY... VINEGARONE AND DEVILS SHORES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. 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. && LAT...LON 3007 10095 3008 10017 2962 10018 2962 10095 $$ BMW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 12:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards and 15 more | 35 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 9:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 48 min |
| Sep 25, 11:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 12:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 12:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Medina | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 15 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 5:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 5:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 25 hr |
| Sep 25, 5:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 42 hr |
| Sep 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 33 min |
| Sep 25, 6:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar | 3 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.