Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2016, 11:51 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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 25, 2016, 11:51 AM CDT (16:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bandera County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 1:59 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rocksprings, TX | ALL ROADS COMING IN AND OUT OF ROCKSPRINGS ARE CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER ROADWAYS MAKING THEM IMPASSABLE. |
| Sep 25, 4:29 PM CDT | FLOOD | Garner State Park, TX | VIDEO CLIP RECEIVED SHOWED FRIO RIVER OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOWING SWIFTLY AT GARNER STATE PARK DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS |
| Sep 25, 4:45 PM CDT | FLOOD | 1 Ene Garner State Park, TX | VIDEO CLIP RECEIVED SHOWED THE FRIO RIVER WAS FLOWING RAPIDLY AND WAS 2 TO 3 FEET OVER THE OLD LEAKEY ROAD AT MAGERS CROSSING |
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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
875 WGUS54 KEWX 251651 FFWEWX TXC019-137-265-271-385-463-251945- /O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0092.160925T1651Z-160925T1945Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1151 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL KERR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... WESTERN BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 1143 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS WITH LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING 6+ INCHES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURING...WITH MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY IN EASTERN EDWARDS AND REAL COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...VANDERPOOL...CAMP WOOD...KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...GARNER STATE PARK...VANCE...MONTELL...LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...RIO FRIO...TUFF...BARKSDALE...CONCAN...UTOPIA...REAGAN WELLS...PRADE RANCH AND DEVILS SINKHOLE STATE NATURAL AREA. 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 3013 9941 2942 9941 2942 10043 3013 10044 $$ BMW
4 follow-up statements
390 WGUS54 KEWX 251911 FFWEWX TXC019-137-265-271-385-463-252145- /O.EXT.KEWX.FF.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160925T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 211 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL KERR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... WESTERN BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 206 PM CDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING WITH SOME AREAS...NAMELY PORTIONS OF EDWARDS COUNTY...HAVING RECEIVED UP TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ALL ROADS CLOSED COMING IN AND OUT OF ROCKSPRINGS IN EDWARDS COUNTY. NUMEROUS OTHER ROADS REMAINED CLOSED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...VANDERPOOL...CAMP WOOD...KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...GARNER STATE PARK...VANCE...MONTELL...LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...RIO FRIO...TUFF...BARKSDALE...CONCAN...UTOPIA...REAGAN WELLS...PRADE RANCH AND DEVILS SINKHOLE STATE NATURAL AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN! && LAT...LON 3013 9941 2942 9941 2942 10043 3013 10044 $$ BMW
290 WGUS74 KEWX 252032 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 332 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 TXC019-137-265-271-385-463-252145- /O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160925T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KERR TX-UVALDE TX-EDWARDS TX-KINNEY TX-BANDERA TX-REAL TX- 332 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL KERR...NORTHERN UVALDE...CENTRAL EDWARDS...NORTHEASTERN KINNEY...WESTERN BANDERA AND REAL COUNTIES... AT 330 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN ROCKSPRINGS. FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES WITH ROADS IN AND OUT OF ROCKSPRINGS STILL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...VANDERPOOL...CAMP WOOD... KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...GARNER STATE PARK...VANCE... MONTELL...LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...RIO FRIO...TUFF...BARKSDALE... CONCAN...UTOPIA...REAGAN WELLS... PRADE RANCH AND DEVILS SINKHOLE STATE NATURAL AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 3013 9941 2942 9941 2942 10043 3013 10044 $$
985 WGUS54 KEWX 252136 FFWEWX TXC019-137-265-271-385-463-252245- /O.EXT.KEWX.FF.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160925T2245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 436 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL KERR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... WESTERN BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 435 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...VANDERPOOL...CAMP WOOD...KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...GARNER STATE PARK...VANCE...MONTELL...LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...RIO FRIO...TUFF...BARKSDALE...CONCAN...UTOPIA...REAGAN WELLS...PRADE RANCH AND DEVILS SINKHOLE STATE NATURAL AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 3013 9941 2942 9941 2942 10043 3013 10044 $$
483 WGUS74 KEWX 252245 FFSEWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 545 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 TXC019-137-265-271-385-463-252252- /O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160925T2245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KERR TX-UVALDE TX-EDWARDS TX-KINNEY TX-BANDERA TX-REAL TX- 545 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KERR...NORTHERN UVALDE... CENTRAL EDWARDS...NORTHEASTERN KINNEY...WESTERN BANDERA AND REAL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. NEW FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE...BUT PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3013 9941 2942 9941 2942 10043 3013 10044 $$
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, 9:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 2 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 48 min |
| 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 |
Nearby
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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.