Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 93, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2016, 2:19 PM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kinney County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 3:41 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 13 Nw Brackettville, TX | FM 3008 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN NORTHWESTERN KINNEY COUNTY. |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 22 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.
866
WGUS54 KEWX 251919
FFWEWX
TXC271-252215-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0093.160925T1919Z-160925T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
219 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 217 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN OBSERVER IN
BRACKETTVILLE HAS REPORTED FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING WITH ROADS ALREADY CLOSED IN THE COUNTY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRACKETTVILLE...SPOFFORD...ALAMO VILLAGE...STANDART...AMANDA...
ANACACHO...KICKAPOO CAVERN STATE PARK AND TURKEY MOUNTAIN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2924 10076 2925 10076 2926 10075 2932 10075
2934 10071 2959 10070 2962 10069 2962 10043
2942 10043 2942 10011 2909 10011 2909 10067
2917 10078 2920 10077 2924 10080
$$2 follow-up statements
249
WGUS74 KEWX 252049
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
349 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016
TXC271-252215-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0093.000000T0000Z-160925T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KINNEY TX-
349 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
KINNEY COUNTY...
AT 346 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
NORTHWESTERN KINNEY COUNTY CLOSING FM 3008 NORTH OF AMANDA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRACKETTVILLE...SPOFFORD...ALAMO VILLAGE...STANDART...AMANDA...
ANACACHO...KICKAPOO CAVERN STATE PARK AND TURKEY MOUNTAIN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 2924 10076 2925 10076 2926 10075 2932 10075
2934 10071 2959 10070 2962 10069 2962 10043
2942 10043 2942 10011 2909 10011 2909 10067
2917 10078 2920 10077 2924 10080
$$708
WGUS54 KEWX 252209
FFWEWX
TXC271-252315-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FF.W.0093.000000T0000Z-160925T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
509 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 507 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRACKETTVILLE...SPOFFORD...ALAMO VILLAGE...STANDART...AMANDA...
ANACACHO...KICKAPOO CAVERN STATE PARK AND TURKEY MOUNTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2924 10076 2925 10076 2926 10075 2932 10075
2934 10071 2959 10070 2962 10069 2962 10043
2942 10043 2942 10011 2909 10011 2909 10067
2917 10078 2920 10077 2924 10080
$$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, 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, 2:21 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.