Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 4, 2016, 9:21 AM CDT for Maverick 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
- Nov 4, 2016, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2016, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Maverick County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 9:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rosita North, TX | FM 2030 BETWEEN EL INDIO HWY AND PIONEER RD CLOSED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS |
| Nov 4, 9:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Eagle Pass, TX | STILL PASSABLE BUT SIGNIFICANT WATER OVER THE ROADWAY NEAR THE FORD DEALERSHIP ON HWY 57 NORTHEAST OF EAGLE PASS |
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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
158
WGUS54 KEWX 041421
FFWEWX
TXC323-041715-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0097.161104T1421Z-161104T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
921 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MAVERICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 919 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL MAVERICK COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF OVER
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OR BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EAGLE PASS...EL INDIO...ROSITA NORTH...ROSITA SOUTH...RADAR BASE...
FARIAS LAKE...ELM CREEK...EIDSON ROAD...SECO MINES AND LAS QUINTAS
FRONTERIZAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 2850 10035 2854 10039 2854 10037 2856 10035
2857 10040 2858 10040 2860 10043 2864 10042
2864 10046 2867 10051 2874 10051 2876 10053
2884 10055 2887 10011 2851 10012
$$
TB31 follow-up statement
364
WGUS74 KEWX 041610
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1110 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2016
TXC323-041619-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FF.W.0097.000000T0000Z-161104T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAVERICK TX-
1110 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MAVERICK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. LIGHT RAIN MAY CONTINUE PERIODICALLY
THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE HOUR HOWEVER NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS
EXPECTED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 2850 10035 2854 10039 2854 10037 2856 10035
2857 10040 2858 10040 2860 10043 2864 10042
2864 10046 2867 10051 2874 10051 2876 10053
2884 10055 2887 10011 2851 10012
$$
TB3The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 4:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Nov 4, 6:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Zavala | 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.