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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 27, 2017Uvalde County, Zavala County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 27, 2017, 2:51 PM CDT for Uvalde County, Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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 27, 2017, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 27, 4:13 PM CDTFLOOD8 Ne Loma Vista, TXROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING, FM 117, 140, FM 191.

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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

306 
WGUS54 KEWX 271951
FFWEWX
TXC463-507-272245-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0031.170927T1951Z-170927T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
251 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2017

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Uvalde County in south central Texas...
  Zavala County in south central Texas...

* Until 545 PM CDT

* At 245 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated widespread showers 
  producing moderate to heavy rainfall across portions of Zavala and 
  Uvalde Counties, with radar precipitation estimates up to 2 inches 
  of rain in the past hour. The warned area has already received 
  vast amounts of rain in the past few days, with addtional rainfall 
  so far today on the order of 3 to 6 inches. Any additional 
  rainfall will almost entirely become runoff. Flash flooding is 
  expected to begin shortly. 

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Uvalde, Crystal City, La Pryor, Batesville, Sabinal, Laguna,
  Knippa, Chula Vista-River Spur, Blewett, Concan, Washer, Las
  Colonias, Uvalde Estates, Cometa, Montell, Dabney, Cline, Garner
  State Park, Reagan Wells and Loma Vista.

LAT...LON 2865 10011 2962 10011 2963 9941 2864 9941

$$

BMW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 8:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXVal Verde38 hr
Sep 26, 8:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXVal Verde32 hr
Sep 27, 2:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDimmit, Frio, Zavala4 hr
Sep 27, 5:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXMaverick4 hr
Sep 27, 6:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDimmit, Frio, Zavala3 hr
Sep 27, 9:07 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXKinney, Uvalde6 hr
Sep 27, 9:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDimmit, Frio, Maverick, Zavala6 hr
Sep 27, 9:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXDimmit4 days
Sep 27, 12:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney, Uvalde3 hr
Sep 27, 1:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXZavala116 min
Sep 27, 4:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFrio3 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.