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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 2, 2018Bandera County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2018, 8:41 PM CDT for Bandera 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 2, 2018, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2018, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Bandera County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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 2, 9:28 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.55 E Vanderpool, TX3.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A SPAN OF ABOUT 2 HOURS FROM 7 PM TO 9 PM.

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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 00:00Z on 2018-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 845 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 00:00Z on 2018-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

475 
WGUS54 KEWX 030141
FFWEWX
TXC019-030345-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0018.180903T0141Z-180903T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
841 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2018

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Western Bandera County in south central Texas...

* Until 1045 PM CDT

* At 840 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain has 
  already fallen, with another 1 to 2 inches possible. Flash 
  flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Vanderpool and Lost Maples State Natural Area. 

LAT...LON 2990 9929 2963 9929 2963 9960 2991 9960

$$

BMW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera33 min
Sep 2, 8:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera2 hr
Sep 2, 8:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXUvalde2 hr
Sep 2, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXUvalde54 min
Sep 2, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFrio32 min
Sep 2, 10:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFrio, Medina2 hr
Sep 2, 11:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Kerr117 min
Sep 3, 2:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXVal Verde3 hr
Sep 3, 3:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa41 min
Sep 3, 5:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXMedina, Uvalde3 hr
Sep 3, 6:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina, Uvalde3 hr
Sep 3, 3:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXWilliamson3 hr
Sep 3, 5:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXHays3 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.