Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 16, 2018, 9:32 AM CDT for Burnet County, Texas. It was in force for 12 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
- Oct 16, 2018, 9:32 AM CDT (14:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2018, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Burnet County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2:27 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Meadowlakes, TX | ROAD CLOSURE RM 2147 DUE TO FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
246
WGUS54 KEWX 161432
FFWEWX
TXC053-162030-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0063.181016T1432Z-181016T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
932 AM CDT TUE OCT 16 2018
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Burnet County in south central Texas...
* Until 330 PM CDT Tuesday
* At 924 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain has fallen over much of Llano county. This water will
flow downstream and result in rapid rises on the Colorado River
and it's tributaries across central and southern Burnet county.
Flooding and Flash flooding is ongoing and expected to continue.
Persons along the Colorado River and Lake Marble Falls should
heed evacuation orders from local officials.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Marble Falls, Granite Shoals, Horseshoe Bay, Meadowlakes, Highland
Haven, Inks Lake State Park, Smithwick and Cottonwood Shores.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
&&
LAT...LON 3074 9835 3070 9839 3063 9836 3057 9808
3050 9812 3049 9812 3049 9810 3047 9810
3052 9828 3052 9835 3056 9835 3057 9841
3060 9840 3067 9843 3068 9840 3072 9841
3074 9837
$$
PLATT1 follow-up statement
546
WGUS54 KEWX 162017
FFWEWX
TXC053-170230-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-181017T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
317 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2018
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Burnet County in south central Texas...
* Until 930 PM CDT Tuesday
* At 316 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain fell across the warned area. Flash flooding is already
occurring and will continue to occur through the evening. All
residents should heed any evacuations from local officials.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Marble Falls, Granite Shoals, Horseshoe Bay, Meadowlakes, Highland
Haven, Inks Lake State Park, Smithwick and Cottonwood Shores.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
&&
LAT...LON 3074 9835 3070 9839 3063 9836 3057 9808
3050 9812 3049 9812 3049 9810 3047 9810
3052 9828 3052 9835 3056 9835 3057 9841
3060 9840 3067 9843 3068 9840 3072 9841
3074 9837
$$
HAMPSHIREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 7:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 38 hr |
| Oct 15, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie | 5 hr |
| Oct 15, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 6 hr |
| Oct 15, 8:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 42 hr |
| Oct 15, 9:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet | 6 hr |
| Oct 15, 10:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 2 hr |
| Oct 15, 10:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Llano | 28 hr |
| Oct 15, 10:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 4 hr |
| Oct 15, 10:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 30 hr |
| Oct 16, 12:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, Gillespie, Llano | 3 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 3 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 18 hr |
| Oct 16, 6:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 15 hr |
| Oct 16, 7:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 26 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.