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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 16, 2018Burnet County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 16, 2:27 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 Se Meadowlakes, TXROAD 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2018-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2018-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

PLATT
1 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

$$

HAMPSHIRE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 7:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXKerr38 hr
Oct 15, 8:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie5 hr
Oct 15, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real6 hr
Oct 15, 8:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXKerr42 hr
Oct 15, 9:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBurnet6 hr
Oct 15, 10:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet2 hr
Oct 15, 10:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXLlano28 hr
Oct 15, 10:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXGillespie4 hr
Oct 15, 10:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBlanco30 hr
Oct 16, 12:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet, Gillespie, Llano3 hr
Oct 16, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real3 hr
Oct 16, 3:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Llano18 hr
Oct 16, 6:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXWilliamson15 hr
Oct 16, 7:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXKendall26 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.