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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 17, 2018Burnet County, Travis County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 17, 2018, 5:07 AM CDT for Burnet County, Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2018, 5:07 AM CDT (10:07 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Burnet County, TX, Travis County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 271 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 00:00Z on 2018-10-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2018-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

760 
WGUS54 KEWX 171007
FFWEWX
TXC053-453-171300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0065.181017T1007Z-181017T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
507 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2018

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Travis County in south central Texas...
  South central Burnet County in south central Texas...

* Until 800 AM CDT

* At 505 AM CDT, gauge reports continued to indicate rapid rises of 
  the Colorado River upstream from Lake Travis are producing flash 
  flooding along the lower shorelines of Lake Travis.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Lakeway, Hudson Bend, Mansfield Dam, Briarcliff, Point Venture and 
  Volente. Roadways connecting these communities may be cut off by 
  the rising waters. Water may begin entering the homes on the 
  lowest shores of Lake Travis shortly.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 3049 9785 3047 9785 3046 9783 3037 9785
      3031 9801 3048 9818 3058 9813

$$

CP
1 follow-up statement
590 
WGUS74 KEWX 171307
FFSEWX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
807 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2018

TXC053-453-171311-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-181017T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Travis TX-Burnet TX-
807 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TRAVIS AND SOUTH CENTRAL
BURNET COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

The rate of rises along the shores of Lake Travis has decreased over 
the last several hours. Therefore, the Flash Flood Warning has been 
allowed to expire. 

Additional slow rises are expected to continue today. Residents are 
urged to use caution and continue to heed any remaining road 
closures.

LAT...LON 3049 9785 3047 9785 3046 9783 3037 9785
      3031 9801 3048 9818 3058 9813

$$

PLATT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 11:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet, Travis6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2018Every flash flood warning in 2018

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.