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Areal Flood Advisory 71, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 24, 2021Bexar County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this areal flood advisory at May 24, 2021, 1:21 PM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2021, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Bexar County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1151 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
1151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at May 24, 12:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 12:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 3:55 AM CDT, 9 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
355 AM CDT Mon May 24 2021

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-250900-
Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera-
Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Kinney-Uvalde-
Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell-Fayette-Maverick-Zavala-
Frio-Atascosa-Wilson-Karnes-Gonzales-De Witt-Lavaca-Dimmit-
355 AM CDT Mon May 24 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas..

.DAY ONE...Today And Tonight.

Locally heavy tropical downpours are expected again today for
areas mainly along and east of I-10/37 corridor. Localized
flooding may be possible, with the greatest concern focusing
across portions of the coastal plains.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through this evening for
Fayette, Gonzales, DeWitt, and Lavaca counties, where additional
amounts of 1 to 2 inches of rainfall, with isolated higher amounts
up to 4 inches, could occur today, producing flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Locally heavy tropical downpours are possible again Tuesday for
areas mainly along and east of highway 281. Localized flooding
may be possible, with the greatest concern focusing across
portions of the coastal plains.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report any localized and/or flash
flooding to the National Weather Service.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 3:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar, Kendall3 hr
May 24, 4:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXHays, Travis3 hr
May 24, 8:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop3 hr
May 24, 8:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXTravis, Williamson3 hr
May 24, 1:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXLee3 hr
May 24, 1:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBurnet, Williamson2 hr
May 24, 3:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar, Comal3 hr
May 24, 3:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFayette, Lee3 hr
May 24, 4:12 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXFayette, Lee3 hr
May 24, 4:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXWilliamson112 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop111 min
May 24, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee35 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.