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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 1, 2021Bastrop County, Travis County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2021, 2:58 PM CDT for Bastrop County, Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 6 reports 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: May 1, 2021, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Travis County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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
May 1, 3:10 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Wnw Onion Creek, TX	FLOODING AT LOW WATER CROSSING ON OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
May 1, 3:15 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 W Sunset Valley, TX	ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSING FROM WILLIAMSON CREEK.
May 1, 3:30 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Sse Anderson Mill, TX	SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS CLOSED ALONG SPICEWOOD SPRINGS ROAD.
May 1, 3:50 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 W Sunset Valley, TX	ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM WILLIAMSON CREEK AT LOW-LEVEL WATER CROSSING NEAR JOE TANNER LN AND MCCARTY LN.
May 1, 4:35 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 W Coupland, TX	SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS LEADING TO ROAD CLOSURES ALONG CAMERON RD.
May 1, 4:59 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Ssw Elgin, TX	FM 1704 AND ARBUCKLE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO WATER ON THE ROADWAY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 283 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

008 
WGUS54 KEWX 011958
FFWEWX
TXC021-453-012300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0010.210501T1958Z-210501T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
258 PM CDT Sat May 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Bastrop County in south central Texas...
  Travis County in south central Texas...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 258 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. The expected rainfall rate is 1 
  to 3 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 
  inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing 
  or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Austin, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Buda, Elgin, Bastrop, Austin 
  Bergstrom Int Airport, Windemere, Tanglewood Forest, Manor, West 
  Lake Hills, Rollingwood, Mustang Ridge, Niederwald, Bear Creek, 
  Wyldwood, Cedar Creek, Camp Swift, Onion Creek and Circle D-KC 
  Estates.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are 
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded 
roads. Find an alternate route.

&&

LAT...LON 3021 9797 3045 9782 3042 9776 3048 9765
      3049 9757 3041 9737 3028 9711 2985 9739
      3007 9765 3002 9771

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

PLATT

1 follow-up statement

084 
WGUS74 KEWX 012256
FFSEWX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
556 PM CDT Sat May 1 2021

TXC021-453-012306-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210501T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bastrop TX-Travis TX-
556 PM CDT Sat May 1 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 
BASTROP AND TRAVIS COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for a portion 
of south central Texas.

LAT...LON 3021 9797 3045 9782 3042 9776 3048 9765
      3049 9757 3041 9737 3028 9711 2985 9739
      3007 9765 3002 9771

$$

PLATT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 8:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Comal	2 hr
Apr 30, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Terrell	28 min
Apr 30, 8:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson	50 min
Apr 30, 9:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson	3 hr
Apr 30, 11:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Lavaca	3 hr
May 1, 3:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Lavaca	51 min
May 1, 3:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Lavaca	3 hr
May 1, 8:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Maverick	35 min
May 1, 8:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Dimmit	52 min
May 1, 9:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Dimmit	35 min
May 1, 9:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Zavala	36 min
May 1, 9:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala	3 hr
May 1, 10:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Uvalde, Zavala	43 min
May 1, 10:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Frio, Medina, Uvalde	54 min
May 1, 10:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Frio, Medina	3 hr
May 1, 11:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Medina, Uvalde	4 hr
May 1, 11:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Uvalde	3 hr
May 1, 11:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, Medina	59 min
May 1, 11:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr, Medina	4 hr
May 1, 12:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Atascosa	3 hr
May 1, 12:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bexar	4 hr
May 1, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, Wilson	45 min
May 1, 12:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bexar	32 hr
May 1, 1:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Comal	3 hr
May 1, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson	61 min
May 1, 1:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson	3 hr
May 1, 1:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Gillespie, Kendall	3 hr
May 1, 2:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bexar, Wilson	41 hr
May 1, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe	38 min
May 1, 2:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Caldwell, Hays	3 hr
May 1, 2:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Gonzales	3 hr
May 1, 3:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Gonzales	3 hr
May 1, 3:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Lee, Williamson	3 hr
May 1, 4:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Williamson	3 hr
May 1, 4:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar	2 hr
May 1, 4:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Lavaca	3 hr
May 1, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera, Kerr	44 min
May 1, 6:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr	3 hr
May 1, 6:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Gillespie, Kendall	3 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.