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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 19, 2021Atascosa County, Frio County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2021, 6:33 AM CDT for Atascosa County, Frio 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
May 19, 2021, 6:33 AM CDT (11:33 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2021, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Frio County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2386 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

570 
WGUS54 KEWX 191133
FFWEWX
TXC013-163-191445-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0021.210519T1133Z-210519T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
633 AM CDT Wed May 19 2021

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

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Atascosa County in south central Texas...
  Eastern Frio County in south central Texas...

* Until 945 AM CDT.

* At 633 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch 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...
  Pleasanton, Jourdanton, Poteet, Charlotte, Christine, Campbellton, 
  Leming, Goldfinch, Schattel, Bigfoot, Dobrowolski, Amphion, Davis, 
  Coughran, Iuka, Hindes, Kyote, McCoy, Graytown, and Peggy.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 2907 9842 2876 9813 2875 9815 2873 9817
      2868 9824 2868 9896 2906 9897

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

BF
1 follow-up statement
875 
WGUS74 KEWX 191421
FFSEWX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
921 AM CDT Wed May 19 2021

TXC013-163-191445-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210519T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Atascosa TX-Frio TX-
921 AM CDT Wed May 19 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT THIS 
MORNING FOR ATASCOSA AND EASTERN FRIO COUNTIES...

At 921 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated isolated pockets of heavy 
rain across the warned area of Atascosa and eastern Frio counties. 
Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall 
amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Residual flash 
flooding is ongoing and could continue into later this morning 
around poor drainage areas.

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...
  Pleasanton, Jourdanton, Poteet, Charlotte, Christine, Campbellton, 
  Leming, Goldfinch, Schattel, Bigfoot, Dobrowolski, Amphion, Davis, 
  Coughran, Iuka, Hindes, Kyote, McCoy, Graytown and Peggy.

Rain chances will remain high today and there is a good chance that 
a flash flooding could redevelop later this afternoon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 2907 9842 2876 9813 2875 9815 2873 9817
      2868 9824 2868 9896 2906 9897

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

MO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFayette32 min
May 18, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXLavaca20 min
May 18, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca48 min
May 18, 7:53 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXFayette, Lavaca4 hr
May 18, 8:23 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca4 hr
May 19, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMaverick45 min
May 19, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa45 min
May 19, 1:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Karnes, Wilson2 hr
May 19, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt, Karnes, Wilson45 min
May 19, 2:39 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXCaldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes and 2 more3 hr
May 19, 2:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales, Lavaca42 min
May 19, 3:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette41 min
May 19, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee16 min
May 19, 5:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa41 min
May 19, 6:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKarnes52 min
May 19, 6:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDimmit49 min
May 19, 7:58 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXAtascosa, Karnes, Wilson3 hr
May 19, 9:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa59 min
May 19, 1:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards3 hr
May 19, 1:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards, Val Verde2 hr
May 19, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards49 min
May 19, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney41 min

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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.