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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

December 11, 2022Karnes County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 11, 2022, 12:54 PM CST for Karnes County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 12, 2022, 1:37 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 11, 2022, 12:54 PM CST (18:54 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 12, 2022, 1:37 AM CST
Expired: Dec 12, 2022, 1:57 PM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Karnes County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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 river

Written for the forecast point Cibolo Creek near Falls City (FCTT2).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08186000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Dec 11, 11:13 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 11:13 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 11, 4:19 AM CST, 8 hours 35 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
419 AM CST Sun Dec 11 2022

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-121030-
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-
419 AM CST Sun Dec 11 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Today And Tonight.

Scattered to numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms are
expected to continue, especially east of I-35 through this
morning. Locally heavy downpours and training thunderstorm
activity could lead to flash flooding through this morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Areas of fog are possible early Monday morning across portions of
South-Central Texas. Fog may become locally dense across the
Coastal Plains and southern Edwards Plateau.

A series of cold front will push across the area within the next 5
days. The first is on Tuesday and the second one on late Thursday.
Some thunderstorms associated with the first front could become
strong to severe across the far northeast of the local area.
Otherwise, cooler temperatures area expected across the area mid
week through the weekend with overnight lows getting into the 30s
on Friday and Saturday mornings.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 10, 8:57 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Caldwell	3 hr
Dec 10, 9:09 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop	3 hr
Dec 10, 11:53 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Travis	2 hr
Dec 11, 12:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Caldwell	44 min
Dec 11, 12:08 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Caldwell	112 min
Dec 11, 12:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Guadalupe	47 min
Dec 11, 12:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Guadalupe	51 min
Dec 11, 12:32 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar, Guadalupe	118 min
Dec 11, 1:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Guadalupe	47 min
Dec 11, 1:27 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson	8 hr
Dec 11, 2:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Fayette	39 min
Dec 11, 2:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales	53 min
Dec 11, 2:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Fayette	25 min
Dec 11, 2:42 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe	3 hr
Dec 11, 5:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	DeWitt	36 min
Dec 11, 7:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	EWX	Karnes, Wilson	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.