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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 4, 2025Travis County, Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2025, 1:30 PM CDT for Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
Jul 4, 2025, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2025, 3:48 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 267 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 12:00Z on 2025-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 372 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2025-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -81 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
372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

849 
WGUS54 KEWX 041830
FFWEWX
TXC453-491-042130-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0049.250704T1830Z-250704T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
130 PM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

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

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Travis County in south central Texas...
  Southwestern Williamson County in south central Texas...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 130 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain western Travis County. Between 
  1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 
  1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is 
  already occurring.

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

  SOURCE...LCRA gauges reporting between 1.5-1.75 inches in the
           past hour in western Travis County.

  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, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Anderson Mill, 
  Leander, Lakeway, Lago Vista, Bee Cave, Hudson Bend, The Hills, 
  Mansfield Dam, Jonestown, Briarcliff, Point Venture, Volente, 
  Jollyville and Brushy Creek.

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.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3063 9805 3063 9795 3062 9774 3053 9770
      3038 9779 3023 9798 3036 9817 3047 9809
      3049 9810 3049 9811 3049 9812 3054 9810
      3062 9805

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

$$

MM
1 follow-up statement
936 
WGUS74 KEWX 042048
FFSEWX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
348 PM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

TXC453-491-042058-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-250704T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Travis TX-Williamson TX-
348 PM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN TRAVIS AND 
SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3063 9805 3063 9795 3062 9774 3053 9770
      3038 9779 3023 9798 3036 9817 3047 9809
      3049 9810 3049 9811 3049 9812 3054 9810
      3062 9805

$$

MM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 9:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXKendall3 hr
Jul 3, 11:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera25 min
Jul 3, 11:41 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXBandera4 hr
Jul 4, 1:14 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyConsiderable damage threatEWXBandera, Kerr18 hr
Jul 4, 3:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXKerr22 hr
Jul 4, 3:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXKerr22 hr
Jul 4, 4:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGillespie4 hr
Jul 4, 5:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXKendall20 hr
Jul 4, 5:34 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatEWXKerr13 hr
Jul 4, 6:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGillespie3 hr
Jul 4, 6:27 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXKerr7 hr
Jul 4, 7:24 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatEWXKendall, Kerr11 hr
Jul 4, 8:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXLlano5 hr
Jul 4, 8:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGillespie4 hr
Jul 4, 8:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXLlano24 hr
Jul 4, 8:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards, Real5 hr
Jul 4, 8:56 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXGillespie4 hr
Jul 4, 9:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKerr44 min
Jul 4, 9:37 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXKerr, Real4 hr
Jul 4, 10:06 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXBandera, Kerr5 hr
Jul 4, 10:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGillespie6 hr
Jul 4, 10:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXComal21 hr
Jul 4, 10:39 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXBandera, Real4 hr
Jul 4, 10:46 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXLlano9 hr
Jul 4, 11:02 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXKendall4 hr
Jul 4, 11:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBandera19 hr
Jul 4, 12:02 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXComal, Kendall18 hr
Jul 4, 1:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXKerr3 hr
Jul 4, 1:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGillespie3 hr
Jul 4, 1:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXKerr, Real112 min
Jul 4, 1:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBlanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall3 hr
Jul 4, 2:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Real116 min
Jul 4, 2:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXKendall103 min
Jul 4, 3:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Kerr101 min
Jul 4, 3:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGillespie, Kerr3 hr
Jul 4, 6:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGillespie3 hr
Jul 4, 6:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXKerr2 hr
Jul 4, 6:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXKendall, Kerr2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.