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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 10, 2003Real County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2003, 6:42 AM CDT for Real 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
Jun 10, 2003, 6:42 AM CDT (11:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Real County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2129 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
2129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 101144
FFWSAT
TXC385-101400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
642 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  REAL

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 642 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT
  RAIN ACROSS REAL COUNTY.  HOWEVER STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD
  DUE TO EARLIER RAINS.  AN ESTIMATED UP TO 4.1 INCHES OF RAIN 
  FELL ACROSS THE UPPER FRIO AND NUECES WATERSHEDS.  HIGHWAY 
  337 REMAINS CLOSED. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.


LAT...LON 2964 10003 2965 9968 3007 9972 3005 9996

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde57 min
Jun 10, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney64 min
Jun 10, 3:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal3 hr
Jun 10, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Zavala66 min
Jun 10, 4:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera3 hr
Jun 10, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit48 min
Jun 10, 7:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera3 hr
Jun 10, 8:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal61 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.