Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 16, 2004, 3:40 PM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 255 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2004, 3:40 PM CST (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2004, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 255 days
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties DeWitt County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEWX 162144
FFWSAT
TXC123-177-162345-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
340 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
GONZALES
DEWITT
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 340 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTH OF WESTHOFF EXTENDING TO YORKTOWN TO CUERO
AND GONZALES MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL
CONTINUE TO TRAIN SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE SAME AREAS OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AS
MUCH AS 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE LATE THIS MORNING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
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 2938 9779 2962 9748 2954 9729 2909 9716
2893 9758
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS54 KEWX 272335
FFWSAT
TXC385-463-280230-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0001.040927T2331Z-040928T0230Z/
/0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
631 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
REAL
UVALDE
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTELL...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE UVALDE...SABINAL...RIO
FRIO...REAGAN WELLS...LEAKEY...KNIPPA...GARNER STATE PARK AND
CONCAN.
AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO REAL AND UVALDE COUNTIES WAS
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...
COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE
OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND
- DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 2914 10008 2912 9947 2956 9945 2958 9964
2984 9968 3004 9976 3004 9996 2963 9997
2946 10007
$$000 WGUS54 KEWX 272334 FFWSAT TXC271-280030- /O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0001.040927T2333Z-040928T0030Z/ /0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 633 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... KINNEY * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF BRACKETTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SPOFFORD AND ALAMO VILLAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFCET UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LAT...LON 2958 10047 2909 10042 2910 10013 2960 10015 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 4:19 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall, Kerr and 2 more | 260 days |
| Jan 16, 4:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Williamson | 260 days |
| Jan 16, 5:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca and 1 more | 260 days |
| Jan 16, 5:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis | 260 days |
| Jan 16, 5:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca, Llano and 1 more | 260 days |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.