Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 111, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2004, 6:05 PM CDT for Frio County, Medina 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
- Jun 8, 2004, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Frio County, TX, Medina County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 888 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEWX 082305
FFWSAT
TXC163-325-090200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
605 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
MEDINA
FRIO
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF FRIO TOWN...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEARSALL...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE YANCEY...HONDO AND DHANIS.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 2926 9940 2962 9941 2962 9896 2911 9906
2877 9914 2877 9933
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KEWX 082351
FFSSAT
TXC163-325-090200-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
647 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR FRIO AND
MEDINA COUNTIES...
AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR FRIO TOWN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PEARSALL...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. SINCE THUNDERSTORM MERGERS ARE
OCCURRING IN THIS AREA, RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN
ESTIMATED BY RADAR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FARM ROAD 140 AND
HIGHWAY 57 IN FRIO COUNTY. OTHER DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTH INTO FRIO AND MEDINA
COUNTIES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
YANCEY...HONDO AND DHANIS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AUSTIN
SAN ANTONIO.
LAT...LON 2926 9940 2962 9941 2962 9896 2911 9906
2877 9914 2877 9933
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Frio | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.