Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 112, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2004, 8:14 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, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2004, 11:15 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 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 090115
FFWSAT
TXC163-325-090415-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
814 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
MEDINA
FRIO
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR FRIO TOWN...OR ABOUT 13
MILES NORTHWEST OF PEARSALL...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER
LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAINS IS MOVING TOWARD MEDINA AND FRIO
COUNTIES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE YANCEY...HONDO AND DHANIS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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 OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 2917 9941 2962 9941 2962 9910 2935 9910
2897 9911 2895 9930
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 090233
FFSSAT
TXC163-325-090415-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
928 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR FRIO AND
MEDINA COUNTIES...
AT 917 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF MEDINA COUNTY. SO FAR AN ESTIMATED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN ALONG THE FRIO AND MEDINA COUNTY LINE...BETWEEN THE
CITIES OF FRIO TOWN, YANCEY AND MOORE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO FRIO AND MEDINA COUNTIES IN THE
NEXT HOUR.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
YANCEY...HONDO AND DHANIS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 2917 9941 2962 9941 2962 9910 2935 9910
2897 9911 2895 9930
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 090427
FFSSAT
TXC163-325-090415-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1121 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FRIO AND MEDINA COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED. LINGERING SHOWERS WILL NOT POSE ANY
ADDITIONAL FLOODING THREATS.
LAT...LON 2917 9941 2962 9941 2962 9910 2935 9910
2897 9911 2895 9930
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Medina | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Medina | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Zavala | 117 min |
| Jun 9, 4:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Llano | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Medina and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Guadalupe, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 67 min |
| Jun 9, 12:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Guadalupe, Hays, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee | 6 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.