Flash Flood Warning 123, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jun 9, 2004, 8:53 AM CDT (13:53 UTC)

Expired

Jun 9, 2004, 1:00 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bandera County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KEWX 091358
FFWSAT
TXC019-171-259-265-299-325-385-463-091800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
853 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  LLANO
  GILLESPIE
  KERR
  KENDALL
  REAL
  BANDERA
  MEDINA
  UVALDE

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 855 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN  
  CONTINUING TO TRAIN NORTHWARD ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD 
ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ON ALREADY 
SATURATED SOILS.  TRAVEL INTO THE HILL COUNTRY IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO 
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER SECONDARY ROADS SUCH 
AS RURAL COUNTY AND RANCH ROADS.    

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. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 

LAT...LON 2931 10007 2928 9894 3093 9851 3091 9890
          3042 9895 3043 9922 3022 9932 3023 9968

$$

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 091731
FFSSAT
TXC013-019-029-031-091-171-187-259-265-299-325-385-463-493-091901-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1226 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ATASCOSA...BEXAR...LLANO...GILLESPIE...
KENDALL...KERR...BANDERA...REAL...UVALDE...AND MEDINA COUNTIES
THROUGH 1 PM CDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BLANCO AND COMAL COUNTIES UNTIL 2 PM
CDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GUADALUPE AND WILSON COUNTIES
UNTIL 315 PM CDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 400 PM CDT...

AT 1215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS AN
AREA OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER PARTS OF REAL...UVALDE...
MEDINA...ATASCOSA...BEXAR...COMAL...GUADALUPE...WILSON...BANDERA...
KERR...GILLESPIE...BLANCO AND LLANO COUNTIES.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THESE HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.  OCCASIONAL RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS 20 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THESE
STORMS...DURING THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT THIS AFTERNOON.

TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED OVER THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON...
AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING...AND MANY SECONDARY
ROADS...INCLUDING FARM AND RANCH ROADS...NEAR CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS
AND RIVERS WILL FLOOD.

OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ADJACENT TO THE HILL COUNTRY...LOW
WATER CROSSINGS AND ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD
WHERE HEAVY RAIN FORMS THIS AFTERNOON.  OCCASIONAL RAIN IS
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY...
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.