Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 146, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2004, 9:34 AM CDT for Atascosa County, Frio County, Zavala 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 22, 2004, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2004, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Atascosa County, TX, Frio County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 392 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS54 KEWX 221437
FFWSAT
TXC013-163-507-221730-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
934 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
ATASCOSA
FRIO
ZAVALA
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 932 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHRISTINE...OR ABOUT OVER
CHRISTINE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE POTEET...PLEASANTON...
PEARSALL...LOMA VISTA...LEMING...LA PRYOR...JOURDANTON...FRIO
TOWN...CRYSTAL CITY...CHARLOTTE...CAMPBELLTON AND BATESVILLE.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL WITH RATES OF
ONE HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR.
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 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 2868 10008 2869 9848 2877 9813 2906 9841
2919 9875 2903 9870 2904 10008
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 221550
FFSSAT
TXC013-163-507-221730-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1047 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR ZAVALA...
FRIO AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES...
AT 1042 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED 5 MILE NORTHEAST OF COMETA TO PEARSALL AND DILLEY...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
POTEET...PLEASANTON...LOMA VISTA...LEMING...LA PRYOR...JOURDANTON...
FRIO TOWN...CRYSTAL CITY...CHRISTINE...CHARLOTTE...CAMPBELLTON AND
BATESVILLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
LAT...LON 2868 10008 2869 9848 2877 9813 2906 9841
2919 9875 2903 9870 2904 10008
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 221705
FFSSAT
TXC013-163-507-221730-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1156 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR ZAVALA...
FRIO AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES...
AT 1152 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEARSALL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL
RATES UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
POTEET...PLEASANTON...PEARSALL...LOMA VISTA...LEMING...LA PRYOR...
JOURDANTON...FRIO TOWN...CRYSTAL CITY...CHRISTINE...CHARLOTTE AND
BATESVILLE.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN FRIO COUNTY HAS REPORTED FLOODING OF SAN MIGUEL
CREEK AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AT HIGHWAYS 85 AND 140.
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.
LAT...LON 2868 10008 2869 9848 2877 9813 2906 9841
2919 9875 2903 9870 2904 10008
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 6:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 2 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.