Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 167, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2004, 5:23 PM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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 25, 2004, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bexar County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 1702 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEWX 252226
FFWSAT
TXC029-260030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
523 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
BEXAR
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CROSS MOUNTAIN...OR ABOUT
12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOERNE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WINDCREST...THE DOMINION...
TERRELL HILLS...ST. HEDWIG...SHAVANO PARK...SEA WORLD...SAN
ANTONIO...OLMOS PARK...LIVE OAK...LEON VALLEY...LEON SPRINGS...
LACKLAND AFB...KIRBY...HOLLYWOOD PARK...HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE...
HELOTES...ELMENDORF...CHINA GROVE AND ALAMO HEIGHTS.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN BEXAR COUNTY WERE
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 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.
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 2928 9876 2968 9876 2971 9856 2945 9818
2916 9841
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KEWX 252259 FFSSAT TXC013-029-123-149-171-177-255-259-285-299-493-260000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 555 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LLANO...KENDALL...AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 6 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ATASCOSA COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FAYETTE...GONZALES...AND LAVACA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BEXAR COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WILSON...DEWITT...AND KARNES COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM... AFTERNOON SUMMER TIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 50 MPH...HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING HAS ACCOMPANIED THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS... WHERE FLOODING IS LIKELY FROM HEAVY RAIN RUNOFF. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 25, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 230 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 .DISCUSSION... WITH THE UPPER LOW OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL HAVE ORGANIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MOST AREAS. THEREFORE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED. IT WILL COVER ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WITH THE HIGHER RAINFALL, UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE, EAST OF INTERSTATE 35....AND RUN THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS IS A CONTINUING CUMULATIVE RAIN EVENT. WITH A GENERAL TROUGHINESS FORECAST TO REMAIN OVER CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY WILL HAVE MOSTLY DAYTIME HEAT INDUCED HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A DEEP TROPICAL FLOW CONTINUES TUESDAY THEN GRADUALLY WEAKENS WEDNESDAY. WILL HAVE DAYTIME HEATING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. DAYTIME HIGHS AND OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DEFINITIVELY BE SHOWER DEPENDENT OVER THE WEEKEND, THEN BACK TO SEASONAL LEVELS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 70 86 69 88/ 70 70 50 60 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 70 86 69 88/ 70 70 50 60 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 73 91 72 93/ 50 50 40 40 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 72 87 71 90/ 70 70 50 50 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 12 NOON SUNDAY. && 06/08/DC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 5:05 AM CDT, 12 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 505 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261002- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DE WITT- DIMMIT-EDWARDS-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES- KENDALL-KERR-KINNEY-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MAVERICK-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS- UVALDE-VAL VERDE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-ZAVALA- 505 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA AS SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP DURING THE DAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS A WEAK UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE REMAINS OVER TEXAS .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1150 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-252000- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DE WITT- DIMMIT-EDWARDS-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES- KENDALL-KERR-KINNEY-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MAVERICK-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS- UVALDE-VAL VERDE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-ZAVALA- 1150 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY AND MID PART OF NEXT WEEK. THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS WET JUNE OF 2004 PATTERN LATER TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AS AN AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE ALOFT LINGERS OVER THE AREA. ON SUNDAY...THE CHANCE OF RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THE CHANCE OF RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OF NEXT WEEK...AND MAY BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH FROM THE WEST THURSDAY...JULY 1ST. BY FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND...OF JULY 3RD AND 4TH...DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED...AS THE SUMMER SUBTROPICAL HIGH BEGINS TO FORM OVER THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 12:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1205 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-252000- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DE WITT- DIMMIT-EDWARDS-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES- KENDALL-KERR-KINNEY-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MAVERICK-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS- UVALDE-VAL VERDE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-ZAVALA- 1205 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY AND MID PART OF NEXT WEEK. THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS WET JUNE OF 2004 PATTERN LATER TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AS AN AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE ALOFT LINGERS OVER THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS FORMING IN THE AREA WILL CAUSE RISES ON LOCAL RIVERS. ON SUNDAY...THE CHANCE OF RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THE CHANCE OF RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OF NEXT WEEK...AND MAY BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH FROM THE WEST THURSDAY...JULY 1ST. BY FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND...OF JULY 3RD AND 4TH...DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED...AS THE SUMMER SUBTROPICAL HIGH BEGINS TO FORM OVER THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
Local storm report, Jun 25, 2:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
212 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0207 PM HAIL UVALDE 29.22N 99.78W
06/25/2004 1.25 INCH UVALDE TX AMATEUR RADIO
&&
DCLocal storm report, Jun 25, 2:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
228 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0202 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
06/25/2004 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
CALLAGHAN RD EAST OF WOODSIDE CLOSED.
0206 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
06/25/2004 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
DANVILLE AV AT OVERBROOK CLOSED.
0212 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
06/25/2004 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
MCNEAL AT OVERBROOK CLOSED.
0202 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
06/25/2004 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SAN PEDRO DR AT MALTSBERGER CLOSED.
0215 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
06/25/2004 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SINCLAIR RD AT ROSILLO CREEK CLOSED.
&&
DCLocal storm report, Jun 25, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
246 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM FLASH FLOOD DEL RIO 29.38N 100.90W
06/25/2004 VAL VERDE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS CLOSED.
0230 PM HAIL UVALDE 29.22N 99.78W
06/25/2004 1.50 INCH UVALDE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
DCLocal storm report, Jun 25, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
352 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0253 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
06/25/2004 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
CALLAHAN RD AT SLOAN CLOSED.
0311 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
06/25/2004 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
DREAMLAND DR AT VANCE JACKSON CLOSED.
0234 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
06/25/2004 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
IH 10 AT WEST AVE CLOSED.
0251 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
06/25/2004 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
MALTSBERGER LN 900 FT EAST OF SAN PEDRO CLOSED.
0329 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
06/25/2004 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
MISSION RD AT SAN ANTONIO RIVER CLOSED.
0241 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
06/25/2004 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
OVERBROOK DR AT ALGET CLOSED.
0306 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
06/25/2004 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
VERBENA RD AT ENCINO PARK CLOSED.
&&
DCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Zavala | 73 min |
| Jun 25, 3:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 116 min |
| Jun 25, 3:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Lavaca | 3 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.