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Flash Flood Warning 182, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 27, 2004Kerr County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2004, 5:10 PM CDT for Kerr 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 27, 2004, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kerr County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1028 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 272211
FFWSAT
TXC265-280115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
510 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  KERR

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...NEAR      
  MOUNTAIN HOME...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2  
  INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KERR WILDLIFE MGMT AREA AND
  HUNT.

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.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

LAT...LON 3013 9968 2997 9957 2998 9926 3013 9936
          3025 9940 3024 9971

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 9:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell2 hr
Jun 27, 10:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal, Hays2 hr
Jun 27, 10:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLee119 min
Jun 27, 11:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson90 min
Jun 27, 1:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis, Williamson2 hr
Jun 27, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie3 hr
Jun 27, 3:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette3 hr
Jun 27, 4:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet, Llano3 hr
Jun 27, 4:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal3 hr
Jun 27, 5:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie3 hr
Jun 27, 6:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLee3 hr
Jun 27, 6:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie, Kendall3 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.