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Flash Flood Warning 182, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 119 min |
| Jun 27, 11:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 90 min |
| Jun 27, 1:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis, Williamson | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall | 3 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.