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Flash Flood Warning 192, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 28, 2004Edwards County, Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2004, 5:31 AM CDT for Edwards County, Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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 28, 2004, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2004, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Edwards County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2051 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
2051 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 281032
FFWSAT
TXC137-271-465-281430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
531 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  EDWARDS
  VAL VERDE
  KINNEY

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 524 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14   
  MILES NORTHEAST OF COMSTOCK TO 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOMA ALTA TO  
  25 MILES WEST OF LEAKEY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND
ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3028 10008 3010 9998 2935 10017 2914 10064
          2957 10109 3028 10153

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 9:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal3 hr
Jun 27, 10:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar4 hr
Jun 27, 11:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXUvalde4 hr
Jun 27, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Medina, Zavala4 hr
Jun 28, 3:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXUvalde3 hr
Jun 28, 3:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina3 hr
Jun 28, 9:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde5 hr
Jun 28, 10:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Comal, Hays3 hr
Jun 28, 11:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca4 hr
Jun 28, 11:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde3 hr
Jun 28, 1:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney, Val Verde4 hr
Jun 28, 2:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Medina, Real, Uvalde3 hr
Jun 28, 2:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson2 hr
Jun 28, 5:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Kendall2 hr
Jun 28, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio59 min
Jun 28, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson56 min

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.