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Flash Flood Warning 199, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2004, 2:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 28, 2004, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 3444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 281956
FFWSAT
TXC149-177-255-493-282200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
256 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
FAYETTE
GONZALES
WILSON
KARNES
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO
ONE INCH. THESE STORM ARE MOVING NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
LAT...LON 2875 9801 2877 9793 2873 9783 2883 9763
2903 9782 2943 9729 2966 9724 2969 9692
2997 9664 3013 9672 3014 9679 3001 9704
2976 9730 2960 9764 2935 9782 2936 9811
2938 9817 2912 9838
$$2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 282104 FFSSAT TXC019-137-149-177-255-265-271-325-385-463-465-493-282230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 400 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT FOR GONZALES...FAYETTE...WILSON...KARNES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FOR VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...KINNEY...KERR...REAL...BANDERA...MEDINA AND UVALDE COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF RAIN ACROSS THE REGION...SOILS ARE SATURATED AND AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY OR HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IN LOW LYING AREAS...NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND NEAR CREEK OR RIVERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER THAT COVERS THE ROADWAY. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING...RIVER FLOODING COULD ALSO BE A CONCERN. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY AND CAUSE RAPID RISES ON AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK...STREAM OR RIVER...BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND WARNINGS. $$
000
WGUS74 KEWX 282159
FFSSAT
TXC149-177-255-493-282230-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
459 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KARNES...WILSON...GONZALES AND FAYETTE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
AT 458 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONLY A
FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WILL BE LEFT TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM.
THERE MAY BE SOME SLIGHT RISES ON SMALL STREAMS. SOME WATER MAY
STILL PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH
CAUTION.
LAT...LON 2875 9801 2877 9793 2873 9783 2883 9763
2903 9782 2943 9729 2966 9724 2969 9692
2997 9664 3013 9672 3014 9679 3001 9704
2976 9730 2960 9764 2935 9782 2936 9811
2938 9817 2912 9838
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Medina, Zavala | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Hays | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Kendall | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 56 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.