Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jan 16, 2004, 4:19 PM CST (22:19 UTC)

Expired

Oct 2, 2004, 7:30 AM CDT

In force

260 days

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bandera County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Medina County, TX, Travis County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KEWX 162218
FFWSAT
TXC019-031-171-259-265-325-170015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
419 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  GILLESPIE
  BLANCO
  KERR
  KENDALL
  BANDERA
  MEDINA

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 419 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF VERY
  HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR DHANIS TO BANDERA TO BLANCO AS WELL AS HEAVY
  RAIN FROM MOUNTAIN HOME TO 15 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN HOME AND FROM
  BETWEEN FREDERICKSBURG...CHERRY SPRING...AND STONEWALL.  THE RAINS
  WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.  

  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED AND WILL
  CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  RAINFALL EARLIER THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND THIS RAINFALL ARE BRINGING SOILS TO SATURATION
  CAUSING FASTER RUNOFF WITH FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 
  FEW HOURS LIKELY.

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 2933 9942 2920 9929 3037 9819 3046 9921

$$

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 020930
FFWSAT
TXC209-453-021230-
/X.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0002.041002T0927Z-041002T1230Z/
/0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
427 AM CDT SAT OCT 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  TRAVIS
  HAYS

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 423 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WEST LAKE HILLS...ROLLINGWOOD...
  MANSFIELD DAM...MANOR...LAKEWAY...LAGO VISTA...BEE CAVE AND AUSTIN.


A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH WAS PRODUCING 
RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR.   

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POORLY
DRAINED AREAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE
OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND
- DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3005 9825 2983 9799 3041 9742 3041 9778
      3057 9801

$$

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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.