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Flash Flood Warning 201, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 28, 2004Edwards County, Kinney County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2004, 10:55 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kinney 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 28, 2004, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2004, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Edwards County, TX, Kinney County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 2004-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 742 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
742 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 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 290356
FFWSAT
TXC137-271-290700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1055 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1053 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF SPOFFORD...
  MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROCKSPRINGS...BRACKETTVILLE
  AND ALAMO VILLAGE.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND NORTH TO CARTA VALLEY AND 
ROCKSPRINGS...AND BARKSDALE.

RAINFALL RATES WERE INCREASING TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER 
HOURS. DUE TO RAINS EARLIER TODAY...SOILS ARE EXTREMELY SATURATED 
AND RUNOFF WILL BE RAPID AND LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 2910 10081 2911 10015 2965 10014 3027 9993
          3027 10066 2934 10069

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala56 min
Jun 28, 11:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera3 hr
Jun 28, 11:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal3 hr
Jun 29, 12:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXUvalde6 hr
Jun 29, 1:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney4 hr
Jun 29, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal4 hr
Jun 29, 3:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera3 hr
Jun 29, 6:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Real, Uvalde4 hr
Jun 29, 10:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Travis, Williamson3 hr
Jun 29, 10:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and 2 more4 hr
Jun 29, 10:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr4 hr
Jun 29, 11:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie4 hr
Jun 29, 12:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet, Llano4 hr
Jun 29, 12:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Jun 29, 12:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette, Lee5 hr
Jun 29, 1:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Travis, Williamson5 hr
Jun 29, 1:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 10 more4 hr
Jun 29, 1:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca4 hr
Jun 29, 2:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDimmit, Real, Uvalde, Zavala3 hr
Jun 29, 4:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar6 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.