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Flash Flood Warning 208, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 29, 20044 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2004, 6:01 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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 29, 2004, 6:01 AM CDT (11:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2004, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bandera County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 291103
FFWSAT
TXC019-137-385-463-291500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
601 AM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  EDWARDS
  REAL
  BANDERA
  UVALDE

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 554 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BARKSDALE TO CONCAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKSPRINGS TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF LEAKEY...
  MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VANDERPOOL...UVALDE...
  UTOPIA...SABINAL...ROCKSPRINGS...RIO FRIO...REAGAN WELLS...
  MONTELL...MEDINA...LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...LEAKEY...KNIPPA...
  GARNER STATE PARK AND CAMP WOOD.


CAMPERS AND RIVER RECREATIONISTS ALONG THE NUECES...FRIO AND SABINAL 
RIVERS FROM THE HEADWATERS TO ABOVE UVALDE SHOULD LEAVE THE RIVERS 
AND MOVE AUTOS...RECREATIONAL VEHICLES...AND EQUIPMENT FROM THE 
BANKS OF THE RIVERS IMMEDIATELY. 

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 2964 10041 2964 10012 2910 10010 2911 9944
          2964 9943 2964 9931 2991 9921 2991 9972
          3008 9972 3007 9978 3028 9977 3029 10046

$$

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, 10:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney3 hr
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, 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

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.