Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 211, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2004, 10:36 AM CDT for Bandera County, Kendall County, Kerr 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 29, 2004, 10:36 AM CDT (15:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2004, 2:30 PM 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, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 291539
FFWSAT
TXC019-259-265-291930-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1036 AM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
KERR
KENDALL
BANDERA
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 1036 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AREAS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...FORMING OVER KERR...KENDALL...AND
BANDERA COUNTIES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT
20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PARTS OF BANDERA...
KENDALL...AND KERR COUNTIES.
HEAVY RAINS FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.
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.
LAT...LON 2974 9953 2977 9921 2971 9894 2980 9878
2986 9864 3001 9851 3011 9866 3009 9936
3023 9937 3024 9965
$$4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 291553 FFSSAT TXC013-019-021-029-055-091-187-209-259-265-325-453-491-493-291715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1050 AM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND BASTROP COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR HAYES...COMAL...CALDWELL...GUADALUPE...BEXAR...WILSON...ATASCOSA AND MEDINA COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR KERR...KENDALL AND BANDERA COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 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 WEDNESDAY...RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND WARNINGS. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 291617 FFSSAT TXC013-019-021-029-055-091-187-209-259-265-325-453-491-493-291715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1115 AM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND BASTROP COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR HAYES...COMAL...CALDWELL...GUADALUPE...BEXAR...WILSON...ATASCOSA AND MEDINA COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR KERR...KENDALL AND BANDERA COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. AT 1115 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FORMING OVER BEXAR...GUADALUPE...COMAL...AND KENDALL COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA. HEAVY RAINS IN THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. IN ADDITION...AT 1115 AM...VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER HAYS COUNTY AND NEAR SAN MARCOS ARE MOVING NORTH TO THE AUSTIN AREA...TRAVIS COUNTY...AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS WILL EXPAND TO OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS IS A SUMMER HEAVY RAIN EVENT TODAY...AND HEAVY RAINS TODAY WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED 3 TO 7 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 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 WEDNESDAY...RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND WARNINGS. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 291716 FFSSAT TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-171-187-209-259-265-299-325-453- 491-493-291915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1209 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND BASTROP COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR HAYES...COMAL...CALDWELL...GUADALUPE...BEXAR...WILSON...ATASCOSA AND MEDINA COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR KERR...KENDALL AND BANDERA COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR BLANCO AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT FOR BURNET AND LLANO COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL FORMING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS IS A SUMMER HEAVY RAIN EVENT TODAY...AND HEAVY RAINS TODAY WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED 3 TO 7 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AT 1209 PM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WAS FROM MEDINA...BEXAR...AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES TO LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND BASTROP COUNTIES. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...AS WELL AS THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREAS. THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HEAVY RAINS COULD EXPAND TO OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. JUNE 2004 HAS BEEN VERY WET OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SOILS ARE SATURATED 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 WEDNESDAY...RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND WARNINGS. $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 291731 FFSSAT TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-171-187-209-259-265-299-325-453- 491-493-291915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1230 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND BASTROP COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR HAYS...COMAL...CALDWELL...GUADALUPE...BEXAR...WILSON...ATASCOSA AND MEDINA COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR KERR...KENDALL AND BANDERA COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR BLANCO AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT FOR BURNET AND LLANO COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL FORMING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS IS A SUMMER HEAVY RAIN EVENT TODAY...AND HEAVY RAINS TODAY WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED 3 TO 7 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AT 1230 PM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WAS FROM MEDINA...BEXAR...AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES TO LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND BASTROP COUNTIES. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...AS WELL AS THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREAS. THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HEAVY RAINS COULD EXPAND TO OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. JUNE 2004 HAS BEEN VERY WET OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SOILS ARE SATURATED 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 WEDNESDAY...RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 56 min |
| Jun 28, 10:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Real, Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Travis, Williamson | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Real, Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 6 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.