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Flash Flood Warning 217, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2004, 1:35 PM CDT for 16 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, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 291833
FFWSAT
TXC013-019-029-031-053-055-091-163-171-187-209-259-265-299-325-493-
292300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
135 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
BURNET
LLANO
GILLESPIE
BLANCO
HAYS
KERR
KENDALL
CALDWELL
COMAL
BANDERA
GUADALUPE
BEXAR
MEDINA
WILSON
ATASCOSA
FRIO
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA. CURRENT
TRENDS INDICATE ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...
WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN.
* THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDES THE EASTERN HALF OF THE HILL
COUNTRY...I-35 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METRO
AREAS...AND PLAINS EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR.
NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS...CREEKS...UNDERPASSES...AND FARM-TO
MARKET ROADS ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR
THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR...PLAN TO USE ALTERNATE ROUTES...OR CONSIDER
STAYING WHERE YOU ARE UNTIL THE FLOOD THREAT PASSES.
LAT...LON 2867 9934 2867 9834 2881 9815 2899 9821
2940 9789 2964 9770 2984 9739 3004 9766
2999 9774 3039 9824 3094 9789 3105 9799
3091 9892 3053 9894 3051 9930 3028 9928
3028 9973 2978 9962 2960 9942
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KEWX 292023 FFSSAT TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-127-149-163-171-177-187-209- 255-259-265-285-287-299-325-385-453-463-491-493-507-292300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 322 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...BASTROP...LEE...FAYETTE...GONZALES... HAYS...COMAL...CALDWELL...GUADALUPE...BEXAR...WILSON...ATASCOSA... MEDINA...KARNES...DEWITT...LAVACA...KERR...KENDALL...BANDERA... BLANCO...GILLESPIE...BURNET...LLANO...REAL...UVALDE...ZAVALA... AND DIMMIT COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS AFTERNOON A SUMMER HEAVY RAIN EVENT CONTINUES OVER THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED 3 TO 7 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AT 322 PM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WAS FROM LEAKEY TO CARRIZAO SPRINGS AND EAST TO BURNET...SAN ANTONIO...GEORGETOWN...AUSTIN...GIDDINGS... SCHULENBURG AND HALLETTSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MPH. THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS 20 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. 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, 10:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 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, 1:49 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 |
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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.