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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 2, 2004Kerr County, Kinney County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 2004, 7:04 PM CST for Kerr County, Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 186 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2004, 7:04 PM CST (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2004, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
186 days
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2004-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 030104
FFWSAT
TXC265-030300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
704 PM CST FRI APR 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  KERR

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 704 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN
  FROM MOUNTAIN HOME TO KERRVILLE TO CENTER POINTS.  RAINFALL RATES 
  OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL PERSIST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
  HOURS WITH THE RAIN MOVING VERY LITTLE.  

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.

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.

LAT...LON 3010 9953 2988 9899 3008 9898 3013 9929
          3024 9950

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS54 KEWX 051144
FFWSAT
TXC271-051345-
/X.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0024.041005T1141Z-041005T1345Z/
/0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
641 AM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE...

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

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 637 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER KINNEY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS
  EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BRACKETTVILLE AND ALAMO VILLAGE.

LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 277 SOUTH
AND ON 674.  

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 2918 10071 2911 10017 2959 10016 2961 10065

$$

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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.