Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 249, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2004, 3:55 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kerr 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
- Jul 29, 2004, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2004, 7:00 PM 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, Kerr County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1947 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 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 292055
FFWSAT
TXC137-265-300000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
355 PM CDT THU JUL 29 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
EDWARDS
KERR
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES WEST OF KERR WILDLIFE
MGMT AREA...OR ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOUNTAIN HOME...KERRVILLE...
KERRVILLE STATE PARK...INGRAM...HUNT AND CENTER POINT.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3028 10024 3028 9932 3013 9932 3013 9897
2988 9893 2997 9969 3009 9969 3009 9995
3002 10003 3005 10025
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KEWX 292224
FFSSAT
TXC137-265-300000-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
523 PM CDT THU JUL 29 2004
...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR KERR AND
EDWARDS COUNTIES...
AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROS NORTH
CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY AND EASTERN KERR COUNTY. RAINFALL ESTIMATES
OF UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER EDWARDS COUNTY JUST
NORTHWEST OF ROCKSPRINGS. ESTIMATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES WERE
OBSERVED ACROSS EASTERN KERR COUNTY.
THE EDWARDS COUNTY STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AT 5 MPH WHILE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN KERR WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10
TO 15 MPH.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER
EDWARDS AND KERR COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO
STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY
RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AUSTIN
SAN ANTONIO.
LAT...LON 3028 10024 3028 9932 3013 9932 3013 9897
2988 9893 2997 9969 3009 9969 3009 9995
3002 10003 3005 10025
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 64 min |
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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.