Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 255, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2004, 6:55 AM CDT for Bandera 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 30, 2004, 6:55 AM CDT (11:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2004, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bandera County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 2983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 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 301155
FFWSAT
TXC019-301500-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
655 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
BANDERA
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 647 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF TARPLEY TO PIPE
CREEK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF TARPLEY TO
BANDERA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BANDERA.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
LAT...LON 2967 9941 2972 9930 2984 9903 2973 9882
2966 9897 2965 9919 2963 9926 2963 9948
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KEWX 301249
FFSSAT
TXC019-301500-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
749 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR BANDERA
COUNTY...
AT 734 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HILL COUNTRY STATE NATURAL AREA
TO LAKEHILLS. AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA
OVER THE PAST HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL GENERALLY REMAIN OVER
RURAL AREAS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA, ESPECIALLY FROM TARPLEY TO THE LAKEHILLS AREA.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AUSTIN
SAN ANTONIO.
LAT...LON 2967 9941 2972 9930 2984 9903 2973 9882
2966 9897 2965 9919 2963 9926 2963 9948
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 8:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 61 min |
| Jul 30, 9:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 64 min |
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.