Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 280, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2004, 2:00 PM CDT for Real 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
- Aug 31, 2004, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Real County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEWX 311903
FFWSAT
TXC385-312200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
200 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
REAL
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS 13 MILES NORTH OF CAMP
WOOD...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKEY. THE STORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST OVER MOST OF
REAL COUNTY.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 2979 10001 2986 10003 2990 10000 3001 9999
3000 9975 2965 9966 2965 9966 2966 10001
2977 10004
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEWX 311951
FFSSAT
TXC385-312200-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
247 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR REAL
COUNTY...
AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKEY. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE
RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH INTO REAL COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS
ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN AN AREA 10 MILES
NORTH OF LEAKEY AND 12 MILES NORTH OF BARKSDALE.
THE THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AUSTIN
SAN ANTONIO.
LAT...LON 2979 10001 2986 10003 2990 10000 3001 9999
3000 9975 2965 9966 2965 9966 2966 10001
2977 10004
$$000
WGUS74 KEWX 312057
FFSSAT
TXC385-312200-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
353 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR REAL
COUNTY...
AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF LEAKEY. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN REAL COUNTY
AS MODERATE RAINS TRAVERSE THE COUNTY.
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 2979 10001 2986 10003 2990 10000 3001 9999
3000 9975 2965 9966 2965 9966 2966 10001
2977 10004
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 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.