Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 283, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2004, 9:39 AM CDT for Frio 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
- Sep 1, 2004, 9:39 AM CDT (14:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2004, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Frio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 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 011439 FFWSAT TXC163-011745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 939 AM CDT WED SEP 1 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... FRIO * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT * AT 928 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEARSALL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOORE...FRIO TOWN AND BIG FOOT. 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 2868 9880 2909 9882 2908 9938 2867 9940 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 011533 FFSSAT TXC163-011745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1030 AM CDT WED SEP 1 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR FRIO COUNTY... AT 1020 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR FARM ROAD 140 AND FARM ROAD 1582...OR OVER PEARSALL AND FRIO TOWN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOURS ALONG THESE FARM ROADS, WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT HOUR. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOORE...FRIO TOWN AND BIG FOOT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO. LAT...LON 2868 9880 2909 9882 2908 9938 2867 9940 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 011649 FFSSAT TXC163-011745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1147 AM CDT WED SEP 1 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR FRIO COUNTY... AT 1145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A WIDE SWATH OF 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALONG FARM ROAD 180 FROM FRIO TOWN TO PEARSALL...AND ALONG FARM ROAD 1582 FROM PEARSALL SOUTHEAST TO THE FRIO COUNTY LINE. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS WILL PERSIST OVER THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR, RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOORE AND BIG FOOT. 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 2868 9880 2909 9882 2908 9938 2867 9940 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 12:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.