Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 284, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2004, 11:11 AM CDT for Kinney 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, 11:11 AM CDT (16:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2004, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kinney County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 011613 FFWSAT TXC271-011915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1111 AM CDT WED SEP 1 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... KINNEY * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 1104 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALAMO VILLAGE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRACKETTVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF KINNEY COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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 2918 10049 2910 10013 2961 10016 2960 10068 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 011657 FFSSAT TXC271-011915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1156 AM CDT WED SEP 1 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR KINNEY COUNTY... AT 1149 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRACKETTVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF BRACKETTVILLE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRACKETTVILLE...THROUGH THE CITY OF BRACKETTVILLE...TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRACKETTVILLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN KINNEY COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO. LAT...LON 2918 10049 2910 10013 2961 10016 2960 10068 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 011752 FFSSAT TXC271-011915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1250 PM CDT WED SEP 1 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR KINNEY COUNTY... AT 1242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF SPOFFORD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRACKETTVILLE AND ALAMO VILLAGE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FALL OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF KINNEY COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. 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 2909 10061 2911 10013 2962 10016 2960 10068 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 011914 FFSSAT TXC271-011930- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 211 PM CDT WED SEP 1 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES AT 215 PM CDT FOR KINNEY COUNTY... AT 203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS KINNEY COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS ARE WEAKENING AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SHOWERS DISSIPATE. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL NOT ADD TO THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 215 PM. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO. LAT...LON 2918 10049 2910 10013 2961 10016 2960 10068 $$
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, 9:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 3 hr |
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.