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Flash Flood Warning 356, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 16, 2004, 6:22 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 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
- Nov 16, 2004, 6:22 PM CST (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2004, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Gillespie County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Llano County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 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 170025 FFWEWX TXC171-259-265-299-170415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 622 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... LLANO GILLESPIE KERR KENDALL * UNTIL 1015 PM CST * AT 623 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM BOERNE TO FREDERICKSBURG TO LLANO. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED AND WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE SAME AREAS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WILLOW CITY...WARING... SISTERDALE...LUCKENBACH...LLANO...KERRVILLE...KERRVILLE STATE PARK...HARPER...FREDERICKSBURG...ENCHANTED ROCK STATE PARK... COMFORT...CENTER POINT AND BANKERSMITH. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND - DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2992 9917 2979 9866 3087 9861 3090 9942 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KEWX 170124 FFSEWX TXC171-259-265-299-170415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 722 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR KENDALL... KERR...GILLESPIE AND LLANO COUNTIES... AT 718 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM BOERNE NORTH TO FREDERICKSBURG AND LLANO. RAINFALL RATES ARE AS HIGH AS 3 INCHES AN HOUR. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FREDERICKSBURG...LLANO... SISTERDALE...LUCKENBACH...KERRVILLE...KERRVILLE STATE PARK... HARPER...ENCHANTED ROCK STATE PARK...CENTER POINT AND BANKERSMITH. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2992 9917 2979 9866 3087 9861 3090 9942 $$
000 WGUS74 KEWX 170218 FFSEWX TXC171-259-265-299-170415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 814 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR KENDALL... KERR...GILLESPIE AND LLANO COUNTIES... AT 811 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING 2 TO 4 INCH RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MOST OF KENDAL COUNTY. MANY LOW WATER CROSSING MAY BE FLOODED. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND - DONT DROWN. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2992 9917 2979 9866 3087 9861 3090 9942 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 6:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Frio, Kendall, Medina | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 24 min |
| Nov 16, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 6:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kendall | 28 min |
| Nov 16, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar | 32 min |
| Nov 16, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar | 15 min |
| Nov 16, 7:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Blanco | 38 min |
| Nov 16, 7:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Comal | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 8:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 8:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Blanco | 32 min |
| Nov 16, 8:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays | 31 min |
| Nov 16, 9:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde | 6 hr |
| Nov 16, 9:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Llano | 4 hr |
| Nov 16, 10:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 11:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 11:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 12:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Llano | 117 min |
| Nov 17, 2:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Llano | 5 hr |
| Nov 17, 6:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Wilson | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 7:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, DeWitt, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.