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Flash Flood Warning 362, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 16, 2004Burnet County, Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 16, 2004, 11:22 PM CST for Burnet County, Williamson 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
Nov 16, 2004, 11:22 PM CST (05:22 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 2004, 2:15 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Burnet County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 245 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000
WGUS54 KEWX 170524
FFWEWX
TXC053-491-170815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1122 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  BURNET
  WILLIAMSON

* UNTIL 215 AM CST

* AT 1125 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND INTO BURNET COUNTY.
  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED AND WILL 
  CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WEIR...SERENADA...LIBERTY HILL...
  JARRELL...GRANGER DAM...GRANGER...GEORGETOWN DAM...GEORGETOWN...
  FLORENCE...BURNET...BRIGGS...BERTRAM...BARTLETT AND ANDICE.

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 3069 9837 3069 9803 3058 9789 3048 9779
      3053 9762 3044 9732 3078 9733 3101 9791
      3103 9837

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 6:03 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Frio, Kendall, Medina42 min
Nov 16, 6:21 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXGillespie, Llano24 min
Nov 16, 6:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano4 hr
Nov 16, 6:46 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXGillespie, Llano44 min
Nov 16, 6:47 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXKendall28 min
Nov 16, 7:13 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBexar32 min
Nov 16, 7:45 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBexar15 min
Nov 16, 7:52 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBlanco38 min
Nov 16, 7:57 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXComal48 min
Nov 16, 8:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Comal, Guadalupe3 hr
Nov 16, 8:28 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBlanco32 min
Nov 16, 8:44 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXComal, Hays31 min
Nov 16, 9:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Kinney, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde6 hr
Nov 16, 9:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kendall, Llano4 hr
Nov 16, 10:04 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis3 hr
Nov 16, 11:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe and 1 more3 hr
Nov 17, 12:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis3 hr
Nov 17, 1:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kendall, Llano117 min
Nov 17, 2:07 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal and 3 more6 hr
Nov 17, 3:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Kinney, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde4 hr
Nov 17, 3:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis6 hr
Nov 17, 3:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kendall, Llano5 hr
Nov 17, 6:24 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson3 hr
Nov 17, 7:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal and 7 more4 hr
Nov 17, 10:28 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, DeWitt, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee3 hr
Nov 17, 10:56 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXLavaca49 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.