Flash Flood Warning 371, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Nov 17, 2004, 10:28 AM CST (16:28 UTC)

Expired

Nov 17, 2004, 1:30 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bastrop County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KEWX 171632
FFWEWX
TXC021-123-149-285-287-171930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1028 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  LEE
  BASTROP
  FAYETTE
  LAVACA
  DEWITT

* UNTIL 130 PM CST

* AT 1026 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A SLOW MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
  OVER THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...
  ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM IN 
  THE WAKE OF THIS LINE.


RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS 
OF BASTROP AND DEWITT COUNTIES...AND THESE RAIN TOTALS SHOULD 
INCREASE TO AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE THE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. 

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 2966 9710 2957 9719 2940 9721 2907 9766
      2895 9731 2918 9703 2913 9693 2940 9663
      2967 9691 2971 9693 3000 9661 3016 9669
      3016 9683 3030 9672 3054 9696 3039 9733
      3024 9745 3007 9762 2980 9728

$$

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 171833
FFSEWX
TXC021-123-149-285-287-171930-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1233 PM CST WED NOV 17 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR DEWITT...
LAVACA...FAYETTE...BASTROP AND LEE COUNTIES...

AT 1233 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 
RAINS OVER THE WARNED AREA.  

THESE RAINS ARE SHIFTING EAST INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH THE CHANCE 
OF RAIN DECREASING OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL LIKELY BE LESS THAN ONE-HALF INCH 
WITH HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED TO BE JUST OVER 3 INCHES. LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED IN SPOTS THROUGH AT LEAST 1 PM. 

TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 130 PM...BUT 
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 

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 2966 9710 2957 9719 2940 9721 2907 9766
      2895 9731 2918 9703 2913 9693 2940 9663
      2967 9691 2971 9693 3000 9661 3016 9669
      3016 9683 3030 9672 3054 9696 3039 9733
      3024 9745 3007 9762 2980 9728

$$

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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.