Flash Flood Warning 377, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Nov 21, 2004, 10:38 AM CST (16:38 UTC)

Expired

Nov 21, 2004, 2:45 PM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeWitt County, TX, Lavaca County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KEWX 211643
FFWEWX
TXC123-285-212045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1038 AM CST SUN NOV 21 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  LAVACA
  DEWITT

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 1035 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED   VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF
  CUERO TO YORKTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE EZZELL...YOAKUM...SUBLIME
  AND HALLETTSVILLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE 
NEXT COUPLE HOURS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 72 BETWEEN NORDHEIM 
TO YORKTOWN TO CUERO.  A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT AND 
CONTINUED REDEVELOPMENT. THEREFORE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS AND 
FLOODING WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD WITH TIME AS STORM TRAIN ACROSS 
SATURATED SOILS.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...
COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 2905 9768 2892 9730 2937 9663 2959 9688

$$

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 211759
FFSEWX
TXC123-285-212045-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1156 AM CST SUN NOV 21 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR DEWITT AND
LAVACA COUNTIES...

AT 1155 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 
DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AS THESE STORMS TRAIN 
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA WITH REDEVELOPMENT TO SOUTH. 

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 2905 9768 2892 9730 2937 9663 2959 9688

$$

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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.