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Flash Flood Warning 388, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 21, 2004Bastrop County, Caldwell County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 21, 2004, 4:15 PM CST for Bastrop County, Caldwell 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 21, 2004, 4:15 PM CST (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 21, 2004, 7:15 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, Caldwell County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 247 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-11-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2185 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-11-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 212216
FFWEWX
TXC021-055-220115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  BASTROP
  CALDWELL

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 410 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WYLDWOOD...ROSANKY...LOCKHART...
  CEDAR CREEK...CAMP SWIFT...LULING AND BASTROP.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO BASTROP AND CALDWELL 
COUNTIES WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO 
ONE INCH IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  RUNOFF WILL BE QUICK AND RISES 
AND ON CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

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 2984 9781 2967 9761 3008 9710 3030 9733

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KEWX 220012
FFSEWX
TXC021-055-220115-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR CALDWELL AND
BASTROP COUNTIES...

AT 610 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS BASTROP 
AND CALDWELL COUNTIES. SOILS ARE SATURATED..SO CONTINUED TRAINING OF
INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORM CELLS WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE RUNOFF AND 
FLOODING..PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WYLDWOOD...CIRCLE D-KC ESTATES...
CEDAR CREEK...CAMP SWIFT AND BASTROP.

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.

LAT...LON 2984 9781 2967 9761 3008 9710 3030 9733

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 20, 6:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca97 min
Nov 20, 6:58 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXLavaca62 min
Nov 20, 10:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca2 hr
Nov 21, 6:53 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Lavaca4 hr
Nov 21, 10:38 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Lavaca4 hr
Nov 21, 11:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Nov 21, 12:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales, Guadalupe3 hr
Nov 21, 12:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal3 hr
Nov 21, 12:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell3 hr
Nov 21, 1:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 hr
Nov 21, 1:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop58 min
Nov 21, 1:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie3 hr
Nov 21, 2:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKarnes, Wilson3 hr
Nov 21, 2:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette, Lee3 hr
Nov 21, 2:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco32 min
Nov 21, 2:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano65 min
Nov 21, 3:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Lavaca3 hr
Nov 21, 3:20 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales, Guadalupe3 hr
Nov 21, 4:41 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette, Lee4 hr
Nov 21, 4:41 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKarnes4 hr
Nov 21, 5:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales, Guadalupe, Lavaca3 hr

Nearby

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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.