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Flash Flood Warning 417, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 22, 2004DeWitt County, Karnes County, Lavaca County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 22, 2004, 5:45 PM CST for DeWitt County, Karnes County, Lavaca 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 22, 2004, 5:45 PM CST (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 2004, 8:45 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeWitt County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2004-11-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1000 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 2004-11-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
1000 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 222354
FFWEWX
TXC123-255-285-230245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
545 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CST

* AT 547 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXITING THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH
  SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA...
  NUMEROUS ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS REMAIN IN FLOOD. IN
  ADDITION...RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF BANKS AND
  WILL CONTINUE RISING THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...KARNES
  CITY...LA GRANGE.

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 2887 9813 2875 9800 2876 9787 2876 9774
      2897 9742 2895 9732 2917 9700 2914 9695
      2937 9667 2960 9692 2959 9717 2940 9717
      2911 9766 2917 9776

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KEWX 230018
FFSEWX
TXC123-255-285-230245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
616 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR KARNES...
DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE WARNED 
AREA...HOWEVER..NUMEROUS ROADS AS WELL AS RIVERS..CREEKS AND STREAMS 
ARE STILL IN FLOOD. IN ADDITION MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL HAVE 
RESIDUAL FLOOD WATER CROSSING THEM THIS EVENING.  MOTORISTS ARE 
URGED TO AVOID TRAVEL THIS EVENING...HOWEVER IF YOU MUST TRAVEL..BE 
AWARE OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND PROCEED WITH CAUTION. IF WATER 
COVERS THE ROAD.. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PASS THROUGH. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE YOAKUM...WESTHOFF...SUBLIME...
MOULTON...HOCHHEIM...HALLETTSVILLE...GILLETT AND EZZELL.

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 2887 9813 2875 9800 2876 9787 2876 9774
      2897 9742 2895 9732 2917 9700 2914 9695
      2937 9667 2960 9692 2959 9717 2940 9717
      2911 9766 2917 9776

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 21, 8:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop53 min
Nov 21, 8:38 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLee, Williamson2 hr
Nov 21, 11:46 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal, Hays, Travis, Williamson3 hr
Nov 22, 1:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Frio, Kendall, Medina3 hr
Nov 22, 1:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Hays, Kendall and 3 more4 hr
Nov 22, 2:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe3 hr
Nov 22, 3:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette, Lee2 hr
Nov 22, 5:19 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales41 min
Nov 22, 6:08 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca, Lee3 hr
Nov 22, 6:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Medina3 hr
Nov 22, 6:59 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Kendall3 hr
Nov 22, 7:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Comal53 min
Nov 22, 8:10 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 hr
Nov 22, 8:31 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGuadalupe3 hr
Nov 22, 8:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal48 min
Nov 22, 8:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe40 min
Nov 22, 9:08 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXGuadalupe22 min
Nov 22, 9:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Nov 22, 9:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Guadalupe64 min
Nov 22, 9:41 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales3 hr
Nov 22, 9:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Kendall3 hr
Nov 22, 10:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLee3 hr
Nov 22, 11:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe6 hr
Nov 22, 11:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays6 hr
Nov 22, 12:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Comal4 hr
Nov 22, 1:08 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLee, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Nov 22, 1:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales61 min
Nov 22, 1:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson4 hr
Nov 22, 2:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson38 min
Nov 22, 2:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca3 hr
Nov 22, 3:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes3 hr
Nov 22, 4:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays4 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.