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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 10, 20045 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 2004, 4:41 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 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
Apr 10, 2004, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2004, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bexar County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2004-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1910 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 2004-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 102143
FFWSAT
TXC029-055-091-177-187-102345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
441 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  CALDWELL
  COMAL
  GUADALUPE
  GONZALES
  BEXAR

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 441 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF 
 VERY HEAVY RAIN FORMING OVER PARTS OF BEXAR...COMAL...GUADALUPE...
 CALDWELL...AND GONZALES COUNTIES.  HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 
 CONTINUE IN THE NEXT HOUR.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAUSING
 THIS HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.   

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

LAT...LON 2968 9871 2921 9844 2949 9823 2942 9762
          2955 9734 2984 9749 2993 9783 2975 9802
          2990 9813 2999 9832 2991 9836 2974 9839

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 11:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde39 min
Apr 10, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde47 min
Apr 10, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards35 min
Apr 10, 12:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 hr
Apr 10, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards58 min
Apr 10, 2:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal3 hr
Apr 10, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick63 min
Apr 10, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney50 min
Apr 10, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera56 min
Apr 10, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall54 min
Apr 10, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde56 min
Apr 10, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina66 min
Apr 10, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe47 min
Apr 10, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell55 min
Apr 10, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar65 min
Apr 10, 4:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina, Uvalde3 hr
Apr 10, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal57 min
Apr 10, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala65 min
Apr 10, 4:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFrio, Zavala2 hr
Apr 10, 5:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson115 min
Apr 10, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe54 min
Apr 10, 5:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette2 hr
Apr 10, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays41 min
Apr 10, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca52 min
Apr 10, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca47 min
Apr 10, 5:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa91 min
Apr 10, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar58 min
Apr 10, 5:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca100 min
Apr 10, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes2 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.