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Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 11, 2004Frio County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2004, 10:03 AM CDT for Frio 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
May 11, 2004, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2004, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Frio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KEWX 111506
FFWSAT
TXC163-111800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1003 AM CDT TUE MAY 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FRIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PEARSALL

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 10 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING SOUTHWEST FRIO COUNTY MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPEXCTED FROM THESE
STORMS THROUGH THE NOON HOUR.


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 2899 9940 2869 9939 2872 9888 2905 9890

$$

JPB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 hr
May 11, 2:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde105 min
May 11, 2:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards114 min
May 11, 4:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards105 min
May 11, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Maverick59 min
May 11, 7:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMaverick3 hr
May 11, 8:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDimmit, Zavala3 hr
May 11, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca44 min

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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.