1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 7, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 300 PM CDT MON JUN 7 2004 .DISCUSSION... IN THE SHORT TERM...A TROPICAL INFLOW TAP EXIST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PWS HAVE INCREASED TO EQUAL OR EXCEED TWO INCHES. THE GFS AND ETA MODEL GUIDANCE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE FORECAST BEING A HEAVY RAIN EVENT. NCEP EXCESSIVE RAINFALL GUIDANCE ALSO FALL INLINE. WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY WARNING AREA WITH THE 4PM FORECAST PACKAGE. THE WATCH WILL GO TO 4PM TUESDAY. IT IS ALSO VERY POSSIBLE THAT DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY THE WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED INTO WEDNESDAY. WE ARE LOOKING AT ISOLATED THREE TO SIX INCH TOTALS FOR THIS RAIN EVENT. THE WATCH WILL RUN ALONG THE ESCARPMENT COUNTIES FROM WILLIAMSON TO BEXAR TO MEDINA...THEN SOUTH TO FRIO...EXTENDING EASTWARD. BY MID WEEK...LOOKING FOR A UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TO MOVE OUT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND MOVE NORTHEAST. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL BRING AN END TO THE MAIN HEAVY RAIN EVENT OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THUS THURSDAY LOOKS TO BE A LITTLE DRIER THAN TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THE TIME OF THE CALIFORNIA LOW KICKING OUT TO THE NORTHEAST IS IN QUESTION. MODEL GUIDANCE HAVE UP TO THIS MORNINGS RUN BEING DRY AND WITH A ZONAL FLOW ACROSS TEXAS IN THE LATE WEEK TIME FRAME. BUT THIS MORNING RUN HAS ADDED PRECIP CHANCES INTO THE MIX FOR THURSDAY/FRIDAY. HAVE ADDED POPS TO THE LATER PERIODS TO KEEP INLINE WITH THIS TREND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 73 85 73 86 / 60 70 60 50 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 72 84 72 85 / 60 70 60 50 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 74 91 75 92 / 20 20 20 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 74 86 73 86 / 60 70 60 50 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN EFFECT FROM 4PM TODAY UNTIL 4PM TUESDAY FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST WARNING AREA. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1130 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-081100- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DEWITT- DIMMIT-EDWARDS-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES- KENDALL-KERR-KINNEY-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MAVERICK-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS- UVALDE-VAL VERDE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-ZAVALA- 1130 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH A PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THE CHANCE OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR ONE HALF INCH WILL BE COMMON IN THIS AREA...WITH UP TO ONE INCH IN SPOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SHOWERY WEATHER WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE REGION. THIS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Storms produced general 1 inch rainfall over Lavaca County, with up to 5 inches east of Hallettsville near the Colorado County border. Several roads were closed in the evening due to flash flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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