1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 22, 10:31 AM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1031 AM CST MON NOV 22 2004 .UPDATE...FOR TORNADO WATCH #879. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT FFA ORIENTATION LEAVING OUT WESTERN COUNTIES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING IN THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE COLD FRONT NEAR GGG-ACT-SJT LINE AND LEADING EDGE OF WARMER AIR INLAND ALONG THE COAST. STORMS ARE FORMING DUE TO LOW LEVEL ISENTROPIC WARMING AND STRONG LIFT IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LOW APPROACHING SLOWLY FROM CA. FF WATCH CONTINUES FOR HILL COUNTRY AND ALONG-EAST OF IH35 CORRIDOR. THERE IS PLENTY OF FUEL TO WORK WITH...PWAT VALUES ARE HIGH...1.3 WEST TO 1.7 EAST. SFC RIDGE IN OK WILL ANCHOR COLD FRONT IN PLACE TODAY...PERHAPS EVEN SHOVE IT A FEW MILES SWD. ISENTROPIC LIFTING WILL PERSIST...WINDS AT/ABOVE 925MB ARE SLY AND WILL REMAIN SO. ALSO...DUE TO COLD TEMPS ALOFT TODAY...H5 VALUES -13 WEST...LAPSE RATES ARE STEEP AND CAPES BY AFTN WILL BE IN 1500 RANGE. MENTIONED BOTH HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE THRU THIS EVENING. EVENT SO FAR BEST HANDLED BY GFS. ETA AGAIN TOO DRY IN SC TX AND SEVERLY UNDERESTIMATING RAINFALL. POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES INTO TUE. SFC LOW WILL FORM BY EARLY TUE IN WRN TX AND BEGIN TO DRAG A DRY LINE ACROSS SC TX IN THE AFTN. THIS COULD ALSO RESULT IN SOME SEVERE STORMS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL. END OF THIS EVENT APPEARS TO BE TUE EVENING...WITH MUCH COLDER AIR MOVING INTO SC TX EARLY WED MORNING. LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE 30S AND 40S BY THU MORNING. APPEARS AT THIS TIME WE WILL BE GETTING A BREAK ON THE RAIN...AT LEAST INTO THE HOLIDAY AND WEEKEND. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH #879 UNTIL 2 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && 03/01
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1250 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-219>225-221914- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DEWITT- EDWARDS-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES- KENDALL-KERR-KINNEY-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS-UVALDE- VAL VERDE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 1250 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM FOR LEE...BURNET... WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...AND BLANCO COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR HAYS...GONZALES... BASTROP...FAYETTE...GUADALUPE...CALDWELL...BEXAR AND COMAL COUNTIES... ...A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH 200 PM... THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER...AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH THE DAY. TRAVEL INTO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNED COUNTIES IS NOT RECOMMENDED AS MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED AND DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY FROM SAN ANTONIO EASTWARD BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND 35 TOWARD HOUSTON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 125 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-219>225-222005- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DEWITT- EDWARDS-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES- KENDALL-KERR-KINNEY-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS-UVALDE- VAL VERDE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 125 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH 200 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GONZALES COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR HAYS...GONZALES... BASTROP...FAYETTE...GUADALUPE...CALDWELL...BEXAR...COMAL...LEE... WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES... ...A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY... THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER...AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH THE DAY. TRAVEL INTO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNED COUNTIES IS NOT RECOMMENDED AS MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED AND DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY FROM SAN ANTONIO EASTWARD TO SAN MARCOS AND LULING BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND 35 TOWARD HOUSTON.
TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-222015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 200 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH 700 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GONZALES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR HAYS...GONZALES... BASTROP...FAYETTE...GUADALUPE...CALDWELL...BEXAR...COMAL...LEE... WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM FOR WILSON COUNTY... ...A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 12 NOON ON TUESDAY... THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER...AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH THE DAY. TRAVEL INTO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNED COUNTIES IS NOT RECOMMENDED AS MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED AND DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY FROM SAN ANTONIO EASTWARD TO SAN MARCOS AND LULING BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND 35 TOWARD HOUSTON.
TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-222115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 250 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH 700 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR HAYS...GONZALES... BASTROP...FAYETTE...GUADALUPE...CALDWELL...BEXAR...COMAL...LEE... WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM FOR WILSON COUNTY... ...A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 12 NOON ON TUESDAY... THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER...AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH THE DAY. TRAVEL INTO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNED COUNTIES IS NOT RECOMMENDED AS MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED AND DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF SAN ANTONIO TOWARD SAN MARCOS AND LULING BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND 35 TOWARD HOUSTON.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
258 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0252 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
11/22/2004 BEXAR TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
65 ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING.
0252 PM FLASH FLOOD AUSTIN 30.31N 97.75W
11/22/2004 TRAVIS TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
AT LEAST 32 ROADS CLOSED IN AUSTIN/TRAVIS COUNTY
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JPBTXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-222145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 310 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH 700 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 300 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR HAYS...GONZALES... BASTROP...FAYETTE...GUADALUPE...CALDWELL...BEXAR...COMAL...LEE... WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM FOR WILSON COUNTY... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR LAVACA COUNTY... ...A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 12 NOON ON TUESDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER...AND FLOODING REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FROM THE WEST...TRAVEL INTO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNED COUNTIES IS NOT RECOMMENDED AS MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED AND DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF SAN ANTONIO TOWARD SEGUIN...SAN MARCOS...LULING AND HALLETTSVILLE BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 AND 35 TOWARD HOUSTON.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Persistent showers and thunderstorms dropped a general 1 inch rain across northeast Lavaca County. Highest totals were between 2 and 3 inches near the Colorado County line. FM532, FM530, and FM2437 were closed briefly due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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