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 Oct 6, 1:36 AM CST, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 235 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004 .DISCUSSION... HEAVY RAIN THREAT CONTINUES TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. TWO FEATURES WILL IMPACT THE CWFA TODAY. THE FIRST FEATURE IS A SQUALL LINE ASSOCIATED WITH AN MCS LOCATED ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THIS SYSTEM WAS MOVING ESE AT 30 TO 40 MPH. IF THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES AT ITS PRESENT SPEED AND DIRECTION...IT WILL ENTER THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY LATER THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE MCS MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE SECOND FEATURE IS SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL BEND BETWEEN CORPUS CHRISTI AND BEEVILLE EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO THE GULF. THESE STORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE VICINITY OF A STATIONARY FRONT AND WERE MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE SE COUNTIES OF THE CWFA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. THE INTERSECTION OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL TRIGGER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE CWFA TODAY. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TONIGHT. HOWEVER ANOTHER WEST TEXAS MCS IS POSSIBLE WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION REACHING THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES BY THURSDAY MORNING. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE TEXAS COAST ON THURSDAY AS A SFC WAVE DEVELOPS. THIS WAVE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE TEXAS COAST TOWARDS HOUSTON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. HEAVY RAINS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THE WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED AND/OR RECONFIGURED LATER TODAY. THE UPPER LOW LOCATED OVER COLORADO...WHICH SPAWNED THE WEST TEXAS MCS...WILL SHEAR OUT TO THE NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY BRINGING AN END TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT. ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS A WEAKNESS ALOFT REMAINS OVER TEXAS. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP OVER TEXAS ON SUNDAY AND STRENGTHEN MONDAY AND TUESDAY BRINGING A DRY SPELL TO THE CWFA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 78 67 77 65 / 60 40 70 50 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 77 65 78 64 / 60 40 70 50 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 80 69 80 68 / 60 40 60 30 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 79 68 78 67 / 60 40 70 50 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 4 PM. && 13/04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 643 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071100- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DE WITT- 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- 643 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING EAST WILL INTERACT WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVING NORTH TO GENERATE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL SERVE TO FOCUS AND ENHANCE RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THEN SHIFT ON FRIDAY TO EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AS THE DISTURBANCES AND MOISTURE SHIFT EAST. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Val Verde County Sheriff's Department reported that heavy rain during the early morning had caused flash flooding that closed FM163 between Juno and Comstock. Rain totals between the two towns were generally from 1 to 2 inches, with spots of up to 4 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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