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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1987, 10:19 PM CDT for Bee County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1987, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1987, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bee County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1686 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCRP 010319
FFWCRP
TXC025-409-010515-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1019 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...BEE...SAN PATRICIO
RADAR SHOWED MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUED IN SAN PATRICIO AND BEE
COUNTIES. BEEVILLE POLICE REPORTED SEVERAL HIGHWAYS AND COUNTY ROADS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AND MATHIS POLICE REPORTED FLOODING ON LOCAL
STREETS. RAINFALL WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 15 MPH BUT WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL BEND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 520 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH TEXAS... THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN GOLIAD...DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES.THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST 15 TO 20 MPH. AT THIS TIME THE VICTORIA WEATHER OFFICE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THESE COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 640 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH TEXAS... THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS HAVE MOVED INTO DEWITT COUNTY.AT 635 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUERO AND ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF YORKTOWN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND FLOODING TO FLOOD PRONE AREAS AT THIS TIME THE VICTORIA WEATHER OFFICE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THIS OR ANY OTHER COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAAl WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 805 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH TEXAS... THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS HAVE MOVED INTO GOLIAD..DEWITT.. AND LAVACA COUNTIES. AT 800 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SOME HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GOLIAD AND CUERO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABOUT TO ENTER VICTORIA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND FLOODING TO FLOOD PRONE AREAS. AT THIS TIME THE VICTORIA WEATHER OFFICE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THIS OR ANY OTHER COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 31, 9:49 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 945 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH TEXAS... RAINSHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE 0CCURING AROUND VICTORIA AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. AT 940 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SOME HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GOLIAD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NEAR 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND FLOODING TO FLOOD PRONE AREAS. AT THIS TIME THE VICTORIA WEATHER OFFICE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THIS OR ANY OTHER COUNTIES. OTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WAaRRANT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 55 min |
| May 31, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, San Patricio | 56 min |
| May 31, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, San Patricio | 56 min |
| May 31, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 56 min |
| May 31, 9:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 64 min |
| May 31, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, San Patricio | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 12:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, San Patricio | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1987Every flash flood warning in 1987
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.