Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 1990, 2:43 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1990, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1990, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bee 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 2457 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 161944 FFWCRP TXC025-162245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 243 PM CDT MON JUL 16 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BEE COUNTY ...NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN BEE COUNTY NEAR BEEVILLE... AT 235 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CORPUS CHRISTI WAS INDICATING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEEVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED VERY LIITLE IN THE PAST HOUR AND RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN HEAVY...APPROACHING 3 INCHES. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN BEEVILLE REPORTED WATER OVER BUSINESS 181 NORTH 2-3 MILES OUT OF THE CITY LIMITS. OTHER ROADWAYS IN THE AREA WILL LIKELY HAVE STANDING WATER. 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 ATTE?MPT 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, Jul 16, 1:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ040-042-041-161945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 139 PM CDT MON JUL 16 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEEVILLE... AT 135 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CORPUS CHRISTI WAS INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SAN ANTONIO TO HOUSTON TO 160 MILES EAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI THEN SOUTH TO NEAR BROWNSVILLE THEN WEST TO THE MEXICAN BOARDER. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEEVILLE. OTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM NORTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY TO REFUGIO COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. ALL MARINE INTEREST ON LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE COASTAL WATERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH TEXAS...LIVE OAK...BEE...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...NUECES...NORTHERN DUVAL AND NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:45 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
TXZ040-042-041-161945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 139 PM CDT MON JUL 16 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEEVILLE... AT 135 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CORPUS CHRISTI WAS INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SAN ANTONIO TO HOUSTON TO 160 MILES EAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI THEN SOUTH TO NEAR BROWNSVILLE THEN WEST TO THE MEXICAN BOARDER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEEVILLE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM NORTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY TO REFUGIO COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. ALL MARINE IN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 61 min |
Nearby
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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.