Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 1992, 7:37 PM CDT for Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 1992, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 1992, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jim Wells County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 2754 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 310037 FFWCRP TXC249-310345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 737 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY ...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE IN ORANGE GROVE... AT 730 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IN THE ORANGE GROVE AREA. REPORTS OF OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. SOME ROADS IN NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY ARE UNDER WATER IN THE ORANGE GROVE AREA. LAW ENFORECMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING. 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 ArREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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, Aug 30, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ040-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 300 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO VICTORIA AND GOLIAD COUNTIES... AT 255 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM VANDERBILT TO SOUTH OF VICTORIA TO RUNGE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON THE VICTORIA AND REFUGIO COUNTY LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN VICTORIA AND XSURROUNDING COUNTIES CAN EXPECT PERIODS BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 01
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 4:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ040-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 410 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COASTAL BEND... AT 405 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BOUNDED BY AN AREA FROM JUST SOUTH OF KENEDY TO ORANGE GROVE AND PORT LAVACA. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS ARE IN GOLIAD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES CAN EXPECT PERI>ODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 5:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ040-042-302330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 525 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ORANGE GROVE... AT 520 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM FLORESVILLE...TO BEEVILLE..TO ALICE THEN NORTHEAST TO AUSTWELL. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR ORANGE GROVE AND EAST OF BEEVILLE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY AND BEE COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. BOATERS AND MARINERS ON LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI OR OTHER INLAND LAKES AND WATERWAYS NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND CONFUSED SEAS ALONG WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ040-042-310020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 623 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY CONTINUES... AT 615 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM FLORESVILLE...TO SKIDMORE...TO MATHIS THEN SOUTH TO FALFURRIAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM REMAINED NEAR THE ORANGE GROVE AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING TO THE NORTH AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN A SLOW DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR...AND THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE AS DAYTIME HEATING DIMINISHES. RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. BOATERS AND MARINERS ON LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI OR OTHER INLAND LAKES AND WATERWAYS NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND CONFUSED SEAS ALONG WITH OTHER THUNDERSTOPRM HAZARDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 40 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.