Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

May 18, 1992, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)

Expired

May 18, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX

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TTAA00 KCRP 182127
FFWCRP
TXC273-355-190030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
426 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...WESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY...WESTERN NUECES COUNTY
 
AT 417 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM BEEVILLE EXTENDING
SOUTH TO ALICE AND KINGSVILLE TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF BAFFIN BAY. THE
AREA WAS MOVING NORTH AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALLS TOTALS HAVE
EXCEEDED 3 INCHES IN SOME AREAS OF WESTERN NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES
THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS UP TO
2 MORE INCHES IS POSSIBLE. THE BISHOP CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORTED
FLOODING WIDESPREAD IN BISHOP IN SOUTHWEST NUECES COUNTY. DPS REPORTED
FM 2045 CLOSED IN KLEBERG COUNTY. MANY FARM TO MARKET ROADS IN WESTERN
NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES ARE REPORTED WATER COVERED.
 
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...O
R 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.

In the hours before

TXZ040-049-182050-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
155 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 150 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED A NARROW AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF CUERO TO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH
OF GOLIAD.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING EAST OF HALLETSVILLE.
MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS
AFTERNOON AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED.  THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING
LOCALIZED FLOODING...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUHSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
230 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1992

DATE TIME

18   104 PM CDT  SAN PATRICIO CO - SHERIFF'S DEPT. REPORTED
                 FUNNEL CLOUD 4E OF ODEM.
     107 PM CDT  SAN PATRICIO CO - SHERIFF'S DEPT. REPORTED FUNNEL
                 CLOUD TOUCHDOWN 4E OF ODEM.
     120 PM CDT  SAN PATRICIO CO - SHERIFF'S DEPT REPORTED CORN FIELDS
                 BEING TORN UP.
     130 PM CDT  SAN PATRICIO CO - SHERIFF'S DEPT AND CP+L REPORTED
                 POWER LINES DOWNED SOUTH OF ODEM.
     145 PM CDT  SAN PATRICIO SO - SHERIFF'S DEPT REPORTED TORNADO
                 DISSIPATED INTO CLOUD JUST SOUTH OF ODEM.
                 SOUTH-SIDE.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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