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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 5, 1993Kleberg County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 5, 1993, 9:33 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 1993, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 1993, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 22 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.9
Supercell composite: 16.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 060235
FFWCRP
TXC273-355-391-409-060530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
933 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...KLEBERG COUNTY...NUECES COUNTY...REFUGIO COUNTY
   ...SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
 
CITY AND SHERIFFS OFFICIALS HAD REPORTED STREET AND ROAD FLOODING IN
REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...AND NUECES COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN OVER THE AREA HAS
CAUSE SOME ROADS CLOSURES. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM
KLEBERG COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD TO SAN ANTONIO BAY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.

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

Local storm report, May 5, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
645 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993

5/5/93   AT 400 PM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED PEA SIZE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
         IN THE WOODHIGH AREA WHICH IS SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF
         VICTORIA.

         AT 444 PM AND 449 PM PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE
         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. ALSO NICKLE SIZE
         HAIL REPORT BY THE PUBLIC AT HIWAY 59 AND BECK
         ROAD.

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Local storm report, May 5, 6:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
645 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993

5/5/93   AT 400 PM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED PEA SIZE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
         IN THE WOODHIGH AREA WHICH IS SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF
         VICTORIA.

         AT 444 PM AND 449 PM PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE
         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. ALSO NICKLE SIZE
         HAIL REPORT BY THE PUBLIC AT HIWAY 59 AND BECK
         ROAD.

01

Special weather statement, May 5, 7:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

TXZ040>042-060130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
722 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS THE COASTAL BEND...

AT 715 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM GEORGE WEST TO ALICE TO ODEM TO
ROCKPORT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MATHIS AND IN
NORTHEASTERN REFUGIO COUNTY NEAR AUSTWELL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...CAUSING LOCALIZED
FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, May 5, 7:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

TXZ040>042-060130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
722 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS THE COASTAL BEND...

AT 715 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM GEORGE WEST TO ALICE TO ODEM TO
ROCKPORT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MATHIS AND IN
NORTHEASTERN REFUGIO COUNTY NEAR AUSTWELL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...CAUSING LOCA2LIZED
FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Local storm report, May 5, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
740 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993

5/5/93   AT 400 PM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED PEA SIZE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
         IN THE WOODHIGH AREA WHICH IS SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF
         VICTORIA.

         AT 444 PM AND 449 PM PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE
         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. ALSO NICKLE SIZE
         HAIL REPORT BY THE PUBLIC AT HIWAY 59 AND BECK
         ROAD.

         AT 715 PM VICTORIA CbOUNTY SHERIFF DEPT. REPORTED
         SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED  AT BLACK BAYOU IN SOUTHERN
         VICTORIA COUNTY NEAR BLOOMINGTON.
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Local storm report, May 5, 7:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
740 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993

5/5/93   AT 400 PM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED PEA SIZE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
         IN THE WOODHIGH AREA WHICH IS SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF
         VICTORIA.

         AT 444 PM AND 449 PM PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE
         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. ALSO NICKLE SIZE
         HAIL REPORT BY THE PUBLIC AT HIWAY 59 AND BECK
         ROAD.

         AT 715 PM VICTORIA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT. REPORTED
         SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED  AT BLACK BAYOU IN SOUTHERN
         VICTORIA COUNTY NEAR BLOOMINGTON.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 9:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Refugio	3 hr

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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.