Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 5, 1993, 9:33 PM CDT for Refugio 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
County Refugio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
01Local 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.
01Special 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.
01Local 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.
01The 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 | Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 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.