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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 22, 1997Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 1997, 2:03 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 1997, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Victoria County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1590 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1997-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 221907
FFWCRP
TXC469-222300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
203 PM CDT THU MAY 22 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...VICTORIA COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING
FROM REFUGIO TO VICTORIA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED FROM ALICE TO BEEVILLE TO KENEDY AND WERE MOVING
TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 1/2 INCHES OR
MORE IN VICTORIA COUNTY DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS...AND WITH
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED...FLASH FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY
THIS AFTERNOON.
 
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...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.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 22, 9:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 9:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
930 AM CDT THU MAY 22 1997

HVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL EXISTS OVER S TX NEXT 36HRS.
WK SFC BNDRY LOCATED FROM ROCKPORT TO SOUTH OF LRD.  DWPTS 75+ SOUTH
OF THE BNDRY WITH NELY WINDS NR 10KTS ON THE NORTH SIDE.  12Z CRP
SOUNDING REVEALED NO CAP AND PWS 1.80 INCHES.  88D ALREADY INDICATING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN JIM WELLS COUNTY MVG N AT 10
MPH.  IR LOOP DEPICTS WK S/W OVHD ENHANCING PRECIP THIS AM.  NEXT
WAVE IS RIGHT ON ITS HEELS IN ERN MX.  NEXT MORE POTENT WAVE CROSSING
CNTRL MX ATTM AND WILL AFFECT OUR CWA LATE THIS EVENING.

HVY RAINS YESTERDAY DROPPED UP TO 2-4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS
OF KLEBERG...REFUGIO...ARANSAS AND CALHOUN CNTYS WITH 2 INCHES OR
MORE POSSIBLE TODAY.  WK SFC BNDRY...MOSTURE AXIS IN PLACE AN SEA
BREEZE WILL PROVIDE PLENTY OF FOCUS.  AM CONSIDERING FFA FOR THE
REGION.  92E PINPOINTS HEAVIEST RAINS OUT WEST WITH UP TO 3.00 INCHES
OF RAIN TODAY.  WILL COORDINATE WITH EWX BEFORE FINAL DECISIONS MADE.

LGT AND VRB WINDS ALG AND S OF BNDRY ATTM WILL BECOME E-SE THIS AFTN
NR COAST.  NE-E NORTH OF BNDRY...LRD AND VCT.  WILL INCREASE POPS FOR
TODAY AND TONIGHT TO 50 6PERCENT WITH LOCALLY HVY RAINFALL.  TEMPS
LOOK FINE.

JM...075

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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.