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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 1997, 11:08 PM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
- Jun 6, 1997, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1997, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 2334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 070408 FFWCRP TXC355-070615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1108 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NUECES COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED OVER THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIST. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS NOTED FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE NAVAL AIR STATION SOUTH INTO THE SOUTH SIDE OF CORPUS CHRISTI. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS HIGHLY LIKELY WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. FLOODING ON THE ACCESS ROADS ON SPID IS LIKELY AS WELL AS CREEKS... STREAMS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI UNTIL 1 AM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOG0NIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGH GROUND. 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.
NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 6, 8:08 PM CDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 8:08 PM CDT, 3 hours before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 808 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 1997 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SLOWLY MOVING EAST. WILL NEED TO INCREASE POPS CRP AND VCT AREAS AND INCLUDE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. 00Z CRP SOUNDING UNSTABLE WITH CAPE OF 3000... LI OF -6 AND A PWS OF NEAR 2.00 INCHES. EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE MARCHING EASTWARD HOWEVER WITH THE LACK OF DAY TIME HEATING STORMS WILL SLOWLY BEING TO DIE DOWN. UPPER LOW IN THE S.W. U.S. WILL SEND DISTURBANCES INTO TEXAS AND WILL NEED TO KEEP POPS ONGOING THROUGH OUT THE WEEKEND. CHANGES NEEDED IN THE ZONES TONIGHT... VCT AND CRP...60 POPS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOW...NEAR 70 INLAND TO THE LOW 70S COAST. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10...HIGHER NEAR STORMS. LRD...DROP SVR WATCH. POPS 40 PERCENT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOW...NEAR 70. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. LUNA...0074
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ229-230-239-070215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 832 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR LASALLE...MCMULLEN AND WEBB COUNTIES... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY. THE MAJOR THREAT FROM THE STORMS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LUNA
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ229-230-239-070215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 832 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR LASALLE...MCMULLEN AND WEBB COUNTIES... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY. THE MAJOR THREAT FROM THE STORMS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LUNA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.