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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 17, 1997Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 1997, 7:05 PM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 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 17, 1997, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Nueces County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3875 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3875 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 180011 RRA
FFWCRP
TXC355-180100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
705 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997   ...RESEND FOR SMCC

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......

IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

   ...NUECES COUNTY

AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER THE CORPUS CHRISTI METROPOLITAN AREA.
THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

DEADLY LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS
WELL AS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING.

THIS STORM HAS THE HISTORY OF PRODUCING TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL.

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.



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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces55 min
Jun 17, 7:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria76 min
Jun 17, 7:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells65 min
Jun 17, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells65 min
Jun 17, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells90 min
Jun 17, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells90 min
Jun 17, 8:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg62 min
Jun 17, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg62 min
Jun 17, 10:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells119 min
Jun 17, 11:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells2 hr
Jun 18, 1:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPWebb4 hr

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.