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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 18, 1997, 1:44 PM CST for Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
- Mar 18, 1997, 1:44 PM CST (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 1997, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Goliad County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 181947 FFWCRP TXC057-175-391-469-182245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 144 PM CST TUE MAR 18 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...CALHOUN COUNTY...GOLIAD COUNTY...REFUGIO COUNTY ...VICTORIA COUNTY THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES IS NOW EXTENDED UNTIL 500 PM AND NOW INCLUDES REFUGIO AND CALHOUN COUNTIES. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FROM WOODSBORO TO MCFADDIN TO VICTORIA TO MORALES. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ALMOST 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN VICTORIA DURING THE PAST HOUR...OVER 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN REFUGIO. THE REFUGIO COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN REFUGIO. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE MOVING INTO CALHOUN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. 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 Mar 18, 9:41 AM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 9:41 AM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 935 AM CST TUE MAR 18 1997 DISCUSSION...SFC ANALYSIS DEPICTS LOW PRESSURE WAVE NEAR TUL WITH FRNTL SYSTEM XTNDG SWWD ALONG AN SPS-MAF AXIS ATTM WITH CAA CONCENTRATED ACROSS THE PANHANDLE. STREAMLINE ANALYSIS REVEALS A TROF FROM LRD-COT-SAT WITH KCRP-88D REF DATA INDICATING SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY FROM N OF LRD-COT. CURRENT FCST IS ON TRACK WITH NO AMENDMENTS ATTM. S/W TO THE N WL BE APCHG THE FA WED AFTN/EVE...HOWEVER POST FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT ILLUSTRATES A DRY AIRMASS AS ADVERTISED IN THE WED FCST WITH DWPT VALUES DECREASING INTO THE 30S. BML...76
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 11:39 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ232-233-234-247-181945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1139 AM CST TUE MAR 18 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS VICTORIA COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SKIDMORE TO BEEVILLE TO KARNES CITY. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO VICTORIA COUNTY BY 100 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL... AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE RAINFALL OF THE PAST FEW DAYS...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN VICTORIA COUNTY AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 11:42 AM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ232-233-234-247-181945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1139 AM CST TUE MAR 18 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS VICTORIA COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SKIDMORE TO BEEVILLE TO KARNES CITY. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO VICTORIA COUNTY BY 100 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL... AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE RAINFALL OF THE PAST FEW DAYS...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN VICTORIA COUNTY AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 12:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Refugio | 69 min |
| Mar 18, 12:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 1:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 5:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.