Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Jun 17, 1997, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 1997, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Jim Wells County, TX

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 180026
FFWCRP
TXC249-180130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
725 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED FROM ORANGE GROVE TO SANDIA. THE STORM
IS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
 
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS WELL AS
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS LEADING TO FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADWAYS.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THRpEATENING RAINS.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 17, 2:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
240 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997

VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH MODIFIED SOUNDING PRODUCING A CAPE OF
NEAR 6500...LI OF -12 AND CAP OF 1.0. THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL
KEEP TSRA GOING WELL INTO TONIGHT.  TSRA WILL SLIDE INTO THE VCT
AREA BY 4 PM AND CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTHWARD HOWEVER AT THE SAME
TIME OTHER SCATTERED STRONG TSRA WILL BUILD FURTHER TO THE WEST.
WITH THIS TYPE UNSTABLE ENVIROMENT..SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ALONG
WITH FLASH FLOODING FOR VCT ZONES SO WILL KEEP WATCH UP TONIGHT.
AFTER TONIGHT MAIN UPPER LOW PUSHES NORTHEAST TO THE OHIO VALLEY
HOWEVER WEAK SFC TROUGH REMAINS IN THE AREA ALONG WITH MESOSCALE
BOUNDRIES FROM TODAYS STORMS...WILL NEED TO KEEP LOW POPS IN THE
ZONES THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

DUE TO THE HIGH TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS...HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH TEXAS.

ZONES...
VCT  076/094 077/095  4322
CRP  076/095 076/095 3222  NGP  080/090 080/090  UPPER 90S INLAND
A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE
LRD  077/101 077/101 3121  SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE

LUNA...0074

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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