Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1997, 12:36 AM CDT for Nueces County, San Patricio 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
- Jun 22, 1997, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1997, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 2132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 220539 FFWCRP TXC355-409-220830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1236 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHWESTERN NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY AT 1235 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHWEST NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY FROM BANQUETE TO CALALLEN TO SINTON TO REFUGIO. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. NUECES COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED COUNTY ROADS 666...624 AND 70 WERE COVERED BUT NOT CLOSED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE 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 21, 7:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
750 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
DISCUSSION...STREAMLINE ANALYSIS DEPICTS STRONG SELY INFLOW INTO THE
CWA WHERE SFC MOISTURE CNVGNC AXIS XTNDS FROM W-E ALONG A LRD-ALI-CRP
LINE ATTM. SVR CELLS TRANSLATING SWD FROM MCMULLEN COUNTY WITH
VIL OF 70 KG/M2 AND 1-HR PCPN TOTALS OF 3.8 INCHES. LSRCRP REFLECTS
THE STORM DATA REPORTS ACROSS THE REGION.
CELL PROPAGATION IS DRFTG SWD TOWARD THE MOISTURE CNVGNC. FLASH
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. SFC GRADIENT HAS RELAXED ACROSS
THE FA BLO WIND ADVSY CRITERIA AND WL LET EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE. WL
NEED TO REMOVE MENTION OF ADVSY FROM THE ZFP FOR THE CRP CWA.
VIS SATELLITE IMAGERY ILLUSTRATES LLVL BNDRY XTNDG INTO THE WRN
CWA ATTM WHERE CELLULAR DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED. VWP INDICATES 40KT
LLVL JET AT 2K FT AND EXPECT THIS FEATURE TO INCREASE TO 50KT
OVERNIGHT WHERE THETA-E WARMING WL FOCUS ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH SUNDnAY AS FCST BY ETA.
BML...76In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 21, 7:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
700 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM 10 N GOLIAD TX FLOODING
06/21/97 GOLIAD SHERIFF REPORT OF NUMEROUS
ROADWAYS UNDER WATER ALONG
U.S. HIGHWAY 183 NORTH.
0438 PM 2 N VICTORIA TX FLOODING
06/21/97 VICTORIA SHERIFF REPORT OF NUMEROUS
ROADWAYS UNDER WATER ALONG
U.S. HIGHWAY 77 NORTH WHERE
OFFICERS HAVE CLOSED ROADS.
0527 PM 6 N THREE RIVERS TX FLOODING
06/21/97 LIVE OAK SHERIFF REPORT OF FLOODING
ALONG HIGHWAY 281 PARALLEL
TO INTERSTATE 37.
LAMARRELocal storm report, Jun 21, 7:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
700 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM 10 N GOLIAD TX FLOODING
06/21/97 GOLIAD SHERIFF REPORT OF NUMEROUS
ROADWAYS UNDER WATER ALONG
U.S. HIGHWAY 183 NORTH.
0438 PM 2 N VICTORIA TX FLOODING
06/21/97 VICTORIA SHERIFF REPORT OF NUMEROUS
ROADWAYS UNDER WATER ALONG
U.S. HIGHWAY 77 NORTH WHERE
OFFICERS HAVE CLOSED ROADS.
0527 PM 6 N THREE RIVERS TX FLOODING
06/21/97 LIVE OAK SHERIFF REPORT OF FLOODING
ALXONG HIGHWAY 281 PARALLEL
TO INTERSTATE 37.
LAMARRELocal storm report, Jun 21, 7:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
730 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0654 PM 6 S THREE RIVERS TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/21/97 LIVE OAK SHERIFF REPORT OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WIND WHILE ON
APPROACH TO GEORGE WEST TO
INVESTIGATE A TORNADO
REPORT AND WAS FORCED TO
RETURN AWAY FROM THE STORM
DUE TO THE WIND.
0715 PM 14 S TILDEN TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/21/97 MCMULLEN NWS SPOTTER REPORT OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND
WITH NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
OVER.
LAMARRELocal storm report, Jun 21, 7:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
730 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0654 PM 6 S THREE RIVERS TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/21/97 LIVE OAK SHERIFF REPORT OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WIND WHILE ON
APPROACH TO GEORGE WEST TO
INVESTIGATE A TORNADO
REPORT AND WAS FORCED TO
RETURN AWAY FROM THE STORM
DUE TO THE WIND.
0715 PM 14 S TILDEN TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/21/97 MCMULLEN NWS SPOTTER REPORT OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND
WITH NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
OVER.
LAMARREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 7:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 70 min |
| Jun 21, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 69 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
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.