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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 10, 1997Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 1997, 1:56 AM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
Oct 10, 1997, 1:56 AM CDT (06:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 1997, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
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, 6.9 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 1997-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1034 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1997-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1034 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 100658
FFWCRP
TXC355-101100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
156 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...NUECES COUNTY
 
AT 155 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI EXTENDING TO THE
SOUTHEAST ACROSS FLOUR BLUFF...PADRE ISLAND TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF PORT ARANSAS.  MOVEMENT OF THE AREA IS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15
MPH.  THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING REPEATED ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NUECES COUNTY DURING
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED.
 
THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOODING
SINCE THE GROUND IS COMPLETELY SATURATED FROM VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
ON THURSDAY.  MAJOR FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING
AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  TRAVEL IS
DISCOURAGED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  THIS IS AN EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER I0NFORMATION.

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 Oct 9, 11:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 11:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1145 PM CDT THU OCT 9 1997

STRONG PERISTENT E WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING OVER 30 KNOTS FOR THE
PAST FEW HRS.  HV DECIDED TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR REST OF TONIGHT
FOR IMMEDIATE COASTAL COUNTIES...ARANSAS...CALHOUN...SAN PATRICIO AND
NUECES.

AP...72

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 2:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPSan Patricio2 hr
Oct 10, 4:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas3 hr
Oct 10, 5:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio4 hr
Oct 10, 5:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPRefugio4 hr
Oct 10, 6:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg3 hr
Oct 10, 7:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee4 hr
Oct 10, 8:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak4 hr
Oct 10, 9:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio4 hr
Oct 10, 11:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Live Oak4 hr
Oct 10, 12:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio4 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.