Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 1997, 11:15 AM CDT for Bee County, Live Oak 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, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 1997, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bee County, TX, Live Oak County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 952 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 101617 FFWCRP TXC025-297-102000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1115 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BEE COUNTY...LIVE OAK COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THE CONTINUOUS STREAM OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LIVE OAK AND BEE COUNTIES. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS SHOW THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 37 AND 181. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING. 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 ALONGF STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. HIGHWAYS 281 AND 534 WILL BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. ALSO, PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 351 AROUND BEEVILLE ARE CLOSED.
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 10, 9:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 9:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 930 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 1997 WILL CONTINUE THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING THRU THIS AFTN. WILL EXPAND THE FFA TO INCLUDE TWO ADDITIONAL WRN COUNTIES...DUVAL AND MCMULLEN. THE TWO FAR WRN ZONES OF WEBB AND LASALLE SHOULD JUST MISS THE HVY RAINS AND WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE WATCH. WILL ADJUST WINDS IN CRP AND VCT ZONES TO BECMG SE 15-25 MPH AND GUSTY WITH CAUTION. MODELS MOVE THE LOW IN THE VALLEY NWWD TDY PUSHING HVY RAINS A LITTLE FURTHER WEST WHILE A 35-45KT LOW LVL JET PUMPS COPIOUS AMTS OF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. THE HVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO TNGT ENHANCED BY DISTURBANCES MOVG IN FROM MX. AFTER SPEAKING WITH 3 OFFSHORE OIL RIGS AND THE COASTAL COUNTIES...WILL CONTINUE CFW FOR THE MID COAST. WATER IS RUNNING 2.50-3.00 FT ABV NORMAL CAUSING EXTENSIVE FLOODING TO BEACHES ALG BARRIER ISLANDS. PT ARANSAS COAST GUARD REPORTS 10-12FT SEAS IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS. OIL RIG 10-15 MILES FROM RKP REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS 25-30KTS WITH GUSTS TO 40KTS AND 10-12FT SEAS. THE OBSERVER WAS ON THE RIG SINCE MIDNIGHT AND SAID THEIR SATELLITE DISH WAS BLOWN OFF AMONG OTHER THINGS DURING THE NIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS IN THE CWF SHOULD BE INCREASED UPWARD. POPS AND TEMPS LOOK GOOD. WILL GROUP DUVAL AND MCMULLEN ZONES WITH THE CRP ZONES AND LEAVE WEBB AND LASALLE UNCHANGED. JM...075
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 10, 9:15 AM CDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
915 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 AM ROCKPORT TX FLOODING
10/10/97 ARANSAS MANY ROADS IN ROCKPORT
AND FULTON AREA FLOODED.
FULTON BEACH ROAD
IMPASSABLE. SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORT.
0630 AM WOODSBORO TX FLOODING
10/10/97 REFUGIO ROADS FLOODED. HIGHWAY 136
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
DPS REPORT.
0710 AM KINGSVILLE TX FLOODING
10/10/97 KLEBERG CORRAL STREET FLOODED 2.5
TO 3 FEET DEEP. 14TH ST
AT 5 POINTS HAD WATER INTO
HOMES. KING ST FLOODED 2
TO 3 FEET DEEP. POLICE DEPT
REPORT.
0722 AM ALICE TX FLOODING
10/10/97 JIM WELLS THIRD STREET...DUVAL STREET
AND GOLIAD STREET CLOSED.
POLICE DEPT REPORT.
0800 AM BEEVILLE TX FLOODING
10/10/97 BEE MANY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER. CARS
UNDERWATER. POLICE DEPT
REPORT.
0800 AM 10 NW ROBSTOWN TX FLOODING
10/10/97 NUECES FARM ROAD 624 CLOSED.
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORT.
0830 AM SINTON TX FLOODING
10/10/97 SAN PATRICIO SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED...
INCLUDING COUNTY ROAD 244
AT HIGHWAY 77...COUNTY ROAD
1944 AT COUNTY ROAD 2046...
COUNTY ROAD 3089.
LENZ/JACOBSONLocal storm report, Oct 10, 9:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
915 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 AM ROCKPORT TX FLOODING
10/10/97 ARANSAS MANY ROADS IN ROCKPORT
AND FULTON AREA FLOODED.
FULTON BEACH ROAD
IMPASSABLE. SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORT.
0630 AM WOODSBORO TX FLOODING
10/10/97 REFUGIO ROADS FLOODED. HIGHWAY 136
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
DPS REPORT.
0710 AM KINGSVILLE TX FLOODING
10/10/97 KLEBERG CORRAL STREET FLOODED 2.5
TO 3 FEET DEEP. 14TH ST
AT 5 POINTS HAD WATER INTO
HOMES. KING ST FLOODED 2
TO 3 FEET DEEP. POLICE DEPT
REPORT.
0722 AM ALICE TX FLOODING
10/10/97 JIM WELLS THIRD STREET...DUVAL STREET
AND GOLIAD STREET CLOSED.
POLICE DEPT REPORT.
0800 AM BEEVILLE TX FLOODING
10/10/97 BEE MANY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER. CARS
UNDERWATER. POLICE DEPT
REPORT.
0800 AM 10 NW ROBSTOWN TX FLOODING
10/10/97 NUECES FARM ROAD 624 CLOSED.
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORT.
0830 AM SINTON TX FLOODING
10/10/97 SAN PATRICIO SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED...
INCLUDING COUNTY ROAD 244
AT HIGHWAY 77...COUNTY ROAD
1944 AT COUNTY ROAD 2046...
COUNTY ROAD 3089.
LENZ/JACOBSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 1:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 4 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 2 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 5:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 4 hr |
| Oct 10, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio | 4 hr |
| Oct 10, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 7:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 4 hr |
| Oct 10, 8:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 4 hr |
| Oct 10, 9:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 4 hr |
| Oct 10, 12:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 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.