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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 11, 1997Jim Wells County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 11, 1997, 10:16 AM CDT for Jim Wells 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 11, 1997, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
Expired: Oct 11, 1997, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Jim Wells County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 74 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 915 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 111518
FFWCRP
TXC249-111915-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1016 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...JIM WELLS COUNTY
 
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RUN-OFF AND SWOLLEN CREEKS LOCALLY IN THE ALICE
AREA IS CAUSING FLOODING ALONG THE STREAMS AND CREEKS...PARTICULARLY
LATTAS CREEK IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF ALICE. THERE WERE REPORTS
OF FLOODING OVER HIGHWAY 44. NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINS AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE 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 Oct 11, 9:50 AM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 9:50 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TRANSMIT TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
950 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 1997

KCRP 88D BASE REF EARLIER DISPLAYED A LINE OF -SHRA FM OAKVILLE TO
EDROY MVNG N AT 20 MPH...BUT THIS LINE HAD ALREADY DSIPTD. SOUNDING
DATA REVEALS DEEP UNI-DIRECTIONAL SLY FLOW PERSISTING FM THE SFC TO
NEAR 30K FT...WHILE THE H7 WINDS HV STRENGTHENED FM 5-10 KTS 24H AGO
TO 25 KTS AS OF 12Z THIS AM AHEAD OF HI AMPLITUDE WRN US UPR TROF.
THE SUBTLE AND PERSISTENT LLVL CONVERGENT ZONE THAT HAD BEEN DEPICTED
IN ADAP GRAPHICS ALONG THE CRP CWA THE LAST TWO DAYS HAD FINALLY
WASHED OUT. FEELING IS THAT IN THE SHORT TERM THE PRIMARY THREAT OF
RAFL WL BE FOCUSED N OF THE CRP CWA...HOWEVER AS THE PRES GRADIENT
AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING CF RELAXES TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL HVY RAFL IS
ONCE AGAIN LKLY.

DO XPCT DVLPMNT OF WIDELY SCT-SCT SHRA AND A FEW TSRA GIVEN THE +1700
J/KG-1 CAPES...LI -3C AND K INDEX OF 27...BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT OF
THE PAST TWO DAYS GIVEN THE LOWERING OF PWS (2.06 INCHES) AND
SIGNIFICANT INCR IN THE STEERING WIND COMPONENT. WL LOWER 1ST PERIOD
POPS ACROSS ALL OF THE FA. HOWEVER...WL KP FFA POSTED DUE XPCTD RAFL
TONIGHT AND MON AM. GRIDDED ETA DATA NOTES THAT FROPA WL ACCOMPANIED
BY SIGNIFICANT WINDS...POSSIBLY GALE CONDS OFFSHORE OR AT LEAST WINDS
GUSTING TO GALE LVLS.

WV IMAGERY NOTES THE INTACT PLUME OF MOISTURE FM THE SW MEXICAN PAC
COAST INTO THE ERN HALF OF TX. MOISTURE AVAILABILITY WL NOT BE A
PROBLEM AHEAD AND ALONG FNT. ETA TIME SXTN SHOW THAT A PERIOD OF OVR-
RUNNING IS LKLY FOLLOWING FROPA GIVEN THE SW WINDS ALF...HI RHS
DEPICTED AND PRESENCE OF DECENT UVVS. SEE NO NEED TO DEVIATE THE
TIMING OF THE FROPA FM THE MANUAL PROGS WHICH ARE CLOSELY IN LINE
WITH THE ETAS SCENARIO...APPROACHING THE NW PRTNS OF THE FA AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH THE CRP AREA AROUND SUNRISE ON MONDAY.

AS FOR THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH/WARNINGS...AFTER RECEIVING ADDITIONAL
REPORTS FM ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS...IT IS FELT A COASTAL FLOOD
WATCH OR WARNING IS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR THE CRP CWA. VEERING WINDS
TO A MORE SLY DIRECTION WL NOT LEAD TO ANYMORE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL
FLOODING. WUD PREFER TO DROP THE WARNING ALTOGETHER AND ISSUE A MWS
FOR MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS AT THE TIMES OF
HIGH TIDE. OFFSHORE WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WL CLEAN UP
THE WHOLE SITUATION ALTOGETHER...BUT WL IMPOSE VERY ROUGH SEAS
OFFSHORE.

ALSO...A WIND ADVSRY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES IF ENUF
LLVL MOMENTUM CAN BE MIXED DOWNWARD LATER TODAY...FOR NOW WL NUDGE UP
WINDS TO 20 TO 25 AND GUSTY FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

MARINE INFO...
OIL RIG 8 NM E OF PORT OCONNOR REPORTED...WIND SE 20 TO 30 MPH...
SEAS 8-10 FT.
MATAGORDA HARBOR PILOT REPORTED 12 NM OFFSHORE FM PORT OCONNOR...SE
WIND 20 TO 25 MPH...SEAS 6 TO 12 FT.

1ST PERIOD UPDATE REQUESTS...

CRP...PARTLY TO M/C...40% SHRA/TSRA. (NO MENTION OF ADDITIONAL
FLOODING) HIGHS FM THE MID 80S COAST TO THE UPR 80S INLAND. S & SE
WIND 20-25 MPH AND GUSTY. CAUTION ADVISED ON AREA LAKES.

VCT...M/C...50% SHRA/TSRA. (NO MENTION OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING).
S & SE WIND 15-25 MPH AND GUSTY. CAUTION ADVISED ON AREA LAKES.

LRD...PARTLY TO M/C...30% SHRA/TSRA. S & SE WIND 15-20 MPH AND GUSTY.

SRP...77

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 11, 4:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
445 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

230 AM     CORPUS CHRISTI       TX   FLOODING
10/10/97   NUECES                    S STAPLES ST/FM 2444 AT OSO CREEK
                                     BRIDGE.

430 AM     5 SW BISHOP          TX   FLOODING
10/10/97   KLEBERG                   US HIGHWAY 77 NEAR KLEBERG-NUECES
                                     COUNTY LINE.

Local storm report, Oct 11, 8:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
825 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

230 AM     CORPUS CHRISTI       TX   FLOODING
10/10/97   NUECES                    S STAPLES ST/FM 2444 AT OSO
                                     CREEK BRIDGE.

430 AM     5 SW BISHOP          TX   FLOODING
10/10/97   KLEBERG                   US HIGHWAY 77 NEAR KLEBERG-
                                     NUECES COUNTY LINE.

650 AM     10 W ALICE           TX   FLOODING
           JIM WELLS                 HIGHWAY 44 AT FM 625 FLOODED.

700 AM     5 E SAN DIEGO        TX   FLOODING
           JIM WELLS                 COUNTY ROAD 147 CLOSED.
710 AM     4 SE SAN DIEGO       TX   FLOODING
           JIM WELLS                 COUNTY ROAD 154 CLOSED.

710 AM     5 NE SAN DIEGO       TX   FLOODING
           JIM WELLS                 COUNTY ROAD 170 CLOSED.

740 AM     4 N KINGSVILLE       TX   FLOODING
           KLEBERG                   US HIGHWAY 77 BY-PASS HAS
                                     3 INCHES OF WATER OVER ROAD.

740 AM     8 E RIVIERA          TrX   FLOODING
           KLEBERG                   FM 1546 AND FM 628 CLOSED.

820 AM     2 N BISHOP           TX   FLOODING
           NUECES                    FM 70 FLOODED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 11, 1:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	4 hr
Oct 11, 2:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg	4 hr
Oct 11, 5:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	3 hr
Oct 11, 6:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas	3 hr
Oct 11, 7:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	4 hr
Oct 11, 8:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	San Patricio	3 hr
Oct 11, 9:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas	3 hr
Oct 11, 11:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	4 hr
Oct 11, 11:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	4 hr
Oct 11, 11:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg	4 hr
Oct 11, 12:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Refugio	4 hr
Oct 11, 12:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun	4 hr
Oct 11, 1:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad	4 hr
Oct 11, 2:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	4 hr
Oct 11, 2:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Live Oak	4 hr
Oct 11, 2:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	4 hr
Oct 11, 2:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg	4 hr
Oct 11, 5:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad, Refugio	4 hr

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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.