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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 1998, 9:06 AM CDT for Bee County, Live Oak 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
- Sep 11, 1998, 9:06 AM CDT (14:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 1998, 12:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bee County, TX, Live Oak County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:10 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 (KNGP), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 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 111405 FFWCRP TXC025-297-111705- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 906 AM CDT FRI SEP 11 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS NORTHERN BEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 1205 PM CDT * AT 855 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ANAROSE AND LAGARTO TO THREE RIVERS TO PAWNEE. THIS ARE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST. * THE LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED 2 TO 3 INCH AN HOUR RAINFALL RATES. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY 11 AM. HEAVY RAINFALL FALLING WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF LIVE OAK COUNTY AND DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! PFAFF
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 Sep 11, 2:55 AM CDT, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 2:55 AM CDT, 6 hours 11 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 255 AM CDT FRI SEP 11 1998 ASSUMING THE TPC FCST TRACK VERIFIES...EXPECT NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD CONVECTION...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STG GUSTY WINDS...OVR THE CWA TDA. SUGGEST CATEGORICAL POPS OVR THE CWA...EXCEPT MAYBE 60-70% OVR THE WRN CWA. SUGGEST THAT THE ZONES INCLUDE WORDING OF POSSIBLE SEVERE CONVECTION TDA OVER THE CROSSLANDS DUE TO THE TORNADO THREAT OVER THE NW QUADRANT OF THE LOW. SUGGEST THAT THE CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY BE CONTINUED TDA. MAX TEMPS TDA WL AGAIN BELOW NORMAL DUE TO CLDS/RAIN. ELY SFC WINDS WL RESUME AFTER FRANCES MOVES INLAND TDA AND THESE WINDS WL CONTINUE THRU 12Z SAT ANDz RESULTING IN A CONTINUED THREAT FOR COASTAL FLOODING. PRELIMS... CRP TE 082/075 085/076 088 87844 VCT TE 081/074 085/076 089 87944 LRD TE 082/078 087/077 090 87634 NGP TE 080/079 084/078 086 87844 87
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 4:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ243-111800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 420 AM CDT FRI SEP 11 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR THE COUNTIES OF CALHOUN...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...AND REFUGIO... AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR REFUGIO TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH AND THIS MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER OF FRANCES. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES DEVELOPING WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. COLLINS
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 4:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ243-111800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 420 AM CDT FRI SEP 11 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR THE COUNTIES OF CALHOUN...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...AND REFUGIO... AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR REFUGIO TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH AND THIS MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER OF FRANCES. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES DEVELOPING WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. COLLINS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 10:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 11:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.