Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 1998, 7:51 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Refugio 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 16, 1998, 7:51 AM CDT (12:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 1998, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, TX, Refugio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 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 161251 FFWCRP TXC057-391-161600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 751 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... REFUGIO IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS CALHOUN IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 1100 AM CDT * AT AT 745 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM REFUGIO TO PORT LAVACA...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. ADDITONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING IN THE COASTAL WATERS WHICH WILL AFFECT THIS SAME AREA THROUGH 11AM. * VERY HEAVY RAINS PRODUCING 2 TO 3 INCHES IN TWO HOURS TIME OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW ROADWAYS. REFUGIO COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 629. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOhT PLAY IN DRAINAGE BASINS. JM
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 16, 2:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 2:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 240 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1998 SHORT TERM... KCRP NEXRAD LOOP WAS SHOWING WIDELY SCT SHOWERS OVER INLAND ZONES THIS HOUR WITH MORE CONCENTRATED RAINS OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM BRO NWD TO HOU. THESE RAINS ARE IN ASSOC WITH A FAIRLY POTENT TPCL WV MVG STEADILY WEST ACROSS THE WRN GULF. AS BEST AS I CAN TELL...THE WV AXIS IS ALONG A LINE FROM NR FREEPORT-BOY002. A DRIER MORE SUBSIDENT AMS CAN BE SEEN TO THE EAST OF THIS AXIS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF BPT. THE MODELS TRY AND PUSH THIS DRY STABLE AMS ALL THE WAY THRU THE COASTAL BEND TDY. HOWEVER THIS QUICK WLY MVMT IS A RESULT OF AN OVER INTENSIFICATION OF DVLPG WV IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL GULF...THE MODELS (ESP ETA) ARE JUST TOO FAST. LONG TERM... SLOWLY DOWN THE MODELS ABOUT 6 HOURS RESULTS IN POTENTIAL FOR MORE HVY RAINS OVER THE COASTAL BEND AND CROSSROADS AREA TDY. ATMOS IS STILL VERY MOIST WITH PWS OSCILLATING FROM 2.00 TO 2.30 INCHES FROM 12Z-00Z RESPECTIVELY. MEAN FLOW IS RATHER WEAK AND A SLOW SWLY CELL MVMT MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. ALOFT...H2 JET STREAK CAN BE SEEN ON WV LOOP DIGGING INTO WEST TX NEAR DRT. THIS UPR TROF AND DIFL REGION WILL AGAIN ENHANCE PRECIP TDY ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TROF AXIS WHICH SHOULD LINE UP OVER THE CENTER OF OUR CWA THIS AFTN. ALL THIS BEING SAID...WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH UP FOR TDY EAST OF A BEEVILLE-RKP LINE. ERN ZONES PICKED UP BETWEEN 1.00 AND 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN YSTDY AFTN-EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 2-3 INCHES ARE PSBL TDY. FFG IS VERY LOW (1-1.5 INCHES/3HRS) ACROSS OUR ERN ZONES WHERE THE WATCH WILL REMAIN IN AFFECT. WRN ZONES ARE STILL FAIRLY DRY BUT ARE SLOWLY MOISTENING UP. DRIER AMS SHOULD FINALLY PUSH SW OF THE REGION ON THURS AND WILL DECREASE POPS ACCORDINGLY. WIDELY SCT SH/TSRA ARE STILL PSBL THOUGH. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE N-NE AS GULF SYSTEM DVLPS. WILL HOLD OFF ON CFW FOR THE MID COAST UNTIL TIDES APCH 2.5 FT ABV PRED LVLS. TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 1.0 TO 1.5 FT ABV PRED LVLS. PRELIMS... CRP TB 090/075 093/075 5432 NGP 088/078 091/076 ALI 092/076 095/076 VCT TB 086/075 092/075 5332 LRD EB 090/078 092/078 3232 WRKZONES... VCT (ARANSAS/BEE/CALHOUN/GOLIAD/REFUGIO/VICTORIA) ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH... .TDY...CLOUDY WITH 50% CHC OF SH/TSRA...LCLY HVY RAIN PSBL. NE-E WINDS NR 10 MPH. .TNGT...M/C WITH 30% CHC OF EVENING SH/TSRA...LCLY HVY RAIN PSBL. E WIND 5-10 MPH. .THURS...P/C WITH 30% CHC OF SH/TSRA. NE WIND 10-15 MPH. CRP .TDY...CLOUDY WITH 50% CHC OF SH/TSRA...LCLY HVY RAIN PSBL. NE-E WIND NR 10 MPH. .TNGT...M/C WITH 40% CHC OF EVENING SH/TSRA...LCLY HVY RAIN PSBL. NE WIND 5-10 MPH. .THURS...P/C WITH 30% CHC OF SH/TSRA. NE WIND 10-15 MPH. LRD .TDY...M/C WITH 30% CHC OF SH/TSRA. N WINDS NR 15 MPH. .TNGT...M/C WITH 20% CHC OF EVENING SH/TSRA. N WINDS NR 10 MPH. .THURS...P/C WITH 30% CHC OF SH/TSRA. N-NE WINDS 15-20 MPH. JM...075
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 4:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ231>234-241>247-162300- SOUTH TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 400 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1998 ...HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY TODAY OVER THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS AREA... A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE WESTERN GULF WILL MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY. THIS WAVE WILL COMBINE WITH A DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO GENERATE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE AREAS WHICH CAN EXPECT THE MOST RAIN ARE EAST OF A KINGSVILLE TO CHOKE CANYON LINE. THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS AREA IS UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY SINCE THE GROUND IS VERY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS FROM TROPICAL STORM FRANCES. DUE TO THE ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION HEAVY RAINFALL IS AGAIN POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINS TODAY MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...LOW ROADWAYS AND STREAMS...AND FURTHER AGGRAVATE AREA RIVERS. PERSONS IN THE COASTAL BEND AND CROSSROADS AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INFORMED ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NhATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI. THIS INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. YOU MAY ALSO CHECK US OUT ON THE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP. METZ
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 4:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ231>234-241>247-162300- SOUTH TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 400 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1998 ...HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY TODAY OVER THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS AREA... A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE WESTERN GULF WILL MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY. THIS WAVE WILL COMBINE WITH A DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO GENERATE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE AREAS WHICH CAN EXPECT THE MOST RAIN ARE EAST OF A KINGSVILLE TO CHOKE CANYON LINE. THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS AREA IS UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY SINCE THE GROUND IS VERY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS FROM TROPICAL STORM FRANCES. DUE TO THE ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION HEAVY RAINFALL IS AGAIN POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINS TODAY MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...LOW ROADWAYS AND STREAMS...AND FURTHER AGGRAVATE AREA RIVERS. PERSONS IN THE COASTAL BEND AND CROSSROADS AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INFORMED ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NhATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI. THIS INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. YOU MAY ALSO CHECK US OUT ON THE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP. METZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 8:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 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.