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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 18, 1998, 2:07 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 18, 1998, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 1998, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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 (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 2494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAT 181911
FFWCRP
TXC007-025-057-175-249-273-297-355-391-409-469-182300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
207 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS
LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS
BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS
KLEBERG COUNTY IN TEXAS
REFUGIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS
NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS
CALHOUN COUNTY IN TEXAS
GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS
ARANSAS COUNTY IN TEXAS
INCLUDING VICTORIA...SINTON...ROCKPORT...ROBSTOWN...PORTLAND...
PORT LAVACA...MATHIS...KINGSVILLE...INGLESIDE...CORPUS
CHRISTI...BEEVILLE AND ALICE
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 200 PM DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING RAINFALL OF OVER 5
INCHES ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND. IN ADDITION...THERE HAVE BEEN
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS AND STREETS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH TOTALS OF 6
TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED.
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.
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 ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHI>CLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CORPUS CHRISTI.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 18, 10:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 10:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1000 AM CDT SUN OCT 18 1998 WILL KEEP SHORT DUE TO POTENTIAL FLOOD PROBLEMS AND ON GOING FFA. KCRP 88D IS SHOWING TRAIN ECHO FROM ALI TO VCT THAT WILL BECOME AREA OF CONCERN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP PREVIOUS FCST GOING WITH LITTLE CHANGE. HOPEFULLY IF THINGS SETTLE DOWN...AND THEY PROBABLY WILL NOT...WILL HAVE MORE TIME TO REVIEW DATA FOR AFTERNOON PACKAGE. 78
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Comal | 4 hr |
| Oct 18, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 95 min |
| Oct 18, 7:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad | 90 min |
| Oct 18, 10:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 4 hr |
| Oct 18, 10:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio | 4 hr |
| Oct 18, 12:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 12:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 2:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio | 4 hr |
| Oct 18, 2:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 4 hr |
| Oct 18, 2:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 4 hr |
| Oct 18, 6:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.