Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Oct 20, 1998, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)

Expired

Oct 21, 1998, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KCRP 210055
FFWCRP
TXC057-273-355-391-409-469-210500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
757 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  KLEBERG IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  NUECES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  SAN PATRICIO IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  REFUGIO IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  VICTORIA IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  CALHOUN IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 750 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF SHOWERS...WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDING FROM
  NEAR LONG MOTT...TO CORPUS CHRISTI...TO NEAR KINGSVILLE...MOVING
  SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST.

  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT IN THE PAST 3 HOURS...1/2 INCH TO 1
  INCH OF RAIN FELL OVER THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1
  INCH IS POSSIBLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER LOW LYING AREAS.

  THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN ADDITION TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS
  AFFECTING THE COASTAL BEND.

  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
  DANGER OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

  WC

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 20, 2:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
240 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 1998

ALL THE MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT IN SLOWLY DRYING US OUT THROUGH
THIS UPCOMING FCST PD.  THE QUASI-STATIONARY FNT LOCATED IN THE
COASTAL WATERS WL BE PUSHED SWD ON WED AS ANOTHER COLD FNT SWINGS
THROUGH THE CWA BY WED NIGHT.  MEANWHILE AN IMPRESSIVE AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WL LKLY CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DEVELOP
AS IT SLOWS DOWN ITS WWD MOTION.  THE CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE
MAIN EFFECT FROM ALL OF THIS WL BE TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
AND CAA ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS.  THUS WE MAY NEED A
SMALL CRAFT ADVY BY WED AFTN AS WINDS AND SEAS CONTINUE TO BUILD.
THINK MOST OF THE CONVECTION FROM THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE COMBINED
WITH THE OFFSHORE FNT WL REMAIN CONFINED TO THE OFFSHORE
WATERS...HOWEVER I CANNOT RULE OUT SOME SHRAS/TSRAS MAKING IT TO THE
SRN COASTAL AREAS.  EITHER WAY I WL BE GOING WITH SLIGHT CHC OR CHC
POPS THROUGH WED FOR THE ENTIRE CWA GIVEN THE MOIST AIRMASS.

MODERATE NLY/NELY LOW LVL FLOW WL CONTINUE WED NIGHT INTO THU.
DURING THIS PD...THE MID/UPR LVL FLOW BECOMES NLY AS WELL.  THUS THE
DRYING OUT PROCESS WL BE QUITE GOOD.  THE CAA WL ALSO CONTINUE AS
WELL.  WE MAY SEE A FEW SHRAS/SPRINKLES EARLY WED EVE BUT RIGHT NOW
I AM LEANING TWDS NO POPS FOR WED NIGHT.  WE WL BE TOO DRY ON THU SO
NO POPS WL BE NEEDED.

HAVE TRENDED TWDS THE WARMER NGM MOS FOR TNT AND SHAVED A FEW DEGS
FOR WED NIGHT.  HOWEVER THE NGM MOS IS WAY TOO WARM FOR ITS FCST
HIGHS.  THUS THE COOLER FAN HIGHS ARE FAVORED.

PRELIMS FOLLOW...

CRP EB 069/075 062/072 052 3300
VCT EB 067/072 057/070 045 3200
LRD CE 066/071 058/068 048 2210
ALI EB 069/076 060/071 047 3300
NGP EB 072/078 067/074 060 3300

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