Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Feb 1, 1998, 2:25 PM CST (20:25 UTC)

Expired

Feb 1, 1998, 5:30 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Jim Wells County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KCRP 012024
FFWCRP
TXC249-012330-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
225 PM CST SUN FEB 1 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY
 
...HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY...
 
AT 225 PM CST CORPUS CHRISTI DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
STRONG THUNDERTORMS FROM REALITOS TO CONCEPCION TO PREMONT MOVING EAST
AND NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
THE PRIMARY FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL BE SOUTH OF ALICE.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE HEAVY RAINFALL MOVES INTO THE
COUNTY.  NORTHERN SECTIONS OF JIM WELLS COUNTY...NORTH OF ALICE COULD
ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME HEAVY RAINFALL.
 
IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.
 
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. DO NOT PLAY IN
DRAINAGE BASINS OR OTHER AREAS WHICH HAVE BECOME FLOODED.
 
LENZ

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Feb 1, 9:30 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
930 AM CST SUN FEB 01 1998

...HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE
CWA.  SLOW MOVING CONVECTION WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.  STORMS ARE
NOW FIRING WEST OF LAREDO IN MX.  ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE DVLPG ACROSS
KLEBERG COUNTY WHICH SHOULD MV SLOWLY NWD ACROSS NUECES...SAN
PAT...LIVE OAK AND BEE BY EARLY AFTN AS THE WARM FNT LIFTS NWD.
SEE PRELIMS BELOW...

DENSE FOG IS LIFTING ACROSS THE CWA AS STG VERT LIFT MVS IN FROM MX.
DENSE FOG CAN BE REMOVED FROM ZONES ON THE UPDATE.  LOOKS LIKE WE
WILL HAVE ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY.  CONVECTION IS ALREADY FIRING OVER THE
NEAR SHORE WATERS AND OVER KENNEDY COUNTY SOUTH OF BAFFIN BAY.  STORM
MVMT IS NNE 15KTS.  ENVIRONMENT IS MORE UNSTABLE TDY.  THE EL IS 8KFT
HIGHER THAN YSTDY UP TO 33KFT...WHICH WILL SUPPORT TALLER STORMS.
CAPE IN BRO IS 2000 J/KG AND THIS INSTABILITY SHOULD ADVECT ACROSS
THE COASTAL PLAINS AS SFC BNDRY LIFTS NWD AND LOW PRES FORMS ACROSS
OUR WRN COUNTIES.  (BASED ON 00Z ETA MODEL).  WBZ IS LOW NR 7000FT
AND THERE IS A GOOD AMT OF DRY AIR IN MID LVLS THEREFORE
HAIL/DWNBURST WINDS ARE A GOOD POSSIBILITY.  LCLY HVY RAINS ALSO
LIKELY AS IMPRESSIVE UPPER LOW WITH GOOD CAA ALOFT MVS OVHD DURING
THE AFTN HOURS.

WILL INCREASE POPS FOR THE COASTAL PLAINS AND ADD CHC OF SVR.  REMOVE
DENSE FOG.  REMAINING PARAMETERS LOOK ON TRACK AT THE MOMENT.

FLASH FLOOD WATCfH ALL AREAS
.CRP...70% POPS SOME SVR.
.VCT...80% POPS SOME SVR.
.LRD...60% POPS SOME SVR.

JM...075

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