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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 14, 1998Calhoun County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 14, 1998, 2:08 AM CST for Calhoun County, Victoria County, 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
Nov 14, 1998, 2:08 AM CST (08:08 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 1998, 6:10 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1998-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1998-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 140808
FFWCRP
TXC057-469-141210-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
208 AM CST SAT NOV 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VICTORIA IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  CALHOUN IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 610 AM CST

* AT 200 AM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NORTH OF BERCLAIR TO MATHIS AND
  EXTEND TO THE SOUTHWEST... MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH.

* A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
  VICTORIA COUNTY BETWEEN 230 AND 300 AM AND THROUGH CALHOUN
  COUNTY AROUND 330 AM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL OVER
  ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING.


BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT
AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT
DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

TP

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 Nov 13, 8:00 PM CST, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 8:00 PM CST, 6 hours 8 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
800 PM CST FRI NOV 13 1998

WILL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS AND POPS IN CURRENT SET OF
ZONES.  WILL LOWER MIN TEMPS ALL ZONES OR WORD AS STEADY.  IN
WESTERN ZONES WILL DROP POPS TO AROUND 50 PERCENT AND LEAVE POPS
ALONE IN EASTERN ZONES AND LEAVE FFA IN PLACE AS WELL.  ISENT
SINKING MOTION IN WRN ZONES LOOKS LIKE IT IS SLOWLY SHUTING DOWN ANY
PCPN OUT THERE.  LOOKS LIKE BEST ISENT LIFT WILL SHIFT RAPIDLY
EASTWARD TONIGHT.  FOR MARINE...SCA TO STAY IN PLACE FOR TONIGHT
WITH 20 KT WINDS OFF SHORE AND SEAS AROUND 7 FEET.

.CRP...SCA OFHSR WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO MATAGORDA BAY.

78 (SYNOPTIC)
75 (MESO)

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 2:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad4 hr
Nov 14, 6:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria3 hr
Nov 14, 8:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.