Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad | 4 hr |
| Nov 14, 6:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Victoria | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 8:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Victoria | 4 hr |
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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.