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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 14, 1998Bee County, Goliad County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 14, 1998, 2:32 AM CST for Bee County, Goliad 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, 2:32 AM CST (08:32 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 1998, 6:30 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bee County, TX, Goliad County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 140833
FFWCRP
TXC025-175-141230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BEE IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  GOLIAD IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 630 AM CST

* AT 225 AM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NORTH OF WEESATCHE TO GOLIAD TO
  SKIDMORE AND TYNAN... MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH.

* A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO
  MOVE THROUGH BEE AND GOLIAD COUNTIES THROUGH 4 AM WITH RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS RAIN WILL FALL OVER
  ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS RESULTING IN 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 FLOOD2 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/GW

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 14, 2:15 AM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 2:15 AM CST, 17 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
215 AM CST SAT NOV 14 1998

UPR LVL LOW MOVG ACRS TX AND ASSOCIATED ENERGY AHD OF IT MOVG ACRS
CWA ATTM.  EXPECT MOST OF THE RAIN TO END W TO E TDA WITH ALL GONE
AOB NOON.  THEN HI PRES BUILDS IN AND WX SHOULD BE MORE TRANQUIL.

FOR NOW...SUGGEST KEEPING FFA FOR BEE...GOLIAD...CALHOUN...
VICTORIA...REFUGIO AND ARANSAS CNTYS TDY AND WATCH CAN LIKELY BE
DROPPED FOR THIS AFTN.  AREAS STILL REPORTING SOME FLOOD PROBLEMS
AND LIKELY RAINFALL HEADING TWD THEM NOW WILL AGGRAVATE AREA...FFWS
WILL LIKELY EXTEND TIL EARLY MORNING HRS.

NEW MRF DATA NOT INTO AWIPS YET...SO GENERALLY EXPECT TO MAKE LTL
CHANGES ATTM.

PRELIMS...
CRP EB 068/056 076/057 078 3-00
NGP    070/060 075/062 076
ALI    071/055 076/056 078
VCT TB 066/054 075/055 077 5-00
LRD BU 070/055 076/057 078 2000

.CRP...FFA FOR BEE..GOLIAD...CALHOUN...VICTORIA...REFUGIO AND
ARANSAS CNTYS TDY.  SCA GMZ270-275.

86/GW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 2:08 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria4 hr
Nov 14, 6:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria3 hr
Nov 14, 8:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria4 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.