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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Feb 1, 1998, 2:40 PM CST for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
- Feb 1, 1998, 2:40 PM CST (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 1998, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kleberg County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 673 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 012038 FFWCRP TXC273-020000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 240 PM CST SUN FEB 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...KLEBERG COUNTY ...HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO KLEBERG COUNTY... AT 235 PM CST CORPUS CHRISTI DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE JIM WELLS KLEBERG COUNTY LINE SOUTH INTO THE LOWER VALLEY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL EFFECT AREAS FROM RIVERIA TO KINGSVILLE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH FLOODING...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY. 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. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. DO NOT PLAY IN DRAINAGE BASINS OR OTHER AREAS WHICH HAVE BECOME FLOODED. LENZ
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 Feb 1, 2:40 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 2:40 PM CST, 0 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 240 PM CST SUN FEB 01 1998 CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER S TX LOOKS TO PUSH OFF THE COAST BY 6PM BRINGING AND END TO THE HVY RAIN AND SVR WX THREAT. WILL NEED TO KEEP FFA/SVR HEADLINED UNTIL 6PM. WILL DROP FFA/SVR MENTION IN VCT ZONE GROUP ALTOGETHER. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD STABILIZE CONSIDERABLY BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AS SFC BASED INSTABILITY IS LOST. LATEST SPENES REPORTED MENTIONED CLOUD TOP WARMING OVER OUR WRN COUNTIES. BEST CELLS ARE NOW PUSHING INTO JIM WELLS/KLEBERG. SOME ELEVATED SH/TSRA ARE STILL PSBL OVNT AS FINAL WV FROM UPPER S/W MOVES THRU. NGM APPEARS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON NLY SFC WINDS. COLD FRONT SHOULD MV OFF THE COAST THIS EVENING IN WAKE OF TDYS CONVECTION. LOW PRES IN THE NW GULF DEEPENS 4MBS MONDAY AFTN/NGT WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE DOWN TO 996MBS FORCING DVLPMT OF STG NW-N WINDS OVER THE COASTAL BEND DURING THE DAY. WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED MON AFTN. SCAS WITH GUSTS TO GALE LOOKS GOOD FOR COASTAL WATERS MONDAY AFTN/NIGHT. MON-TUE FCST...DECREASING CLOUDS WITH RAIN ENDING EARLY MONDAY...BECMG MOSTLY SUNNY AND WINDY IN AFTN. CLEAR AND COOL MONDAY NIGHT. SUNNY AND BREEZY TUESDAY WITH GRADIENT LETTING UP AS SFC LOW MVS FURTHER AWAY. WILL NOT ARGUE WITH A BLEND OF NGM/AVN GUIDANCE. WRKZONES UNTIL BOX IS DROPPED... CRP/LRD ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS EVENING... ...SVR BOX UNTIL 6PM... .TNGT...M/C WITH CHC OF SH/TSRA...SOME POSSIBLY SVR WITH LCLY HVY RAIN THIS EVENING. N WINDS NR 15 MPH. .MON...M/C WITH CHC OF SHOWERS...DECREASING CLOUDS AND WINDY. N WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY. (N WINDS 15-25 MPH LRD) .MON NGT...MOSTLY CLEAR AND COOL. N WINDS DIMINISHING TO NR 15 MPH. .TUE...SUNNY AND BREEZY. NW WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. VCT .TNGT...M/C WITH CHC OF SH/TSRA. N WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MON...M/C WITH CHC OF SHOWERS...DECREASING CLOUDS AND WINDY. N WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY. .MON NGT...MOSTLY CLEAR AND COOL. N WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 MPH. .TUE...SUNNY AND BREEZY. NW WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. PRELIMS... .CRP...050/068 043/076 6200 .VCT...048/066 041/074 3200 .LRD...048/070 042/072 4200 JM...075
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 9:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 75 min |
| Feb 1, 10:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 94 min |
| Feb 1, 11:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 73 min |
| Feb 1, 12:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 118 min |
| Feb 1, 1:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 3 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.