Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Aug 23, 1999, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 23, 1999, 5:45 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bee County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Refugio County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WRUS1 KCRP 230652
FFWCRP
TXC025-249-297-391-231045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
145 AM CDT MON AUG 23 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SKIDMORE
  JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALICE
  SOUTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI
  SOUTHERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 145 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SQUALLS OF
  VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS JIM WELLS COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN 
  PORTIONS OF REFUGIO...BEE AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES.  REPORTS OF 
  STANDING WATER WERE OCCURRING IN JIM WELLS COUNTY ACCORDING TO THE
  LOCAL SHERIFF.  ALSO WITH THE CENTER OF BRET MOVING JUST TO THE SOUTH
  OF JIM WELLS COUNTY...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL
  HEAVY RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.  ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
  PORTIONS OF REFUGIO...BEE AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES...A SQUALL WITH
  VERY RAIN IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
  THIS REGION.  FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS PARTICULAR
  SQUALL.

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 HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CORPUS CHRISTI.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 22, 10:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1012 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 1999

UPDATED ZONES FOR REMOVAL OF HURRICANE WARNING TO TROPICAL STORM
WARNING AS PER COORDINATION WITH NHC.  ALSO LOWERED HIGH WIND
WARNING TO WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND INLAND
CROSSROADS.  TWEEKED WINDS IN 2ND PERIOD AS WELL FOR CURRENT TRENDS
AND PER NHC COORDINATION.  OTHER THAN THAT...SEE NO REASON TO MAKE
MANY OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME.

KSAT...WILL SEND OUT UPDATED WRKCR3 BY 1030 PM...THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.

.CRP...HURRICANE WARNING BETWEEN BAFFIN BAY AND PORT ARANSAS.
       TROPICAL STORM WARNING BETWEEN PORT ARANSAS AND PORT OCONNOR
       FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TXZ229>234 AND
       TXZ240>247 THROUGH MONDAY.
       TORNADO WATCH ALL ZONES EXCEPT WEBB AND LASALLE COUNTIES TIL
       2 AM CDT.
       HIGH WIND WARNING FOR TXZ239>241 AND TXZ229>230 THRU MONDAY
       WIND ADVISORY TXZ231>234

86/GW (LAND)...72/AP (MAR) ET AL...

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999

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.