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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 23, 1999Kleberg County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 1999, 1:30 PM CDT for Kleberg 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
Aug 23, 1999, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 1999, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kleberg County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 1999-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1033 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 1999-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1033 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WRUS1 KCRP 231841
FFWCRP
TXC007-025-249-273-297-355-391-409-232200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ARANSAS COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HOLIDAY BEACH...ROCKPORT
  BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BEEVILLE...SKIDMORE   
  JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALICE...PREMONT...SAN DIEGO
  KLEBERG COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...NATIONAL SEASHORE
  LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI
  NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN
  REFUGIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WOODSBORO
  SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ARANSAS PASS...INGLESIDE...MATHIS...
  PORTLAND...SINTON

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 130 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN BANDS 
CIRCULATING AROUND TROPICAL STORM BRET WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. A RAIN 
BAND WAS LOCATED FROM KENEDY COUNTY TO NORTH OF ALICE IN JIM WELLS 
COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LIVE OAK...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO AND KLEBERG 
COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 
LOCATED FROM ROCKPORT TO REFUGIO AND WILL BE MOVING INTO BEE COUNTY 
BY 2 PM. ADDITIONAL RAIN BANDS WERE LOCATED OFFSHORE AND WILL CONTINUE 
MOVING ACROSS ARANSAS AND REFUGIO COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 
HOURS. 

THESE RAINS WILL BE FALLING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS RESULTING 
IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

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.

$$

LAT...LON 2842 9648 2726 9740 2728 9822 2863 9832

TP/BSB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells26 min
Aug 22, 9:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPSan Patricio4 hr
Aug 22, 9:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces4 hr
Aug 23, 1:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio4 hr
Aug 23, 1:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces4 hr
Aug 23, 1:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Live Oak, Refugio4 hr
Aug 23, 1:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells4 hr
Aug 23, 6:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio2 hr
Aug 23, 6:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces2 hr
Aug 23, 7:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPRefugio4 hr
Aug 23, 7:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Live Oak4 hr
Aug 23, 8:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Nueces, San Patricio3 hr
Aug 23, 1:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio and 1 more4 hr
Aug 23, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPNueces43 min
Aug 23, 5:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio2 hr
Aug 23, 5:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Refugio2 hr
Aug 23, 5:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee2 hr
Aug 23, 5:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle, Webb4 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.