Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2001, 8:50 PM CDT for La Salle 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2001, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2001, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County La Salle County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 2134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KCRP 070153 FFWCRP TXC283-070445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 850 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOS ANGELES...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF TILDEN...DRIFTING SOUTHWARD. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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 uRISING. LAT...LON 2859 9903 2861 9924 2823 9884 2861 9883 $$ COYNE
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 May 6, 8:35 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 8:35 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 835 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS OVER THE AREA HAVE INCREASED SLIGHTLY... RESULTING IN I:NCREASED SPEEDS OVER THE WATERS. 0Z CRP SOUNDING SUGGESTS MINIMAL DE-COUPLING AT THIS TIME. WL UPDATE THE CWF TO INCLUDE SCEC CONDITIONS FOR THE OFFSHORE FOR TONIGHT. .CRP...NONE. 87
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239-247-070400- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 401 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 ...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT MAINLY OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND NORTHERN COASTAL BEND... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNSET. ADDITIONALLY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS LATER THIS EVENING. IF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINTAIN THEMSELVES...THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SINCE THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND AN UNFAVORABLE WIND FIELD...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIMITED. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED STORM COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...PRODUCING WINDS NEAR 55 MPH AND HAIL AROUND THE SIZE OF DIMES. FURTHER EAST OVER THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AGAIN...WITH THE LACK OF DAYTIME HEATING SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED STORM COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. ALSO...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LOW...AS THE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AND NOT REMAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND...RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ229>231-239>241-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 620 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF DUVAL...JIM WELLS...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN AND WEBB. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...CHOKE CANYON... COTULLA...LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY...OILTON... PREMONT...SAN DIEGO AND TILDEN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF A DIME OR LARGER...STRONG WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND EVEN TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP COLLINS
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ229>231-239>241-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 625 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF DUVAL...JIM WELLS...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN AND WEBB. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...CHOKE CANYON...COTULLA... LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY...OILTON...PREMONT...SAN DIEGO AND TILDEN. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO OCCUR IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF TORNADOES DO IN FACT DEVELOP OR ARE SPOTTED...THEN A TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO QUICKLY ACT IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP COLLINS
Local storm report, May 6, 7:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
708 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM 7 N ENCINAL TX 2.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 LA_SALLE REPORTED BY BROADCAST MEDIALocal storm report, May 6, 7:59 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
759 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0758 PM 20 N COTULLA TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 LASALLE REPORTED BY GENERAL PUBLICThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Webb | 40 min |
| May 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 60 min |
| May 6, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 65 min |
| May 6, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 60 min |
| May 6, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 25 min |
| May 6, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 33 min |
| May 7, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 59 min |
| May 7, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 60 min |
| May 7, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 34 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001
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.