Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Aug 31, 2001, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 31, 2001, 2:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bee County, TX, Duval County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KCRP 311633
FFWCRP
TXC025-131-175-249-297-409-469-311930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1130 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS
  NORTHERN DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS
  GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS
  NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS
  LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS
  WESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
  VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 1130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM FREER TO
  VICTORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  THIS HEAVY RAIN AND
  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE SAME AREA WHILE NEW
  DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO OCCUR ACROSS
  DUVAL AND JIM WELLS COUNTIES.  WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
  AND WILL ONLY WORSEN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL
  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
  NEAR 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE....
  VICTORIA...
  GOLIAD...
  DINERO...
  SKIDMORE...
  BEEVILLE...
  FREER...
  ORANGE GROVE...

THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... 
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 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.

LAT...LON 2843 9831 2810 9828 2789 9873 2769 9862
          2760 9831 2797 9786 2790 9758 2824 9754
          2846 9735 2880 9675 2904 9695

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 31, 10:30 AM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1030 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

NO CHANGE TO CONFIGURATION WITH FFA ATM. CELL MERGERS OVER LIVE OAK
AND JIM WELLS COUNTIES HAVE PRODUCED NG 3 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS
THIS MORNING.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN
WEBB COUNTY WILL TRACK OVER THIS AREA AS WELL.  PEEK AT 12Z DATA
SHOWS SUBSIDENCE WORKING INTO WESTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON SO MAY
BE ABLE TO DROP FFA IN THAT AREA FOR AFTERNOON UPDATE.

FOR UPDATE...WILL HAVE CATEGORICAL POPS IN CENTRAL ZONES.  WL DROP
POPS SOME IN FAR EASTERN ZONES ALSO.  NO SIGNIFICANT UPDATE FOR
MARINE.   SCA CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

.CRP...FFA THROUGH THROUGH TODAY TXZ229>234...TXZ239>247
GMZ250-255-270-275...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

AP...72

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.