Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2001, 2:15 PM CDT for 8 counties in 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
- Aug 31, 2001, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2001, 5:15 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, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 1762 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KCRP 311922
FFWCRP
TXC025-175-249-273-355-391-409-469-312215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
215 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS
GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS
JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS
KLEBERG COUNTY IN TEXAS
NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS
REFUGIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION.
THE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN
1 AND 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE....
BEN BOLT...
CORPUS CHRISTI...
KINGSVILLE...
SINTON...
WOODSBORO...
SKIDMORE...
GOLIAD...
VICTORIA...
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 2741 9824 2728 9757 2840 9712 2878 9669
2903 9692 2877 9734 2805 9787What 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 Aug 31, 10:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 10:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 31, 2:09 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
209 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615 AM 6 S FREER TX FLOOD
08/31/01 DUVAL ROAD WASHED OUT AT
JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 339
AND 16.
620 AM 4 SW ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 1554 WATER UP TO HOMES.
EVACUATIONS
UNDERWAY. CR 440
PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOMES.
635 AM PREMONT TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS WIDESPREAD FLOODING
900 AM 1 S ROBSTOWN TX FLOOD
08/31/01 NUECES HIGHWAY 77 ACCESS RD AT CR
44 IMPASSABLE.
900 AM 2 N ROBSTOWN TX FLOOD
08/31/01 NUECES CR 1889 AND CR 48 UNDER
WATER.
1050 AM 20 N ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS US 281 CLOSED FROM FM 3376
TO FM 624.
918 AM ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS LOCAL FLOODING IN MANY
PARTS OF THE CITY.
920 AM 8 S GEORGE WEST TX FLOOD
08/31/01 LIVE OAK HIGHWAY 59 WATER COVERING
ROAD.
920 AM 5 SE ANNAROSE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 LIVE OAK WATER OVER ROADWAYS AT JIM
WELLS/LIVE OAK
COUNTY BORDER.
1000 AM LOMA ALTA TX FLOOD
08/31/01 MCMULLEN OLD SAN DIEGO RD CLOSED
DUE TO BIG COW
CREEK/DEVILS WATER HOLE
CREEK MERGER. 200 YDS
WIDE.
1050 AM 2 W ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 1554 CLOSED FROM FM
2507 TO SH 44.
1050 AM 2 W ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 2507 CLOSED FROM SH 44
TO FM 1554.
1050 AM 5 SE ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 1930 CLOSED FROM FM 665
TO FM 1352.
1050 AM 5 SE ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS SH 44 BUSINESS CLOSED FROM
FM 1352 TO MARTIN LUTHER
KING BLVD.
1000 AM 10 SE BAYSIDE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 REFUGIO FM 629 CLOSED FROM FM 136
TO FM 3037.
1000 AM SINTON TX FLOOD
08/31/01 SAN PATRICIO FM 796 CLOSED FROM SH 188
TO SH 359.
1000 AM SINTON TX FLOOD
08/31/01 SAN PATRICIO US 181 CLOSED. DETOUR TO
CITY STREETS.
1021 AM 4 NW MATHIS TX FLOOD
08/31/01 SAN PATRICIO WATER 2 FT HIGH OFF FM 441
JUST BEFORE FM 888.
1044 AM 5 W ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS HOMES FLOODED IN RANCHO
ALEGRE. BOATS BEING
USED TO EVACUATE.
1120 AM BEEVILLE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 BEE SR 202 US 59 US 181
FLOODED.
BBLocal storm report, Aug 31, 2:10 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1210 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615 AM 6 S FREER TX FLOOD
08/31/01 DUVAL ROAD WASHED OUT AT
JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 339
AND 16.
620 AM 4 SW ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 1554 WATER UP TO HOMES.
EVACUATIONS
UNDERWAY. CR 440
PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOMES.
635 AM PREMONT TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS WIDESPREAD FLOODING
900 AM 1 S ROBSTOWN TX FLOOD
08/31/01 NUECES HIGHWAY 77 ACCESS RD AT CR
44 IMPASSABLE.
900 AM 2 N ROBSTOWN TX FLOOD
08/31/01 NUECES CR 1889 AND CR 48 UNDER
WATER.
1050 AM 20 N ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS US 281 CLOSED FROM FM 3376
TO FM 624.
918 AM ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS LOCAL FLOODING IN MANY
PARTS OF THE CITY.
920 AM 8 S GEORGE WEST TX FLOOD
08/31/01 LIVE OAK HIGHWAY 59 WATER COVERING
ROAD.
920 AM 5 SE ANNAROSE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 LIVE OAK WATER OVER ROADWAYS AT JIM
WELLS/LIVE OAK
COUNTY BORDER.
1000 AM LOMA ALTA TX FLOOD
08/31/01 MCMULLEN OLD SAN DIEGO RD CLOSED
DUE TO BIG COW
CREEK/DEVILS WATER HOLE
CREEK MERGER. 200 YDS
WIDE.
1050 AM 2 W ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 1554 CLOSED FROM FM
2507 TO SH 44.
1050 AM 2 W ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 2507 CLOSED FROM SH 44
TO FM 1554.
1050 AM 5 SE ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 1930 CLOSED FROM FM 665
TO FM 1352.
1050 AM 5 SE ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS SH 44 BUSINESS CLOSED FROM
FM 1352 TO MARTIN LUTHER
KING BLVD.
1000 AM 10 SE BAYSIDE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 REFUGIO FM 629 CLOSED FROM FM 136
TO FM 3037.
1000 AM SINTON TX FLOOD
08/31/01 SAN PATRICIO FM 796 CLOSED FROM SH 188
TO SH 359.
1000 AM SINTON TX FLOOD
08/31/01 SAN PATRICIO US 181 CLOSED. DETOUR TO
CITY STREETS.
1021 AM 4 NW MATHIS TX FLOOD
08/31/01 SAN PATRICIO WATER 2 FT HIGH OFF FM 441
JUST BEFORE FM 888.
1044 AM 5 W ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS HOMES FLOODED IN RANCHO
ALEGRE. BOATS BEING
USED TO EVACUATE.
1120 AM BEEVILLE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 BEE SR 202 US 59 US 181
FLOODED.
BBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 12:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, McMullen | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 59 min |
| Aug 31, 2:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio | 67 min |
| Aug 31, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 67 min |
| Aug 31, 3:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 117 min |
| Aug 31, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 4:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 110 min |
| Aug 31, 8:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Live Oak, Victoria | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.