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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

September 1, 2001Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2001, 2:01 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 119 min. 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
Sep 1, 2001, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2001, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Calhoun County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2099 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2099 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 010703
FFWCRP
TXC057-391-469-010900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
201 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN TEXAS
  NORTHEASTERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
  SOUTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES SOUTH OF MCFADDIN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST 
  OF LONG MOTT.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS DEVELOPING AND MOVING    
  SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE....
  TIVOLI...
  TELFERNER...
  PLACEDO...
  MCFADDIN...
  LONG MOTT...
  KAMAY...

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.

LAT...LON 2860 9666 2833 9686 2824 9727 2877 9710
          2884 9684

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 Aug 31, 8:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 8:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
835 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

SOUTH TX 88DS SHOW BULK OF TODAYS SHRA/TSRA ACIVITY HAS PUSHED EAST
ALONG WITH H5 VORT/IMPULSE.  LIGHT RAIN REMAINS AROUND NUECES AND
KLEBURG COUNTIES.  LOOKING UPSTREAM... TSRA ACTIVITY HAS FIRED UP IN
THE TX HILL COUNTRY NORTHWEST OF SAT.  THIS AREA IS LOOKING MORE
IMPRESSIVE WITH TIME.  ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS IS TRYING TO ORGANIZE
E AND SE OF UVALDE.  THIS ACTIVITY IS IN RESPONSE TO YET ANOTHER
IMPULSE AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW.  REALLY DONT EXPECT TO SEE
RAINFALL TOTALS SIMILAR TO THE LAST 48 HOURS.  HOWEVER...ANY RAIN IN
THE CWFA COULD CAUSE FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED GROUND.

KDRT SOUNDING SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER AS SUBSIDENCE/NW FLOW TAKES
HOLD...SUPPORTED BY WV SATELLITE.  KCRP STILL IN THE SOUP WITH PWAT
OF 2.59...YET MUCH MORE STABLE.

AT THE CURRENT RATE AND TRACK OF HILL COUNTRY ACTIVITY... NORTHERN
PORTION OF CWFA WILL SEE ADDITIONAL RAIN LATER TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW.  THIS WILL ADD TO CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE AREA.
WILL ALSO SEE ACTIVITY PUSH INTO WESTERN CWFA BY MIDNIGHT.  WILL
MAINTAIN POPS ALL COUNTIES...MAY TWEEK VALUES A TAD.  WILL ALSO
MAINTAIN FFA FOR CURRENT COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY TO REFLECT
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY.  WILL KEEP MARINE NEARLY THE SAME.

.CRP...FFA THROUGH THROUGH SATURDAY
TXZ231>234...TXZ241>247
SCA GMZ250-255-270-275.

KEG SYNOP
JM  MESO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 31, 11:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1037 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0200 PM    5 W REALITOS              TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   DUVAL                          HWY 16 CLOSED NEAR
                                          REALITOS

0330 PM    REALITOS                  TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   DUVAL                          CR 359 AND CLOSED NEAR
                                          REALITOS

0335 PM    REALITOS                  TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   DUVAL                          TRUCK SWEPT OFF HWY 16
                                          NEAR REALITOS. DRIVER
                                          RESCUED.

0300 PM    SINTON                    TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   SAN PATRICIO                   HWY 188 CLOSED NEAR
                                          JACKSON RANCH

1100 AM    8 NW REFUGIO              TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   REFUGIO                        CR202 CLOSED AT BLANCO
                                          CREEK.

0500 PM    6 N ROCKPORT              TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   ARANSAS                        COVE DRIVE FLOODED NEAR
                                          COPANO BAY

0530 PM    14 W PORT LAVACA          TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   CALHOUN                        SWEETWATER ROAD CLOSED
                                          NEAR HWY 185.

0530 PM    8 NW PORT LAVACA          TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   CALHOUN                        HWY 87 CLOSED NEAR THE
                                          VICTORIA COUNTY LINE.

0600 PM    SKIDMORE                  TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   BEE                            HWY 181 FLOODED SOUTH OF
                                          BEEVILLE TO THE
                                          COUNTY LINE.

0600 PM    TYNAN                     TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   BEE                            CR 359 CLOSED BETWEEN
                                          SKIDMORE AND TYNAN.

0610 PM    ALICE                     TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   JIM WELLS                      HWY 281 CLOSED SOUTH OF
                                          ALICE.

0530 PM    5 N BAYSIDE               TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   REFUGIO                        FM 1360 CLOSED

0200 PM    SINTON                    TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   SAN PATRICIO                   STREETS FLOODING IN THE
                                          CITY.

0530 PM    ODEM                      TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   SAN PATRICIO                   CR 42 NEAR ODEM CLOSED

700 PM    10 S DINERO               TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   LIVE OAK                       WIDESPREAD FLOODING
                                          CONTINUING NEAR LAGARTO

0230 PM    1 NEPLACEDO               TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       HENDERSON RD CLOSED

0255 PM    5 SEVICTORIA              TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       BOEHM RD AT MENKE FLOODED

0322 PM    15 W VICTORIA             TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       CAMINO DRIVE FLOODED

0420 PM    PLACEDO                   TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       HOUSTON STREET UNDER WATER

0423 PM    VICTORIA                  TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       LASALLE RD CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER

0100 PM    4 SW MISSION VALLEY       TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       ARNOLD ROAD CLOSED AT
                                          COLETO CREEK. WATER OVER
                                          BRIDGE.

0100 PM    VICTORIA                  TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       SPRING CREEK FLOODED OVER
                                          PARSONS ROAD

310 AM    KINGSVILLE                TX   WIND DAMAGE
08/31/01   KLEBERG                        LARGE TREES DOWN IN CITY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 4:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria3 hr

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.