Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
- 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
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 9684What 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 CITYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 4:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 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.