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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

September 1, 2001Goliad County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2001, 7:43 PM CDT for Goliad 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
Sep 1, 2001, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2001, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Goliad County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2001-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2072 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 2001-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
2072 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 020042
FFWCRP
TXC175-020345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WEESATCHE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF
  CUERO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND 
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 2891 9741 2873 9763 2844 9738 2859 9720
          2873 9721

$$

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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 Sep 1, 7:15 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 7:15 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
715 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001

PLAYING FIND THAT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THIS EVENING.  STRONG OUTFLOW
FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY IS FIRING STORMS IN
VICTORIA...GOLIAD...BEE...AND LA SALLE COUNTIES.  OUTFLOW CUT OFF
STORMS IN BEE COUNTY.  WEAK SEABREEZE ALSO INDICATED ON 88D. WILL
WATCH BOUNDARY INTERSECTIONS. INCREASED POPS IN LA SALLE/WEBB
ZONES.  ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER DARK.

WILL MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE FFW IN BEE AND GOLIAD COUNTIES.

.CRP...NONE.

70 GRAHAM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 1, 5:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
517 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001

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

0517 PM    TELFERNER                 TX   FLOOD
09/01/01   VICTORIA                       FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 59.
                                          REPORTED BY NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE.

JMC
Local storm report, Sep 1, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
546 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001

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

0538 PM    VICTORIA                  TX   FLOOD
09/01/01   VICTORIA                       REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
                                          ENTRANCE TO VICTORIA REGIONAL 	                                          AIRPORT INUNDATED.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 3:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces114 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.