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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 14, 2001Live Oak County, McMullen County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 14, 2001, 9:35 PM CST for Live Oak County, McMullen 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
Nov 14, 2001, 9:35 PM CST (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2001, 12:30 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2001-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2654 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
2654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 150336
FFWCRP
TXC297-311-150630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
935 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS
  NORTHEASTERN MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1230 AM CST

* AT 930 PM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ON  
  HIGHWAY 72 IN MCMULLEN COUNTY AND NEAR WHITSETT IN LIVE OAK COUNTY. 
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THESE AREAS AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY
  NORTHEAST THROUGH 11 PM. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE....
  CALLIHAM...
  CHOKE CANYON...
  NELL...
  WHITSETT...

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.

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 2853 9854 2840 9840 2876 9791 2895 9813
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KCRP 150523
FFSCRP
TXC297-311-150630-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1125 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LIVE OAK AND 
MCMULLEN UNTIL 1230 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN 
MCMULLEN COUNTY AND INTO NORTHWESTERN LIVE OAK COUNTY.  THIS 
THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH THE DOPPLER 
ESTIMATING OVER 8 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS...DURING THE PAST THREE 
HOURS.  

DANGEROUS FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 99 AND HIGHWAY 16 IN 
MCMULLEN COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 99 TO THE JUST SOUTHWEST OF 
WHITSETT IN LIVE OAK COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE 
STORM DISSIPATES AND MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE ALL THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT 
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP

$$

LENZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPKleberg60 min
Nov 14, 6:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, McMullen3 hr
Nov 14, 7:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen56 min
Nov 14, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg51 min
Nov 14, 7:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg3 hr
Nov 14, 8:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces42 min
Nov 14, 9:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak56 min
Nov 15, 11:45 AM CSTTornado WarningCRPNueces45 min
Nov 15, 12:21 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPSan Patricio39 min
Nov 15, 12:46 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP59 min
Nov 15, 12:46 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP59 min
Nov 15, 12:46 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP59 min
Nov 15, 1:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen3 hr
Nov 15, 1:40 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP65 min
Nov 15, 1:40 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP65 min
Nov 15, 1:40 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP65 min
Nov 15, 2:03 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak3 hr
Nov 15, 2:44 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak31 min
Nov 15, 3:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak66 min
Nov 15, 3:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee3 hr
Nov 15, 3:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee62 min
Nov 15, 3:53 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPBee37 min
Nov 15, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPBee30 min
Nov 15, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPGoliad30 min
Nov 15, 5:03 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPBee27 min
Nov 15, 5:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad3 hr
Nov 15, 5:27 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPDuval33 min
Nov 15, 5:34 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak41 min
Nov 15, 5:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen3 hr
Nov 15, 5:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad65 min

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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.