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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 15, 2001Goliad County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 15, 2001, 5:17 PM CST 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: Nov 15, 2001, 5:17 PM CST (23:17 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2001, 8:15 PM CST
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 nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 152317
FFWCRP
TXC175-160215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
517 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 513 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN 14 MILES SOUTH OF CHARCO...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BEEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE....
  CHARCO...
  GOLIAD...
  WEESATCHE...

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.

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 2867 9775 2853 9754 2873 9718 2891 9742

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 Nov 15, 2:45 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 2:45 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
245 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

VISIBLE SATELLITE REVEALS RICH MOISTURE AXIS EXTENDING FROM DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS INTO CENTRAL TX...WHERE PRECIP WAS ONGOING.  ANOTHER
BAND OF STRONG STORMS WAS MOVING INLAND ALG THE WARM FRONT FROM
CALHOUN TO GONZALES COUNTY. STRONG VEERING WINDS AND DAY TIME
HEATING RESULTING IN ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ATTM. CURRENT TOR WATCH
WILL EXPIRE AT 00Z. SPC MONITORING S TX FOR ANOTHER WW LATER THIS
AFTN.  BELIVE DRYING OUT WEST WILL MAINTAIN STORM DVLPMT ACROSS
CNTRL COUNTIES INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH STRONG DIFLUENCE ALOFT
ENHANCING ACTIVITY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOW LVL JET DIMINISHES
TONIGHT AS CLOSED UPR LOW BEGINS TO RETREAT. THIS WOULD LEAD TO
SLOWER STORM MOTIONS AND HEAVY RAIN.  WILL MAINTAIN HIGH POPS
THROUGH FRI...THEN WILL DIMINISH SAT AS DRY RIDGE SETTLES INTO THE
REGION FROM NE.  WILL EXAMINE FFA AND MAY DROP WEBB COUNTY WHICH HAS
NOT SEEN ANY RAINFALL YET.

WEATHER QUIETS DOWN SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES OVER
THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...FORCING DOWNSTREAM TROUGHING. THIS WILL BRING
A DRY COOL FRONT INTO S TX MON.  UPR TROF FINALLY OPENS UP AND
TRACKS ACROSS TX WED WITH MAINLY MID/HIGH CLOUDS AND SLGT CHC
PRECIP. SFC TROF AXIS WILL POSITION INTO OUR CNTRL ZONES
THANKSGIVING DAY WITH NICE CONDITIONS OUT WEST AND SLGT CHC PRECIP
EAST.

NEAR NORMAL TEMPS ARE EXPECTED THRU SAT BEFORE DRIER AIR FILTERS IN
MAKING FOR COOLER NIGHTTIME LOWS SAT NGT-TUE.

MARINE...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER EXTREME WESTERN TEXAS WILL
CONTINUE TO ADVECT ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTO SOUTH
TEXAS. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BAYS AND COASTAL
WATERS INTO TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. WILL CONTINUE
WITH SCEC CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRI. EXPECT WINDS TO SLOWLY
DECREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE WEAKENS. SHOULD
SEE DRIER AIR OVER THE AREA BY SUNDAY.

CRP TB 068/078 064/076 060 77230
VCT TB 067/076 060/075 055 55220
LRD TE 067/080 063/076 061 55341

75/71

.CRP...FFA ZONES TXZ229>234-240>247.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 15, 12:24 PM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before

TXZ230>234-243>247-160000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1224 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ARANSAS...BEE...LIVE OAK...
NUECES...CALHOUN...REFUGIO...VICTORIA...MCMULLEN...SAN PATRICIO...
AND GOLIAD COUNTIES.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE AREA IS CAUSING A VERY UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE TODAY. IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE TORNADOS...PERSONS SHOULD
BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LARGE HAIL.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE SLOW
MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP

Local storm report, Nov 15, 2:47 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
247 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

0247 PM    GEORGE WEST               TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   LIVE OAK                       SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED
                                          TORNADO ON GROUND IN
                                          TOWN.

JM

Local storm report, Nov 15, 2:51 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
251 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

0353 PM    10 W BEEVILLE             TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   BEE                            TORNADO ON GROUND ALONG FM
                                          799 AND LIVE OAK COUNTY
                                          LINE.

Local storm report, Nov 15, 4:03 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
251 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

0353 PM    10 W BEEVILLE             TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   BEE                            TORNADO ON GROUND ALONG FM
                                          799 AND LIVE OAK COUNTY
                                          LINE.

Local storm report, Nov 15, 4:39 PM CST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
439 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

436 PM    MINERAL                   TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   BEE

436 PM    NORMANNA                  TX   .88 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   BEE

436 PM    MINERAL                   TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   BEE                            EMC REPORTED MOBILE HOME
                                          DESTROYED, ROOF
                                          DAMAGE ON HOUSE NEXT
                                          DOOR. LOCATION NEAR FARM
                                          ROAD 673 AND PIONEER
                                          RD.

436 PM    MINERAL                   TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   BEE                            SEVERAL POWER POLES DOWN
                                          AT FARM ROAD 673 AND
                                          WILDCAT.

JM

Local storm report, Nov 15, 5:12 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
512 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

0246 PM    5 NE  GEORGE WEST         TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   LIVE OAK                       NWS EMPLOYEES REPORTED
                                          HOUSE DAMAGED AND LARGE
                                          TREE LIMBS THROUGH ROOF
                                          SHED BLOWN AWAY.

0445 PM    TULETA                    TX   FLOOD
11/15/01   BEE                            ROADS FLOODED NEAR TULETA

JM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 14, 6:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Kleberg	60 min
Nov 14, 6:35 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, McMullen	3 hr
Nov 14, 7:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	McMullen	56 min
Nov 14, 7:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg	51 min
Nov 14, 7:47 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg	3 hr
Nov 14, 8:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	42 min
Nov 14, 9:35 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak, McMullen	3 hr
Nov 14, 9:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Live Oak	56 min
Nov 15, 11:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Nueces	45 min
Nov 15, 12:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	San Patricio	39 min
Nov 15, 12:46 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		59 min
Nov 15, 12:46 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		59 min
Nov 15, 12:46 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		59 min
Nov 15, 1:06 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	McMullen	3 hr
Nov 15, 1:40 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		65 min
Nov 15, 1:40 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		65 min
Nov 15, 1:40 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		65 min
Nov 15, 2:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak	3 hr
Nov 15, 2:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Live Oak	31 min
Nov 15, 3:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Live Oak	66 min
Nov 15, 3:37 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee	3 hr
Nov 15, 3:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee	62 min
Nov 15, 3:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee	37 min
Nov 15, 4:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee	30 min
Nov 15, 5:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Goliad	30 min
Nov 15, 5:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee	27 min
Nov 15, 5:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	33 min
Nov 15, 5:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Live Oak	41 min
Nov 15, 5:37 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak, McMullen	3 hr
Nov 15, 5:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Goliad	65 min

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.