Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Aug 30, 2001, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)

Expired

Aug 31, 2001, 1:30 AM 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 Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS44 KCRP 310344
FFWCRP
TXC175-310630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1037 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN GOLLIAD COUNTY.  THE HARDEST HIT AREA 
WAS NEAR WEESATCHE NORTHWARD TO THE COUNTY LINE.  SINCE RAIN HAS
CONTINUED OVER THE SAME AREA FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD...FLOODING IS 
LIKELY.  RADAR ESTIMATES SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 
LAST FEW HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

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.

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.

LAT...LON 2889 9738 2871 9768 2859 9766 2875 9728

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 30, 7:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
730 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001

UPDATED ZFP TO REFLECT EXPANDED FFA AREA.  EXPANDED FFA TO TAKE IN
COUNTIES NEAR TRAIN ECHO AREA...NORTHERN WEBB...LA
SALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK.  THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN STATIONARY FOR THE LAST FEW HOURS.  3 HOUR
RAIN TOTALS ARE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES.  ADD EXPECTED RAIN TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW TO THIS AREA...FFG VALUES WILL BE APPROACHED OR EXCEEDED.
ALSO UPDATED NE CWFA IN FFA TO CATEGORICAL POPS TONIGHT.

DEEP LAYER MOISTURE ALONG WITH UPR LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE
OUR RAIN PERIOD.  PER H20 VAPOR...TROF DIGGING INTO TX EXPECTED TO
ENHANCE CONVECTION.  ALL THIS PLUS NOCTURNAL LLJ SHOULD KEEP
ACTIVITY GOING THIS EVENING.

PREVIOUS PRELIMS...

CRP TT 075/088 076/091 076 72563
VCT TT 074/088 075/091 075 72573
LRD EB 077/094 077/098 076 72242

.CRP...FFA THROUGH FRIDAY TXZ229>234...TXZ239...TXZ245>247
       GMZ250-255-270-275...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

KEG...70 SYN
JM...75 MESO

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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.