Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 16, 2001, 6:00 PM CST for Kleberg County, Nueces County, San Patricio 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2001, 6:00 PM CST (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2001, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KCRP 162358 FFWCRP TXC273-355-409-170300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 600 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN TEXAS EASTERN NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS EASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 900 PM CST * AT 600 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED ON THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL PRODUCE FLOODING THROUGH 900 PM. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KCRP 170235 FFSCRP TXC273-355-409-170330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 831 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2001 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE COUNTIES OF KLEBERG...NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO UNTIL 9 PM CST WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AS OF 830 PM CST...ALL OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS EXITED THE AREA AND HAS MOVED OFFSHORE. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 PM. HOWEVER...SOME ROADS MAY STILL HAVE WATER OVER THEM...OR MAY BE BARRICADED BY LAW ENFORECMENT OFFICIALS. THEREFORE...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP $$ GW
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 16, 2:40 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 2:40 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
240 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2001
MODERATE RAINFALL OVER THE ERN 2/3RD OF CWA WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH
THIS EVENING AS NVA MOVES OVHD IN WAKE OF EXITING S/W. STILL EXPECT
CHC SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AND A FEW BUMPERS. BUT MID/UPR LVLS SHOULD
STABILIZE.
UPPER LOW WILL PIVOT NORTH INTO THE PANHANDLE BY SAT EVENING SENDING
YET ANOTHER IMPULSE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE DAY SAT.
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH THROUGH
THIS TIME PERIOD EXCEPT WIND FIELDS AND OVERALL DYNAMICS WILL WEAKEN
AND BE FOCUSED MORE TO OUR NORTH. THTE RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN
POSITIONED ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THRU SAT...THEREFORE WILL GO WITH 50
PERCENT POPS AND MAINTAIN FFA.
CONDITIONS DRY OUT SAT NIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS ACROSS THE
MIDWEST AND COOL SFC RIDGE SETTLES IN FROM THE NE. ANOTHER STRONG
MID LVL S/W WILL DROP INTO THE SRN PLAINS MON AS SRN BRANCH OF JET
STREAM STRENGTHENS TO OUR SOUTH. THIS WILL BRING MID/UPR LVL CLOUDS
AND HIGH BASED PRECIP TO THE REGION MON-WED...WITH FAIRLY PERSISTENT
TEMPS. HIGHS LOW 70S...LOWS MID 50S. RAIN SHOULD CLEAR THE AREA BY
THANKSGIVING.
MARINE...LL MOISTURE CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AREA. PWATS
REMAINING 1.5 TO 1.75 NEXT 24 HOURS. MODELS SHOWING MOVING OF THE
UPPER LOW. SURFACE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTHWARD OVER THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER
THE BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS SO WILL CONTINUE THE SCA THROUGH
TONIGHT. EXPECT WINDS TO SLOWLY DECREASE.
CRP TE 064/072 063/074 063 86200
VCT TE 064/070 062/072 062 65200
LRD TE 064/070 062/073 062 55200
.CRP...FFA ALL ZONES TXZ229>234-239>247 THRU 4PM SAT.
SCA ALL ZONES GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275.
75 (SYNOPTIC)
71 (AVIATION)
76 (MARINE/SHORT-FUSED)In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 16, 2:00 PM CST, 4 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
200 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0113 PM CORPUS CHRISTI TX FLOODING
11/16/01 NUECES SHERIFF REPORT.
NUMEROUS ROADS
FLOODED.
0135 PM CORPUS CHRISTI TX FLOODING
11/16/01 NUECES SHERIFF REPORT OF
NUMEROUS ROADS
FLOODED.
LAMARRELocal storm report, Nov 16, 3:25 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
325 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 PM DRISCOLL TX FLOODING
11/16/01 NUECES SHERIFF REPORT OF
FLOODED ROADS.
0310 PM ODEM TX FLOODING
11/16/01 SAN PATRICIO SHERIFF REPORT OF
FLOODED ROADS.
0315 PM 2 N KINGSVILLE TX FLOODING
11/16/01 KLEBERG SHERIFF REPORT OF
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAMARRELocal storm report, Nov 16, 5:20 PM CST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
520 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM PORT ARANSAS TX FLOODING
11/16/01 NUECES SHERIFF REPORT OF
FLOODED ROADS.
0500 PM GREGORY TX FLOODING
11/16/01 SAN PATRICIO SHERIFF REPORT OF
FLOODED ROADS.
0400 PM 2 E KINGSVILLE TX FLOODING
11/16/01 KLEBERG SHERIFF REPORT OF
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAMARREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 6:17 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 88 min | |
| Nov 16, 7:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 60 min | |
| Nov 16, 7:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 60 min | |
| Nov 16, 7:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 60 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.