Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2001, 12:19 AM CDT for Duval County, Jim Wells 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
- Aug 31, 2001, 12:19 AM CDT (05:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2001, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, McMullen County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:20 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 3264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 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 310526
FFWCRP
TXC131-249-311-310830-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1219 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS
WESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS
SOUTHERN MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
* AT 1218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS MOST OF DUVAL COUNTY...SOUTHERN
MCMULLEN COUNTY AND WESTERN PARTS OF JIM WELLS COUNTY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
NEAR 6 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MANY AREAS IN THIS
REGION. ROADS ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO FLOOD IN FREER.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE....
FREER...
SEVEN SISTERS...
SAN DIEGO...
ROSITA...
RIOS...
REALITOS...
LOMA ALTA...
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 2744 9878 2729 9819 2777 9803 2821 9844
2825 9877What 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 Aug 30, 7:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 7:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
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 MESOIn the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 30, 11:41 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1141 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
635 PM 5 SE COTULLA TX .88 INCH HAIL
08/30/01 LA SALLE
1000 PM 2N MISSION VALLEY TX FLOOD
08/30/01 VICTORIA FM236 FLOODED NEAR FM237.
CARS STALLED.
1140 PM LAREDO TX FLOOD
08/30/01 WEBB MANY STREETS FLOODED IN
CITY
JMLocal storm report, Aug 31, 12:16 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...COR TYPO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1141 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
635 PM 5 SE COTULLA TX .88 INCH HAIL
08/30/01 LA SALLE
1000 PM 2N MISSION VALLEY TX FLOOD
08/30/01 VICTORIA FM236 FLOODED NEAR FM237.
CARS STALLED.
1140 PM LAREDO TX FLOOD
08/30/01 WEBB MANY STREETS FLOODED IN
CITY
JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 59 min |
| Aug 31, 2:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio | 67 min |
| Aug 31, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 67 min |
| Aug 31, 3:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 117 min |
| Aug 31, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 4:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 110 min |
| Aug 31, 8:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Live Oak, Victoria | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun | 3 hr |
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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.