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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2002, 5:13 PM CDT for Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2002, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2002, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Goliad County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1839 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KCRP 172213 FFWCRP TXC175-180015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 511 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN GOLIAD COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN GOLAID COUNTY FROM FANNIN TO SOUTH OF BERCLAIR. 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. LAT...LON 2857 9754 2841 9738 2860 9718 2880 9740
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 May 17, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 305 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 THE COLD FRONT OVER NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OVERNIGHT...AND MOVE OFFSHORE BY MID MORNING SATURDAY. AIRMASS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA STABILIZED AFTER THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION...AND RECOVERY HAS BEEN SLOW...ONLY A FEW PUFFY CU OUTSIDE. EXPECT AIRMASS TO DESTABILIZE AS WE GO THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH SHOULD ENTER THE NORTHERN ZONES AROUND MIDNIGHT. PWATS SHOULD AVERAGE 1.5 TO 1.75 IN WITH CAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AROUND 06Z AND MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY 12Z. THE FRONT WILL BE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MID MORNING SATURDAY (LAGGING 3 TO 6 HOURS). AFTER THIS...THE CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL DWINDLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH SOME CLOUDS LINGERING UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT FAIR CONDITIONS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES. EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WEST ON TUESDAY...WILL KEEP THE EXTENDED DRY. CROSS SECTIONS SHOW A RETURN TO MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE PERIOD. MARINE...EXPECT THE FRONT...CURRENTLY OVER NRN TX...TO MOVE SWD OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE WATERS EARLY SAT. CAPE-CIN PATTERN WL SUPPORT CONVECTION ALONG/NEAR THE FRONT OVER THE WATERS BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT. SCA CONDITIONS/DECREASING PCPN CHANGES EXPECTED AFTER FROPA. EXPECT SFC WIND SPEEDS TO DECREASE/VEER SUNDAY...AS THE ANTICYCLONE MOVES SLOWLY INTO THE SERN CONUS. SGFNT MSTR INCREASE ANTICIPATED BY WED...HWR NOT YET CONFIDENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PCPN. PRELIMS... CRP EB 068/080 062/081 064 42- VCT EB 063/077 057/079 058 52- LRD EB 065/081 062/084 065 320 .CRP...SCA GMZ230-235. 78/87
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-181200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 400 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS WELL AS SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER CONVECTION WILL SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS. AS WE GO THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND LATE NIGHT HOURS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STRONG STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND HAIL. SOME CITIES TO BE AFFECTED ARE LAREDO...COTULLA...VICTORIA...CORPUS CHRISTI...KINGSVILLE AND SINTON. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA BY MID MORNING SATURDAY. AFTER A FEW MORNING SHOWERS...MOST OF THE RAINFALL WILL END. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTH WITH SPEEDS INCREASING BY THE AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS FROM THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS TO THE VICTORIA CROSS ROADS TO THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS AND ADVISORIES THROUGH THE EVENING AS THIS SITUATION DEVELOPS. 78
Local storm report, May 17, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
407 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0357 PM VICTORIA TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 VICTORIA REPORTED BY AIRPORT
MANAGER AT VICTORIA
REGIONAL AIRPORT
0400 PM 4 SW INEZ TX .75 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 VICTORIA
JMLocal storm report, May 17, 4:39 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
439 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0420 PM 5 N BLOOMINGTON TX .88 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 VICTORIA DIME TO NICKLE SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER ON HIGHWAY
185 BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON
AND VICTORIA
JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 53 min |
| May 17, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 48 min |
| May 17, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 49 min |
| May 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 41 min |
| May 17, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 67 min |
| May 17, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Live Oak, Refugio and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 17, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 119 min | |
| May 17, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen | 2 hr |
| May 17, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 17, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 2 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.