Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2002, 7:30 AM CDT for La Salle County, McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 3, 2002, 7:30 AM CDT (12:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2002, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties La Salle County, TX, McMullen County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1679 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 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 031230 FFWCRP TXC283-311-031630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 730 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI EXTENDS THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LA SALLE COUNTY IN TEXAS MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 730 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS...ALONG AND NORTH OF AN ENCINAL TO CALLIHAM LINE MOVING SLOWLY EAST. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS DURING THE PAST 7 HOURS HAS AVERAGED 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A COTULLA TO TILDEN LINE. AN ADDITIONAL SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING...RESULTING IN A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 2863 9835 2807 9835 2804 9939 2863 9939
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KCRP 031444 FFSCRP TXC283-311-031630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 935 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT... AT 935 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER LA SALLE AND WESTERN MCMULLEN COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. STILL...RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 AM. THIS WILL ONLY ENHANCE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS ALREADY OCCURRING IN LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. AT 930 AM...THE MCMULLEN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED HIGHWAY 97 AND FM 1582 CLOSED. SEVERAL ROADS IN LA SALLE COUNTY REMAIN CLOSED...MAINLY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF LOS ANGELES. A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...OR WHERE ROADS ARE BARRICADED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. IF FLOODING IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION $$
000 WGUS74 KCRP 031708 FFSCRP TXC283-311-031800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1205 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. AT 1155 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAD INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST WEBB AND SOUTHWEST LA SALLE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS NEAR ENCINAL. MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTY IS NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED...MANY ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL REMAIN FLOODED AS IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR THE WATERS TO RECEDE. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ AP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 1:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 32 days |
| Jul 3, 4:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle | 4 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.