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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2002, 2:48 PM CDT for La Salle 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2002, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2002, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County La Salle County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 031948 FFWCRP TXC283-032345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 247 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LA SALLE COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 12 MILES SOUTH OF ARTESIA WELLS...OR ABOUT OVER ENCINAL. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS DRIFING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE.... ARTESIA WELLS... COTULLA... LOS ANGELES... MILLET... WOODWARD... 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 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. $$ GW
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KCRP 032214 FFSCRP TXC283-032345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 514 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LASALLE COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LASALLE AND WEBB COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM THURSDAY MORNING... RAIN ACTIVITY HAS BEGUN TO DIMINISH ACROSS LASALLE COUNTY...HOWEVER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLOOD THREAT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS COVERING THE ROADWAY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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 Jul 3, 10:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 10:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1015 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002
MAJOR FLOODING OVER NW PARTS OF FORECAST AREA IS THE MAIN CONCERN
FOR THIS UPDATE. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE CONTINUING OVER LA SALLE
COUNTY WITH STORM TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES. PWATS FROM THE DRT
12Z SOUNDING ARE MORE THAN 1/2 INCH HIGHER THAN AT CRP (1.82 VS.
1.29). THIS IS DOES NOT HAPPEN TOO OFTEN IN JULY OVER SOUTH TEXAS.
CONVECTION WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS.
HOWEVER...A GOOD COOL POOL COMBINED WITH STRONG HEATING WILL LIKELY
TRIGGER ACTIVITY AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH MORE ORGANIZED STORMS
NEAR VICINITY OF UPPER TROUGH. FFA LOOKS GOOD FOR NOW. WOULD NOT
BE SUPRISED IF SOUTHERN COUNTIES IN WATCH RECIEVE A LOT OF
ADDITIONAL RAIN...BUT STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL. 12Z RUC SHOWS
COASTAL BEND ZONES IN A SUBSIDENCE REGION SO WILL LOWER POPS TO
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
MINOR UPDATES TO MARINE. CONTINUE SCA.
.CRP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON TXZ229>231-239-240.
SCA GMZ230-235.
AP...72 SYN
GW...86 MESOIn the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 3, 9:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
938 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0935 AM LOS ANGELES TX FLOOD
07/03/02 LA SALLE STATE HIGHWAY 97 CLOSED
0930 AM 15 W TILDEN TX FLOOD
07/03/02 MCMULLEN STATE HIGHWAY 97 CLOSED
APThe 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, 7:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 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.