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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 5, 2002Bee County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2002, 3:39 AM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 81 min. 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 5, 2002, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2002, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
81 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bee County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2421 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2421 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 050839
FFWCRP
TXC025-051000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
335 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 335 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF BEE COUNTY.  THE SHOWERS AND        
  THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH.

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.
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KCRP 050948
FFSCRP
TXC025-249-297-051100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
445 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE THROUGH 5 AM FOR JIM WELLS...DUVAL
AND BEE COUNTIES...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DUVAL COUNTY THROUGH 6
AM...

AT 445 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
NORTHWARD MOVEMENT TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AREA.  LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE WITH RAINFALL TOTALS RANGING BETWEEN 1 AND 2
INCHES. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THIS MORNING...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST OVER THE AREA
THIS MORNING.  STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$

LAMARRE
000 
WGUS74 KCRP 050951
FFSCRP
TXC025-131-249-297-051100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
450 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE THROUGH 5 AM FOR JIM WELLS...LIVE
OAK AND BEE COUNTIES...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DUVAL COUNTY THROUGH 6
AM...

AT 445 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
NORTHWARD MOVEMENT TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AREA.  LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE WITH RAINFALL TOTALS RANGING BETWEEN 1 AND 2
INCHES. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THIS MORNING...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST OVER THE AREA
THIS MORNING.  STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$

LAMARRE

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 4, 8:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 8:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 9 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
830 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2002

RSM/ETA ENSEMBLES AND ETA/AVN SUGGEST THAT THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS MAY
SHIFT SLIGHTLY WESTWARD OVERNIGHT. NEVERTHELESS...EXPECT TRAINING
ECHOES TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS OVERNIGHT. WL ADD
DUVAL AND MCMULLEN TO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND INCREASE POPS OVER
PORTIONS OF THE CWFA.

.CRP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT TXZ229-230-239-240.

87

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 12:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, McMullen3 hr
Jul 5, 1:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces3 hr
Jul 5, 2:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Live Oak2 hr
Jul 5, 3:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval3 hr
Jul 5, 5:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle, Live Oak, McMullen3 hr
Jul 5, 7:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.