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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2002, 7:24 AM CDT for La Salle 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 as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2002, 7:24 AM CDT (12:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2002, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 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 051224 FFWCRP TXC283-311-051500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 720 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LA SALLE COUNTY IN TEXAS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT * AT 720 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLOODING RAINS NEAR COTULLA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. 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. LAT...LON 2865 9940 2804 9937 2808 9882 2865 9881
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KCRP 051413 FFSCRP TXC283-311-051500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 915 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MCMULLEN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LASALLE COUNTY UNTIL 10 AM... AT 915 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAIN HAS ENDED OVER MCMULLEN COUNTY...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED THERE. HOWEVER MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN LASALLE COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE SHOWERS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL NOON OVER NORTHERN LASALLE COUNTY...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOST DEATHS OCCUR FROM THIS ACTION. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ METZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 12:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, McMullen | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Live Oak | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 81 min |
| Jul 5, 5:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.