Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Jul 15, 2002, 1:24 AM CDT (06:24 UTC)

Expired

Jul 15, 2002, 4:30 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX

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.

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 150624
FFWCRP
TXC297-311-150930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
123 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS
  EASTERN MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 117 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES WEST OF GEORGE WEST...MOVING NORHTEAST AT 
  20 MPH.

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.

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 2855 9846 2806 9857 2807 9795 2820 9784
          2852 9801 2862 9825

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 14, 9:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
945 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2002

DISCUSSION...SHORTWAVE TROF APPROACHING THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SOUTH
OF DEL TRIO EARLY TONIGHT CONTINUES TO ENHANCE THE DIFFLUENT AND
DIVERGENT WIND FIELDS ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA WHERE MULTICELLULAR
CONVECTION CONTINUES.  EARLIER/FASTER PROGRESSION OF THE SEABREEZE
THIS AFTERNOON AS COMPARED TO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON INHIBITED
WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS THE EASTERN FORECAST BY THE TIME AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHED SOUTH/SOUTHWESTWARD LATE THIS AFTN/EARLY
THIS EVENING.  CONVECTION ACROSS THE CWA REMAINS ALIGNED ALONG A
LINE FROM LAREDO TO JUST NORTH OF THREE RIVERS.  EXPECT CONVECTION
ACROSS THE NWRN CWA TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH
CONVECTION ACROSS THE SWRN CWA TO BE LESS ORGANIZED.  FLOODING WILL
REMAIN THE PRIMARY CONCERN DURING THE SHORT-TERM.  OTHERWISE..FLASH
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA THROUGH
MONDAY..WITH THE POTENTIAL OF CONTINUING THROUGH THE MUCH OF
TUE..ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WRN CWA.  TIME CROSS-SECTIONS SHOW A VERY
DEEP LAYER OF MOISTURE THROUGH THE VERTICAL..WITH A SLUG OF HIGH
PWATS ADVECTING NORTHWARD THROUGH MONDAY..COINCIDENT WITH GREATEST
OMEGA VALUES MON AFTN/MON NIGHT.  WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
ZONES..MAINLY TO LOWER POPS ACROSS THE EAST.

MARINE...OVERALL FCST LOOKS GOOD. CONVECTION ONSHORE WILL KEEP WINDS
IN SCEC RANGE OFFSHORE ALL NIGHT. WILL UPDATE FCST TO LESSEN THE
LOWERING TREND OF THE WINDS FOR TONIGHT.

BML.76 / TR.92

.CRP...FFA TXZ229>234-239>247 .

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

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