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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 15, 2002Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2002, 6:00 AM CDT for Victoria 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2002, 6:00 AM CDT (11:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2002, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Victoria County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2002-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
2181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1136 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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 151100
FFWCRP
TXC469-151400-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 555 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR             
  INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF 
  MCFADDIN...TO VICTORIA...TO 10 MILES NORTH OF VICTORIA ALONG HIGHWAY
  77.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
  OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY IN SOME LOCATIONS WITH THESE STORMS. 

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.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KCRP 151240
FFSCRP
TXC469-151400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
733 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VICTORIA COUNTY UNTIL 900 AM CDT...

MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF VICTORIA COUNTY AS OF 
730 AM...HOWEVER...SPOTTY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES.  ESTIMATED 
ISOLTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER 
VICTORIA COUNTY SINCE 550 AM...MAINLY OVER NORTHERN VICTORIA 
COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 INCH ARE LIKELY THROUGH 
9 AM.  THIS COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN 
LOW-LYING AREAS AND CERTAIN ROADWAYS.

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. 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

$$

GW
000 
WGUS74 KCRP 151357
FFSCRP
TXC469-151430-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
850 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VICTORIA COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 845 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 
AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE 
FROM VICTORIA TO FREER.  THE AREA WAS MOVING NORTH NEAR 15 MPH.  
MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN IS NORTH OF THE VICTORIA AREA.  ADDITIONAL 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE PORT ARANSAS AND 
ROCKPORT AREAS THIS MORNING.  THESE MAY AFFECT VICTORIA COUNTY LATER 
THIS MORNING.  

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 AM.  A 
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  RESIDENTS OF VICTORIA COUNTY SHOULD 
MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST FLOODING INFORMATION.

ALSO...FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT 
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP

$$

AP

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 15, 2:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
238 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002

AN ACTIVE WX PATTERN IS IN STORE FOR SOUTH TX THROUGH TUE.  SOUTH TX
WL CONTINUE TO HAVE A DECENT DIFLUENT PATTERN IN THE UPR LVLS.  THIS
WL BE FURTHER ENHANCED BY THE RRQ OF A JET STREAK MOVING THROUGH
NERN TX.  ALSO...FAVORABLE DYNAMICS WL BE COMING FROM AN IMPRESSIVE
UPR LOW/VORT MAX CURRENTLY IN NERN MEXICO.  THE LATTER APPEARS TO BE
MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CURRENT MCSS AFFECTING THE NWRN PART OF
THE CWFA.  THIS UPR LOW IS PROGGED TO REMAIN TO OUR WEST THROUGH
TUE.  MEANWHILE...PWS WL BE SURGING EVEN HIGHER AND WL REACH 2.2 TO
2.4 INCHES IN MANY AREAS.  SATL IMAGERY AND THE MODELS HAVE PICKED
UP ON ANOTHER SLUG OF MOISTURE FROM THE SRN GULF WHICH WL AFFECT THE
CWFA LATER TDA.  ON TOP OF THIS...THERE IS A WK SFC BOUNDARY
STRETCHING FROM VCT TO SWWD TO TO THE SOUTH OF LRD.  THIS FEATURE
SHOULD TEND TO MOVE SLOWLY EWD TDA.  ALL OF THESE PARAMETERS WL KEEP
THE HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING THREAT GOING THROUGH TUE.  THUS...THE FFA WL
BE CONTINUED AND EXTENDED THROUGH TUE TO COVER THE ENTIRE CWFA.

WL BE A BIT MORE PESSIMISTIC FOR THE PERIOD TUE NIGHT AND WED.  BLV
THE ETA SOLN IS HANDLING THE SYNOPTIC FEATURES...ESPECIALLY THE UPR
LOW IN MEXICO BETTER THAN THE AVN.  THE AVN LOOKS TO BE A BIT TOO
AGGRESSIVE WITH DRYING US OUT SO QUICKLY.  AFTER WED...WL NOT MAKE
ANY CHANGES TO THE PREV FCST TREND.

MARINE...MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
SHORT RANGE FCST.   WL MAINTAIN SCTD TO NUM SHRAS/TSRAS IN THE FCST
FOR THE SAME REASONS NOTED ABV.  THINGS BEGIN TO SLOWLY IMPROVE BY
WED WITH GENERALLY MORE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS AFTER THAT.

PRELIMS FOLLOW...
CRP TT 088/077 084/078 091 56642
VCT TT 086/074 082/076 089 88853
LRD TT 086/075 084/077 088 77653
NGP TT 087/079 086/080 089 56642

MB(80)...SYNOPTIC
GW(86)...MESO/MARINE

.CRP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TXZ229>234-239>247 THROUGH TUE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 4:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
438 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0407 AM    2 N LOMA ALTA             TX   FLOOD
07/15/02   MCMULLEN                       FM624 IS FLOODED.
Local storm report, Jul 15, 5:25 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
525 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0518 AM    2 N LOMA ALTA             TX   FLOOD
07/15/02   MCMULLEN                       FM624 BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 59
                                          AND 16 IS CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER.

0518 AM    1 N FREER                 TX   FLOOD
07/15/02   DUVAL                          HIGHWAY 16 IS CLOSED DUE
                                          TO HIGH WATER.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 9:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen113 min
Jul 14, 11:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen2 hr
Jul 15, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak41 min
Jul 15, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Nueces21 days
Jul 15, 1:15 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak45 min
Jul 15, 1:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen3 hr
Jul 15, 3:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Live Oak3 hr
Jul 15, 3:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Webb3 hr
Jul 15, 4:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen115 min
Jul 15, 6:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak3 hr
Jul 15, 6:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Webb3 hr
Jul 15, 9:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen3 hr
Jul 15, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jul 15, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jul 15, 1:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle3 hr
Jul 15, 3:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval3 hr
Jul 15, 4:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen3 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.