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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2002, 6:31 AM CDT for Live Oak 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, 6:31 AM CDT (11:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2002, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Live Oak County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KCRP 151131 FFWCRP TXC297-151430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 630 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 * UNTIL 930 AM CDT * AT 624 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CLEGG...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEORGE WEST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY THROUGH 8 AM. 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.
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KCRP 151216 FFSCRP TXC131-297-479-151445- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 710 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN WEBB AND DUVAL COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LIVE OAK COUNTY UNTIL 930 AM CDT... AT 710 AM CDT...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA. MANY ROADS IN DUVAL COUNTY HAVE BEEN OR SOON WILL BE CLOSED...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 59 SOUTH OF FREER AND FM 2359. WATER IS PROBABLY OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 59 IN WEBB COUNTY...AND SOME FLOODING CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF LIVE OAK COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE AREAS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL...WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING 1/2 INCH AN HOUR RATES. THIS RAIN WILL FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. 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. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION $$ GW
000 WGUS74 KCRP 151224 CCA FFSCRP TXC131-297-479-151445- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO REMOVE MENTION OF HAIL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 710 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN WEBB AND DUVAL COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LIVE OAK COUNTY UNTIL 930 AM CDT... AT 710 AM CDT...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA. MANY ROADS IN DUVAL COUNTY HAVE BEEN OR SOON WILL BE CLOSED...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 59 SOUTH OF FREER AND FM 2359. WATER IS PROBABLY OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 59 IN WEBB COUNTY...AND SOME FLOODING CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF LIVE OAK COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE AREAS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL...WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING 1/2 INCH AN HOUR RATES. THIS RAIN WILL FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION $$ GW
000 WGUS74 KCRP 151435 FFSCRP TXC297-151500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 930 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LIVE OAK COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ... AT 925 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM FREER TO BEEVILLE. THIS AREA WAS CONTINUING TO DECREASE DURING THE PAST HOUR AND WILL FURTHER DIMINISH THROUGH LATE MORNING. SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED OVER LIVE OAK COUNTY FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER HOUR. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LIVE OAK COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST FLOODING INFORMATION. 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 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 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 53 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, 1 hour 6 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 113 min |
| Jul 14, 11:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 21 days |
| Jul 15, 1:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 1:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Webb | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 115 min |
| Jul 15, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 9:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Jul 15, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Jul 15, 1:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 3 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.