Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2002, 9:48 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 15, 2002, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2002, 12:45 PM 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
Did it verify
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1885 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 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 151448
FFWCRP
TXC283-311-151745-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
945 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LA SALLE COUNTY IN TEXAS
MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
* AT 940 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER LA SALLE
AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED OVER SOME AREAS. THIS WILL ADD TO THE
SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY OBTAINED IN SPOTS.
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 2825 9932 2813 9918 2818 9848 2856 9842
2859 99012 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KCRP 151625 FFSCRP TXC283-311-151715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1115 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT... AT 1110 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1230 PM. 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. $$ AP
000 WGUS74 KCRP 151742 FFSCRP TXC283-311-151800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1235 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LA SALE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 1230 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN OVER EXTREME NORTHERN LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE COTULLA AREA IN DIMMIT COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT HOUR. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ 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, 7 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:38 AM CDT, 7 hours 10 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, 5 hours 10 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, 4 hours 23 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.Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
652 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0652 AM CLEGG TX FLOOD
07/15/02 LIVE OAK SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED CLOSED DUE
TO HIGH WATER IN SOUTHERN
LIVE OAK COUNTY.
0700 AM SEVEN SISTERS TX FLOOD
07/15/02 DUVAL HIGHWAY 2359 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, 6:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 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.