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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 16, 2002Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2002, 8:35 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 16, 2002, 8:35 AM CDT (13:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2002, 11:30 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 12:00Z, 1.6 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 12:00Z on 2002-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-07-16The 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 161335
FFWCRP
TXC469-161630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
833 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 830 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET FLOODING 
  IN VICTORIA WITH OVER A FOOT OF STANDING WATER ON THE MAJOR CITY   
  STREETS. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE HEAVY RAINS OVER THE         
  AREA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

  IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED IN YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
  IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS.
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KCRP 161537
FFSCRP
TXC469-161630-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1030 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTY OF VICTORIA
UNTIL 1130 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING...

AT 1025 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY SHOWERS NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 
BEEVILLE TO HOLIDAY BEACH.  THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 
MPH.  ADDITIONAL RAIN OF UP TO 1 INCH MAY OCCUR THROUGH LATE 
THIS MORNING OVER THE AREA.  

ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT...THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE LED TO STREET 
FLOODING IN VICTORIA THIS MORNING.  ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN WILL 
SUBSIDE DURING THE NEXT HOUR...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL MAY 
CONTRIBUTE TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION THIS MORNING.  DO 
NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.  

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 2:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Live Oak3 hr
Jul 16, 4:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jul 16, 4:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jul 16, 5:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria2 hr
Jul 16, 6:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jul 16, 6:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jul 16, 9:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Goliad, Refugio3 hr
Jul 16, 11:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria3 hr
Jul 16, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP119 min
Jul 16, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP119 min

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.