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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Jul 16, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Jul 16, 5:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Jul 16, 6:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Jul 16, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Goliad, Refugio | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 119 min | |
| Jul 16, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 119 min |
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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.