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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2002, 11:25 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2002, 11:25 AM CDT (16:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2002, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Victoria County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 161625 FFWCRP TXC469-161915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1120 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 1114 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS STREET AND ROAD CLOSURES IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN CONTINUING OVER NORTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 3/4 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THIS AREA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE.... NURSERY... VICTORIA... 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. LAT...LON 2878 9713 2872 9700 2895 9678 2942 9731
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KCRP 161847 FFSCRP TXC469-161945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 139 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ AP
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, 8:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Goliad, Refugio | 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.