Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Sep 8, 2002, 11:02 AM CDT (16:02 UTC)

Expired

Sep 8, 2002, 12:30 PM CDT

In force

88 min

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Goliad County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 081602
FFWCRP
TXC175-081730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1101 AM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1055 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF 
STATE HIGHWAY 239. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF 
GOLIAD...WEESATCHE...FANNIN AND SCHRODER. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 
INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 2864 9759 2846 9728 2854 9717 2885 9721
          2885 9732 2892 9742 2886 9750

$$

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NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 8, 10:45 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1045 AM CDT MON SEP 8 2002

DISCUSSION...CYCLIC/NOCTURNAL NATURE OF HEAVY RAINFALL APPEARS TO BE
SETTLING DOWN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AS THE SOUTHEAST
TO NORTHWEST BAND OF CONVECTION OVER THE SE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING
CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHWARD AND IS EXITING THE NE CWA.  UPPER RIDGE
WILL BECOME A PLAYER IN THE MOVEMENT OF THE REMNANTS OF FAY DURING
THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS AS A GRADUAL W/SW MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE WEST WHICH WILL
BE CLOSEST TO THE CENTER OF DEEPEST MOISTURE.

WEAK SFC TROF WILL SLIDE TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH TODAY AND GENERATE
AN EAST TO NORTHEAST FLOW.  EAST GRADIENT WILL PILE HIGHER WATER
LEVELS TOWARD THE COASTLINE FOR THE UPCOMING TWO HIGH TIDES EARLY
TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  LAST NIGHT HIGH TIDE FORCED
WATER INTO THE CORPUS CHRISTI MUSEUM PARKING LOT ALONG THE BAY FRONT
AND LINGERED FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER HIGH TIDE.

WILL MAKE MINOR TWEAKS TO THE CURRENT FORECAST BASED ON CURRENT
MOVEMENT OF RAINFALL AND EXPECTED DECREASE IN COVERAGE THIS
AFTERNOON.

MARINE...DROPPED THE SCA FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS BASED ON THE LATEST
CONDITIONS...AND REPLACE WITH SCEC.  SEAS WERE RUNNING 5 TO 6 FEET.
INITIATED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING BASED ON THE LATEST WIND
FORECAST.  WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GO EAST/NORTHEAST THIS
AFTERNOON...HELPING TO PILE WATER ALONG THE COAST.  LEVELS ALREADY 1
TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT LOW TIDE...AND HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED
AGAIN THIS EVENING AND EARLY TUESDAY AM.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE ZONES AS THE THE
REMNANTS OF FAY CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA.  A DRYING TREND IS
EXPECTED BY MID WEEK.

BML.76 / CW.78

.CRP...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING TXZ242>247 THROUGH TUE MORNING.
       FLASH FLOOD WATCH TXZ229>231-239>241 THROUGH TONIGHT (WEST).

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.