Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2002, 11:41 PM 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2002, 11:41 PM CDT (04:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2002, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties La Salle County, TX, McMullen County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1869 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KCRP 090441 FFWCRP TXC283-311-090745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1139 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 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 245 AM CDT * AT 1134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR FOWLERTON AND TILDEN. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$ GW
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KCRP 090647 FFSCRP TXC283-311-090745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 141 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN UNTIL 245 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING... AT 140 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER MOST OF THESE COUNTIES WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN ALONG THE LA SALLE-MCMULLEN COUNTY LINE NEAR FOWLERTON. RADAR RAINFALL WAS ESTIMATED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THIS AREA DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE ALL THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. $$ 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 Sep 8, 9:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 9:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
955 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002
CENTER OF FAY CURRENTLY LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH OF COTULLA. WV
LOOP SHOWING UPR LOW WOBBLING EAST AS SPOKES OF VORTICITY ROTATE
AROUND THE BASE OF THE LOW. AVN/MESO-ETA IN AGREEMENT WITH
DEVELOPING HIGH OMEGA VALUES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNDER PVA.
CONCERN IS THAT CORE RAINS NEAR THE SFC LOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND
DIFFLUENCE ALOFT OVER THE E CWA COMBINED WITH LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE
PATTERN WILL DEVELOP A GOOD BANDING PATERN OVER THE E CWA SIMILAR TO
WHAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT. PLEASE SEE FFSCRP FOR MORE INFO.
FOR THE UPDATE WILL MAKE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE POPS AND WINDS.
WILL KNOCK LRD POP DOWN AS DRY SUBSIDENT FLOW OFF SIERRA IS
INHIBITING CONVECTION.
MARINE...WILL INCREASE WINDS MAINLY OFFSHORE FOR TONIGHT AS WINDS
GOING GOOD AND STRONG. WILL MAKE A FEW OTHER COSMETIC CHANGES
OTHERWISE NOTHING ELSE DONE.
.CRP...SCA GMZ250-255-270-275.
92/TR...SYNOPTIC
86/GW...MARINE
.CRP...FFA TXZ229>234-239>247 (ALL AREA)
SCA GMZ250-255-270-275 (COASTAL/OFFSHORE).In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 8, 6:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
646 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0622 PM 7 N BEEVILLE TX FLOOD
09/08/02 BEE WATER OVER HIGHWAY 181
OFFICERS REROUTING
TRAFFIC
TRLocal storm report, Sep 8, 10:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1015 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM ALICE TX FLOOD
09/08/02 JIM WELLS
1000 PM ALICE TX FLOOD
09/08/02 JIM WELLS STREET FLOODING REPORTED
BY SHERIFF
1000 PM 4 SW BEN BOLT TX TORNADO
09/08/02 JIM WELLS TORNADO SPOTTED ON GROUND
BY PUBLIC NEAR FM 625 AND
CR 464
1015 PM 4 SW BEN BOLT TX TORNADO
09/08/02 JIM WELLS TORNADO SPOTTED ON GROUND
BY PUBLIC NEAR FM 625 AND
CR 464 NO DAMAGELocal storm report, Sep 8, 10:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1030 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM ALICE TX FLOOD
09/08/02 JIM WELLS STREET FLOODING REPORTED
BY SHERIFF
1015 PM 4 SW BEN BOLT TX TORNADO
09/08/02 JIM WELLS TORNADO SPOTTED ON GROUND
BY PUBLIC NEAR FM 625 AND
CR 464 NO DAMAGELocal storm report, Sep 8, 11:39 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1139 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1023 PM 5 S BEN BOLT TX TORNADO
09/08/02 JIM WELLS TORNADO ON GROUND FOR
SEVERAL MINUTES REPORTED
BY PUBLIC DRIVING ON
HIGHWAY 281
TRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 12:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen, Webb | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 118 min |
| Sep 9, 6:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 87 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.