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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2002, 2:32 AM CDT for La Salle County, McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
- Sep 9, 2002, 2:32 AM CDT (07:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2002, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties La Salle County, TX, McMullen County, TX
Did it verify
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 090732
FFWCRP
TXC283-311-091130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
230 AM CDT MON SEP 9 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 630 AM CDT
* AT 225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF MCMULLEN AND LA SALLE
COUNTIES. THIS AREA HAS BEEN STATIONARY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL CONTINUES ALONG THE LA SALLE-MCMULLEN COUNTY
LINE NEAR FOWLERTON. RADAR RAINFALL WAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 8 TO 12
INCHES OVER THIS AREA.
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.
LAT...LON 2858 9936 2810 9936 2806 9920 2812 9847
2863 9840What 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, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 9:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 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, 10:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 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, 4 hours 2 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 hours 53 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
TRLocal storm report, Sep 9, 1:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
117 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1210 AM ALICE TX FLOOD
09/09/02 JIM WELLS COUNTY ROADS NEAR HIGHWAY
44 AND BUSINESS HIGHWAY
281 CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
APThe 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 8, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 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.