Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Sep 9, 2002, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)

Expired

Sep 9, 2002, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

87 min

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Webb County, TX

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 092348
FFWCRP
TXC479-100115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
647 PM CDT MON SEP 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM 
ENCINAL TO AGUILARES AND POINTS WEST. AFFECTED COMMUNITIES INCLUDE 
LAS TIENDAS...ORVIL...LAREDO AND RIO BRAVO. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 
INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY 
SATURATED GROUNDS. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING 
WEST BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH AND TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS. 

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 2731 9882 2805 9922 2802 9992 2788 9989
          2778 9978 2769 9971 2759 9950 2730 9948

$$

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NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 9, 3:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
330 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2002

DISCUSSION...REMNANT FAY CIRCULATION LOCATED ACROSS LRD THIS
AFTERNOON AS EVIDENT IN SATELLITE AND REFLECTIVITY IMAGES.  EXPECT
THIS CENTER TO CONTINUE TO ROTATE OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TONIGHT
WITH ANOTHER SWATH OF CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OVER THE WEST AND
CENTRAL CWA..AND LATER INFLUENCE THE EASTERN CWA LATE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN FOR RAINFALL
DEVELOPMENT WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM JIM WELLS TO LIVE OAK
COUNTIES.  FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE CWA AS VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS POINTS EAST OF THIS LINE THIS
MORNING.  HOWEVER..A GRADUAL DECREASE IN RAINFALL POTENTIAL TUESDAY
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK AS A NORTHEAST GRADIENT CONTINUES
TO DEVELOP OVER TEH REGION..IN ASSOCIATION WITH LOW PRESSURE IN THE
GULF AND A WEAK SFC TROF SLIPPING SOUTHWARD OVER THE AREA..THUS
LIMITING SUBSTANTIAL INFLOW TO DEVELOPING CONVECTION.  ANOTHER
DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA SUNDAY/MONDAY AND WILL
INCLUDE THE NEXT MENTION OF ISOLATED CONVECTION WITH THIS FEATURE.

MARINE...SEAS RUNNING 5 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WITH A EAST TO
NORTHEAST WIND.  EXPECT SEAS TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT...SO WILL ISSUE
AN SCA FOR THE OFFSHORE AND NEARSHORE WATERS.  ALSO EXPECT ANOTHER
ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO PIVOT THROUGH THE
MARINE ZONES IN CONNECTION WITH THE REMNANTS OF FAY TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY.  DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN ON WEDNESDAY...AND PWATS WILL
FALL BELOW 2 IN.  EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY WITH NO FLAGS.

THE FORECAST NUMBERS ARE NEXT...
CRP TE 076/087 075/090 076 76553
VCT TE 074/086 073/088 074 76453
LRD TE 074/085 074/086 075 76664

BML.76 / CW.78

.CRP...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING TXZ242>247 THROUGH TUE MORNING.
       FLASH FLOOD WATCH TXZ229>231-239>241 THROUGH TONIGHT (WEST).
       SCA GMZ250-255-270-275.

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