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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

September 19, 2002Duval County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 2002, 7:17 PM CDT for Duval 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
Sep 19, 2002, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2002, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Duval County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3776 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3776 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 200017
FFWCRP
TXC131-200315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
714 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 707 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODIING OVER 
SOUTH CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY...OR 2 MILES WEST OF BENAVIDES...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. DUVAL SHERRIFFS OFFICE REPORTED WATER 
OVER FM 2295.

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 2756 9840 2746 9857 2628 9788 2653 9747
          2728 9824

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval36 min
Sep 19, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas4 hr
Sep 19, 7:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad3 hr
Sep 19, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg3 hr
Sep 19, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP55 min
Sep 19, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP61 min
Sep 19, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPRefugio25 min
Sep 19, 10:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Refugio, San Patricio3 hr
Sep 19, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval33 days
Sep 19, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP60 min
Sep 19, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
Sep 19, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio61 min
Sep 19, 11:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces113 min
Sep 20, 12:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr

Nearby

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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.