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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 22, 2002, 6:21 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2002, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2002, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kleberg County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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.
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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 1927 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KCRP 222321 FFWCRP TXC273-230015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 621 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KLEBERG COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE RICARDO AND KINGSVILLE AREA. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 2733 9788 2752 9790 2754 9751 2740 9754
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 Oct 22, 5:26 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 5:26 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 526 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002 MADE AN EARLIER UPDATE TO THE ZFP TO RAISE POPS FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND THIS EVENING WHERE STRONG SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS OCCURRING ALONG A THETA-E RIDGE AXIS INVOF OF THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY. 85/76 .CRP...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 22, 7:04 AM CDT, 11 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-231100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 704 AM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DUE IN PART TO A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER THIS WEEK...YET IS EXPECTED TO STALL. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. WC
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 22, 12:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1242 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
545 AM 7 E PETRONILA TX TORNADO
10/22/02 NUECES TWO BARNS SUSTAINED
MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE.
DEBRIS FROM BARN
STRUCTURES DAMAGED
NEARBY TRUCK AND HOUSE.
PATH LENGTH 1.2 MILES.
WIDTH ESTIMATED AT 30
YARDS. PRELIMINARY
TRLocal storm report, Oct 22, 12:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1242 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
545 AM 7 E PETRONILA TX TORNADO
10/22/02 NUECES TWO BARNS SUSTAINED
MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE.
DEBRIS FROM BARN
STRUCTURES DAMAGED
NEARBY TRUCK AND HOUSE.
PATH LENGTH 1.2 MILES.
WIDTH ESTIMATED AT
30 YARDS. PRELIMINARY
STRENGTH ESTIMATED AS A
F1.
TRSpecial weather statement, Oct 22, 4:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-231100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 408 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002 ...AN ACTIVE WEEK OF WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR SOUTH TEXAS... SOUTH TEXAS WILL EXPERIENCE AN INCREASING PROBABILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM AND A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND EVEN ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER IN THE WEEK. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY SATURDAY MAY EXCEED 5 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS LIVING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS UNFOLDING WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF ANY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FALLS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR POSSIBLE WATER RISES. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...INCLUDING FORECASTS AND WARNINGS. MB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 12:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 54 min | |
| Oct 22, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 46 min | |
| Oct 22, 6:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 94 min | |
| Oct 22, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Oct 22, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 37 min | |
| Oct 22, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 37 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.