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Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 28, 2002, 9:01 PM CST for San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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 28, 2002, 9:01 PM CST (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2002, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 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 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 1976 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 14.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KCRP 290301
FFWCRP
TXC409-290400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
900 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 1000 PM CST
* AT 855 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF GREGORY TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF TAFT SOUTHWEST...OR FROM 11 MILES WEST OF ROCKPORT TO 10 MILES
WEST OF PORTLAND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
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 2809 9731 2789 9760 2784 9738 2787 9716
2801 9720
$$
WC1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KCRP 290326 FFSCRP TXC409-290415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 925 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM CST... AT 920 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. THE COMMUNITIES OF GREGORY AND PORTLAND WERE AFFECTED. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT SEVERAL ROADS ARE BEING CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING...INCLUDING FM 1945...COUNTY ROAD 21 WEST OF INTERSTATE 37...AND HIGHWAY 188. ALSO...LOOP 202 IN GREGORY IS CLOSED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO EXCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$ WC
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 28, 7:20 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 7:20 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 720 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002 THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTHEAST AND COASTAL COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED. THE WARM FRONT NOW NORTH OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES...WITH A SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND SETTLING IN ITS WAKE. UPPER JET STREAK CURRENTLY PULLING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...SO EXPECT CONVECTION OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES TO CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE WATCH AND LOWER POPS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FOG FORMATION. .CRP...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 5:30 AM CST, 15 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-291200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 530 AM CST MON OCT 28 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .TODAY AND TONIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA... ARANSAS...CALHOUN...REFUGIO...KLEBERG...NUECES...AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND COUNTIES AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY. WITH PLENTIFUL MOISTURE AS WELL AS A STORM SYSTEM IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...THE STAGE WILL BE SET FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HEAVY AS IT WAS DURING LAST WEEKS EVENTS...BUT THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS MOST OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES. AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH. THE THREAT WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE STORM SPOTTING PURPOSES IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. RAINFALL REPORTS MAY BE NEEDED FROM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS. .TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A COLD FRONT FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS ON TUESDAY... AND COOLER AND CONSIDERABLY DRIER AIR WILL END THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS OR HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS ON FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING THE COLDEST TEMPERTURES OF THE SEASON TO THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS...AND NORTH TEXAS MAY EVEN SEE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PURPURA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 28, 7:00 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
700 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0531 PM ARANSAS PASS TX WIND DAMAGE
10/28/02 SAN PATRICIO ROOF BLOWN OFF TRAILER
WCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 40 min | |
| Oct 28, 6:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio | 111 min |
| Oct 28, 7:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 61 min |
| Oct 28, 10:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, San Patricio | 56 min |
| Oct 28, 10:19 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 56 min | |
| Oct 28, 11:07 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 53 min | |
| Oct 28, 11:49 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Oct 29, 2:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr |
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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.