Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

000 
WGUS74 KCRP 121011
FFSCRP
TXC355-409-121100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
506 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO
COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

AT 500 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 
OVER EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF NUECES COUNTY AND SAN PATRICIO 
COUNTY.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS 
HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 

THE SAN PATRICIO SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED...
ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS.  THE CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE DEPARTMENT
REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD ON INTERSTATE 37...ONE MILE WEST OF 
HIGHWAY 358.  SEVERAL STREETS IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAVE WATER COVERING
PORTIONS OF THE ROADWAY. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATERS 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 IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 2806 9783 2815 9774 2810 9750 2790 9720
          2784 9736 2770 9729 2757 9727 2757 9782

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GW

000 
WGUS74 KCRP 121052 AAA
FFSCRP
TXC355-409-121200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
555 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO
COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

AT 550 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST AND SOUTH OF THE AREA.  
HOWEVER...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH 7 AM...AND WATER WILL NEED TIME TO RECEDE. 

EARLIER...THE SAN PATRICIO SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS 
FLOODED...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS.  THE CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE 
DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD ON INTERSTATE 37...ONE MILE 
WEST OF HIGHWAY 358.  SEVERAL STREETS IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAVE WATER 
COVERING PORTIONS OF THE ROADWAY. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATERS 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 IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 2806 9783 2815 9774 2810 9750 2790 9720
          2784 9736 2770 9729 2757 9727 2757 9782

$$

GW

SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
400 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2003

SHORT-TERM (TODAY THRU 00Z SUN)...LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVING THRU
CWFA AT THIS TIME.  STILL SHOULD BE SOME CONVECTION AROUND BY
SUNRISE ESPECIALLY OVER THE EAST SO WILL GO FAIRLY HIGH ON POPS THIS
MORNING THEN TAPER THEM OFF DURING THE DAY.  STILL SOME ENERGY OUT
TO THE WEST WHICH WILL HELP TO KEEP STORMS GOING THROUGH AT LEAST
THE MORNING HOURS IF NOT DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE AFTERNOON.
WILL GO WITH THE MORE PROGRESSIVE GFS BRINGING THE SYSTEM/700MB
TROUGH AXIS THROUGH BY EARLY EVENING.  WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
PRECIP IN FOR THE EASTERN COUNTIES FOR EARLY TONIGHT.  WITH DRIER
AIR MOVING IN DO NOT EXPECT PRECIP ON SATURDAY.  TEMPS BELOW NORMAL
TODAY DUE TO CLOUDS AND RAIN...BUT TRICKY TO THE WEST WHERE SOME
CLEARING LATE MAY BRING THE TEMPS UP SOME.  EXPECT WET GROUNDS ON
SATURDAY TO KEEP TEMPS BELOW 90 OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND
GENERALLY LOWER 90S OVER THE WESTERN INLAND COUNTIES.  CLEARING
SKIES AND LESS MOISTURE WITH WET GROUND SHOULD CALL FOR FOG INLAND
SECTIONS.

LONG-TERM (00Z SUN THRU THU)...UPR LVL LOW WILL CONTINUE MOVING NE
AWAY FM TX SAT NIGHT AND PHASE INTO TROF OVER NRN PLAINS. MAY SEE
ANOTHER NIGHT OF PATCHY FOG AGAIN GIVEN WET GROUNDS AND LIGHT EAST
WINDS. SFC HIGH SLIDES DOWN ROCKIES INTO PANHANDLE ON SUNDAY
USHERING IN DRIER AIR. MODERATE NORTHEAST FLOW WILL RESULT IN SCEC
CONDITIONS LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY OVER WATERS. MORNING LOWS MONDAY
AND TUESDAY WILL BE RELATIVELY COOL WITH MID 60S INLAND. HIGHS
SHIFTS EAST TUE NIGHT INTO WED WITH SLOW RETURN OF MOISTURE ON
THURSDAY. GFS PROGS NEXT FRONT MOVING INTO REGION ON FRIDAY.

CRP TB 085/071 089/071 087 91-0-
VCT TB 084/068 089/070 087 +1-0-
LRD TB 092/071 094/072 089 71000

.CRP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TXZ229>234-239>247 THROUGH 4 PM TODAY

86/GW...SHORT TERM
76/JR...LONG TERM

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-121100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
545 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY OF THE
COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA AREA...WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY OVER THE RIO
GRANDE PLAINS.  ALSO...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN
COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA AREAS...AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHES
SOUTH TEXAS. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE ON FRIDAY.
HOWEVER...MOST LOCATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1/2 INCH.  A FEW STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH AND PEA TO MARBLE
SIZED HAIL...ARE ALSO POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON.  FINALLY...
AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO BETWEEN 105 AND 109
DEGREES OVER INLAND SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND...VICTORIA AREA
AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS.  OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
SOUTH TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT WATERS ON FRIDAY. AS A RESULT...SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS AND SPREAD EAST THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE
POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST
RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA
CROSSROADS REGION. THE WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFFSHORE ON SATURDAY
WITH RAIN CHANCES DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY MORNING. A
STRONGER SURGE OF DRIER AIR WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATE SUNDAY.
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS
SECOND FRONT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED AS A RESULT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GW/JR

TXZ229>234-239>244-246-120730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1217 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2003

...LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR THE COASTAL
BEND...

AT 1215 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM PEARSALL TO FALLS CITY TO
CUERO.  THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

AT THIS PRESENT MOVEMENT...THIS LINE WILL REACH THE NORTHERN SECTIONS
OF THE VICTORIA AREA AND COASTAL BEND AROUND 1 AM...THEN CONTINUE TO
MOVE SOUTH...REACHING THE CORPUS CHRISTI AND LAREDO AREAS AROUND 6
AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH.  THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS HOWEVER...WILL
BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE
COMMON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND LATEST
FORECASTS. REMAIN INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THESE
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD
WARNING IS ISSUED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ALSO...CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP

GW