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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2003, 12:12 PM CDT for 5 counties in 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
- Jun 10, 2003, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2003, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Aransas County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 3028 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KCRP 101716
FFWCRP
TXC007-273-355-391-409-102015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1212 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ARANSAS COUNTY IN TEXAS
EASTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN TEXAS
EASTERN NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS
SOUTH CENTRAL REFUGIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
SOUTHEASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 1207 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FROM NEAR RIVIERA TEXAS TO
MILES TO NEAR HOLIDAY BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ARANSAS PASS...
BAYSIDE...
CHAPMAN RANCH...
CORPUS CHRISTI...
FLOUR BLUFF...
GREGORY...
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.
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 2730 9788 2729 9749 2821 9681 2828 9697
2780 9760
$$
AP3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KCRP 101759 FFSCRP TXC007-273-355-409-102015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1255 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ARANSAS...EASTERN KLEBERG...EASTERN NUECES...SOUTH CENTRAL REFUGIO...AND SOUTHEASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM. AT 1250 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM ROCKPORT TO DRISCOLL TO RIVIERA. THIS AREA SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST HOUR. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAIN IS SLOWLY DIMINISHING...BUT RAINFALL WITH THIS ACTIVITY COULD APPROACH 1 TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVER MANY ROADS IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI METROPOLITAN AREA. NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS AND ACCESS ROADS AND RAMPS TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND DRIVE WILL LIKELY REMAIN SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING AS RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND IF POSSIBLE AVOID TRAVEL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ AP
000 WGUS74 KCRP 101831 FFSCRP TXC007-391-101930- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 125 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL REFUGIO AND ARANSAS COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 120 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SHRINKING AREA SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER THE COASTAL BEND. THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH THIS AREA HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF REFUGIO AND ARANSAS COUNTIES. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THOSE COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ AP
000 WGUS74 KCRP 102004 FFSCRP TXC273-355-409-102100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 305 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST SAN PATRICIO...EASTERN NUECES...EASTERN KLEBERG COUNTIES IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 255 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DIMINISHING AREA OF SHOWERS OVER THE COASTAL BEND. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WAS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PORTLAND TO KINGSVILLE. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED. ALTHOUGH A CHANCE OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL BEND FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 315 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ AP
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 Jun 10, 11:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 11:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1105 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 UPDATE... SFC ANALYSIS DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 70S ALONG THE COASTAL BEND THIS MORNING AND 12Z SOUNDINGS CONFIRM A HIGH MOISTURE/UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH PWATS PUSHING 2 INCHES. RUC ANALYSIS/WV IMAGERY SHOW A S/WV ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY SOUTH TO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS MVG EAST ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF A WEAK 70 KNOT JET NOSING ACROSS NRN MEX INTO S TX. RADAR LOOKS AS YOU WOULD EXPECT GIVEN THIS SCENARIO W/ SCT RW/TRWS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...AND NOT SURE WHY MODELS (INCLUDING THE LATEST 12Z RUNS) ARE NOT HANDLING RAINFALL PROSPECTS WELL TDY. THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MVG INTO WRN ZONES HAS WEAKENED AFTER PRODUCING SOME MESOS AND BOWS EARLIER THIS MORNING BUT STILL PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. STORM TOTALS HAVE EXCEEDED 2 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF WEB AND LASALLE COUNTIES AND RADAR INDICATES ISOLATED 4 INCH TOTALS IN LASALLE COUNTY. OUTFLOW FM EARLIER STORMS OUT WEST WILL PUSH EAST AND TOWARDS THE COAST. I THINK THIS WILL DISRUPT ANY SEA BREEZE FORMATION...CAUSING INCREASED MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE COAST. EARLIER UPDATES INCREASED POPS...BUT MAY NEED TO BUMP UP THE COASTAL BEND FURTHER. WRN ZONES SHOULD SEE IMPROVEMENT BY EARLY AFTN AS THE S/WV CLEARS TO THE EAST AND WILL INDICATE THOSE TRENDS. WILL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT TEMPS W/ ALL THE CLOUDS AND RAIN IN THE AREA. MAIN THREAT FROM TSTMS TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY RAINFALL. .CRP...NONE. MJG-88/SHORT-TERM TMT-89/LONG-TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 11:55 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>244-246-247-102200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1155 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT FROM THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS EAST TO THE COASTAL BEND. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AS ACTIVITY TENDS TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS MAINLY ALONG THE COASTAL BEND. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND ISOLATED TOTALS MAY APPROACH 4 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL STORMS WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND THIS MORNING...HOWEVER THESE ARE TROPICAL FUNNELS AND THE ATMOSPHERE IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MOSTLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME OF STORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING FRIDAY NIGHT...AS AN ORGANIZED AREA OF CONVECTION MOVES SOUTHEAST FROM THE HILL COUNTRY. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK ALONG THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS ALL THE WATERS DUE TO A THERMAL LOW ACROSS WEST TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER PLEASE REPORT ANY AREAS OF FLOODING OR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES. MJG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 83 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.