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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2003, 1:43 PM CDT for Bee County, Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 15, 2003, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bee County, TX, Goliad County, TX
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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 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 151847
FFWCRP
TXC025-175-152245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
143 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS
GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A VERY HEAVY RAINBAND ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE CLAUDETTE MOVING
INTO GOLIAD COUNTY. THIS RAINBAND WILL MOVE INTO BEE COUNTY BY
200 PM CDT. THE RAINBAND WAS MOVING TO THE WEST AT AROUND 15 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN
ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN GOLIAD COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS CLAUDETTE PUSHES FURTHER INLAND.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BEEVILLE...
BERCLAIR...
CHARCO...
GOLIAD...
NORMANNA...
PETTUS...
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 2855 9722 2882 9731 2889 9743 2867 9774
2864 9799 2856 9801 2821 9780 2816 9759
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KCRP 152044 FFSCRP TXC007-025-057-175-391-469-152300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 342 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BEE AND GOLIAD COUNTIES REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT... ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REFUGIO...VICTORIA AND NORTHERN ARANSAS COUNTIES REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT... ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CALHOUN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 342 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN GOLIAD...EASTERN BEE...NORTHERN REFUGIO AND NORTHERN ARANSAS COUNTIES. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF VICTORIA COUNTY. ALL OF THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WHICH WAS CENTERED IN SOUTHERN GOLIAD COUNTY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 5 INCHES IN CENTRAL GOLIAD COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA AS CLAUDETTE MOVES SLOWLY WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THESE COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE AND MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. THE RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS CALHOUN COUNTY. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL RAIN BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THIS AREA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED IN THE SHORT TERM ACROSS CALHOUN COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. $$ MB
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 Jul 15, 9:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 9:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR INLAND WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
955 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003
EYE OF CLAUDETTE IS MAKING LANDFALL AS WE SPEAK AS PER RADAR AND NHC
COORDINATION CALL. WILL KEEP AND/OR INCREASE THE HIGH/CATEGORICAL
POPS FOR THE NORTHERN ZONES...WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS IN WEBB COUNTY
ONLY. ACCORDING TO FORECAST TRACK OF CLAUDETTE...HEAVIEST RAIN WILL
BE IN NORTHERN COUNTIES. WILL MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOUTHERN
COUNTIES BUT WILL NOT ISSUE FFA AT THIS TIME AND RE-EVALUATE THIS
AFTERNOON AS CLAUDETTES TRACK UNFOLDS. BASED ON RAINFALL POTENTIAL
TO THE NORTH...WILL ADJUST TEMPS ACCORDINGLY. MAY MAKE A FEW
CHANGES TO THE EVENING PERIOD...BUT AFTER THAT NO SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES TO THE LATER PERIODS AT THIS TIME.
.CRP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TXZ230>234-244>247.
HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL COUNTIES
TXZ242>247 AND GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275.
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING TXZ230>234.
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH TXZ229.
86/SHORT-TERM
89/LONG-TERMHazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 7:09 AM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-161100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 709 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT OCONNOR. ALSO...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VICTORIA...GOLIAD...BEE...JIM WELLS...LIVE OAK AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DUVAL AND LASALLE COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN... REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO AND VICTORIA. HIGH SWELLS PRODUCED BY TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS TODAY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. WATER LEVELS OVER THE BAYS AND WATERWAYS ARE AROUND 2 TO 2.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY DURING TIME OF HIGH TIDE. THIS AFTERNOON...STORM TIDE LEVELS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF ROCKPORT. NORTH OF ROCKPORT...TIDES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED. THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS FOR HURRICANE CLAUDETTE TO MOVE ONSHORE NEAR ROCKPORT THIS AFTERNOON. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL ENTER THE COUNTIES OF ARANSAS AND REFUGIO. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AS CLAUDETTE GENERATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROCKPORT TO ENCINAL...AND LESS THAN 2 INCHES SOUTH OF THIS LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY BY WEDNESDAY...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM CLAUDETTE WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF THE LINE FROM ROCKPORT TO ENCINAL...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH OF THIS LINE. CLAUDETTE WILL CONTINUE MOVING WEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE HEAVY AND CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING AND VERY HIGH SEAS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MOSTLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE COASTAL BEND. WC/BB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 15, 11:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1153 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1145 AM PORT LAVACA TX TORNADO
07/15/03 CALHOUN TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOR A
MINUTE CAUSED DAMAGE TO
HOMES IN PORT LAVACA.
REPORTED BY CALHOUN COUNTY
EOC.
1145 AM LONG MOTT TX HURRICANE
07/15/03 CALHOUN 70 TO 80 MPH SUSTAINED
WINDS REPORTED BY DOW
CHEMICAL PLANT.
TMTLocal storm report, Jul 15, 12:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1206 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1159 AM 10 SW PORT LAVACA TX HURRICANE
07/15/03 CALHOUN AT LEAST A DOZEN TELEPHONE
POLES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS
HIGHWAY 35 SOUTHWEST OF
PORT LAVACA.
TMTSpecial weather statement, Jul 15, 12:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
TXZ232>234-244>247-151800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1218 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR VICTORIA CROSSROADS AND NORTHERN COASTAL BEND... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS AND NORTHERN COASTAL BEND UNTIL 7 PM CDT. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...BEE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...SAN PATRICIO...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO AND CALHOUN. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL EXIST AS THE RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE CLAUDETTE CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN PORT LAVACA AT 1145 AM WHICH CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES. TMT
Local storm report, Jul 15, 12:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1223 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1215 PM TIVOLI TX HURRICANE
07/15/03 REFUGIO BUILDINGS DAMAGED AND POWER
POLES DOWN.
TMTLocal storm report, Jul 15, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1229 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1215 PM PORT LAVACA TX HURRICANE
07/15/03 CALHOUN ROOF BLOWN OFF PORTION OF
THE HIGH SCHOOL. OLD
HISTORIC BUILDING IN TOWN
LEANING AND POSSIBLY
DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR
ACCORDING TO SHERIFF.
ENTIRE TREES OBSERVED
BLOWING DOWN THE STREET.
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS
THE COUNTY.
TMTLocal storm report, Jul 15, 12:43 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1243 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM LONG MOTT TX HURRICANE
07/15/03 CALHOUN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 80 MPH
WITH GUST TO 96 MPH AT DOW
CHEMICAL PLANT.
JRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 12:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 111 min |
| Jul 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 3 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.