Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2003, 11:55 AM CDT for Bee County, Refugio County, 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
- Jul 16, 2003, 11:55 AM CDT (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bee County, TX, Refugio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 2535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 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 161658 FFWCRP TXC025-391-162000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1155 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS SOUTHERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 1149 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN BEE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN REFUGION COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE AREA WILL ALSO BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 INCH TO 1 INCH WITH ISOLATED 3 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 300 PM CDT. 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 2817 9767 2811 9724 2834 9708 2841 9782 $$ TE
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KCRP 161901 FFSCRP TXC025-175-391-162015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 200 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GOLIAD COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUE FOR BEE AND REFUGIO COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM... AT 200 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO TRACK ACROSS GOLIAD...REFUGIO AND EASTERN BEE COUNTIES. SINCE 1100 AM CDT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 300 PM CDT. FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT 1245 PM CDT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN BEE COUNTY ALONG THE SLIVER CREEK NEAR COUNTY ROAD 536. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR GOLIAD...BEE AND REFUGIO COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE. ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY AS MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTHWEST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. $$ MB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 116 min | |
| Jul 15, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 83 min | |
| Jul 16, 5:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 24 min | |
| Jul 16, 12:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.