Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 2004, 11:59 AM CST for Aransas County, Bee County, Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 227 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2004, 11:59 AM CST (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2004, 10:30 AM CST
- In force
- 227 days
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Goliad County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 891 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KCRP 021803 FFWCRP TXC025-175-022000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1159 AM CST FRI APR 2 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS SOUTHWEST GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 200 PM CST * AT 1155 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLIAD ALONG THE GOLIAD BEE COUNTY LINE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA WITH ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST GOLIAD COUNTY. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING OVER MEDIO AND BLANCO CREEKS. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... GOLIAD AND BEE COUNTY LINE... CHARCO... 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 2857 9780 2845 9766 2876 9726 2892 9738 $$ 76
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS54 KCRP 151430 FFWCRP TXC007-151630- /X.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0002.041115T1428Z-041115T1630Z/ /0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 828 AM CST MON NOV 15 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ARANSAS COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 1030 AM CST * AT 819 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN ROCKPORT IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1030 AM. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ROCKPORT AND HOLIDAY BEACH. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 2820 9702 2803 9690 2783 9706 2808 9718 $$ JM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 53 min |
| Apr 2, 1:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Goliad | 228 days |
| Apr 2, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 2:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad | 232 days |
| Apr 2, 3:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 232 days |
| Apr 2, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 64 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.