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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 2, 2004Aransas County, Bee County, Goliad County, Texas

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 891 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 12:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad53 min
Apr 2, 1:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Goliad228 days
Apr 2, 2:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee60 min
Apr 2, 2:44 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad232 days
Apr 2, 3:46 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria232 days
Apr 2, 5:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb64 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.