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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 10, 2004Bee County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 2004, 7:07 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 113 min. 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 10, 2004, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bee County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 4.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 110008
FFWCRP
TXC025-110200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
707 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM PAWNEE TO BEEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  BEEVILLE...
  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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 2867 9789 2861 9803 2822 9780 2827 9751

$$

TE

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KCRP 110130
FFSCRP
TXC025-175-297-110215-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
822 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004


...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LIVE OAK UNTIL 845 
PM CDT...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BEE COUNTY UNTIL    
900 PM CDT...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GOLIAD COUNTY UNTIL 
1000 PM CDT...


THE HEAVY RAIN HAS CURRENTLY DIMINISHED OVER LIVE OAK AND BEE 
COUNTIES AND THE WARNINGS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1000 PM AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE TO POSE FLOODING PROBLEMS.

AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS GOLIAD 
COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR WERE 
OCCURRING FROM NEAR THE CITY OF GOLIAD TO EAST OF BERCLAIR.   

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO EXCAPE FLOOD 
WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 
RISING.

LAT...LON 2885 9735 2855 9718 2823 9763 2811 9829
          2859 9830

$$

TE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee	49 min
Apr 10, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		3 hr
Apr 10, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		3 hr
Apr 10, 7:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad	2 hr
Apr 10, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	McMullen	36 min
Apr 10, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Refugio, Victoria	59 min
Apr 10, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	45 min
Apr 10, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval	35 min
Apr 10, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	56 min
Apr 10, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
Apr 10, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
Apr 11, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		88 min
Apr 11, 2:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Live Oak	38 min
Apr 11, 7:19 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		86 min
Apr 11, 11:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Calhoun	24 min
Apr 11, 11:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Calhoun	23 min
Apr 11, 12:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Calhoun	52 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.