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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 2004, 1:58 PM CST for Calhoun County, Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 228 days. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2004, 1:58 PM CST (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2004, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 228 days
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Calhoun County, TX, Goliad County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 10:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 S Goliad, TX | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 183 10 MILES SOUTH OF GOLIAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 022002
FFWCRP
TXC175-022200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
158 PM CST FRI APR 2 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 149 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GOLIAD NEAR BERCLAIR. THE STORM IS DRIFTING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH
AND IS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AREAS THAT
HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BERCLAIR...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND
ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
LAT...LON 2845 9743 2847 9750 2856 9760 2872 9740
2860 9733 2853 9727
$$
MJG1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS54 KCRP 170328
FFWCRP
TXC057-170530-
/X.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0003.041117T0325Z-041117T0530Z/
/0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
925 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 1130 PM CST
* AT 918 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN SEA DRIFT AND PORT
OCONNOR WITH TOTALS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 3 INCHES AS ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE GULF. THESE STORMS ARE
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...PORT OCONNOR...SEADRIFT...FULGHUM POINT AND INDIANOLA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 2851 9650 2843 9640 2839 9636 2814 9674
2841 9675
$$
TEWhat 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 Apr 2, 10:45 AM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 10:45 AM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1045 AM CST FRI APR 2 2004 .SHORT-TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW STRETCHES FROM SW AZ TO JUST WEST OF THE BIG BEND AND SOUTH INTO MEXICO. UPR LVL DIVERGENT PATTERN HAS SPREAD INTO THE BIG BEND... EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY...AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW APPROACHING THE SAT AREA. SHOWERS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS IN THE CRP CWA AS THE MOVE AWAY FROM THE DIVERGENT PATTERN AND INTO A SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT. SOME STREAMER TYPE SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND THIS MORNING. FORECAST REMAINS TRICKY FOR REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHERN END OF SHORTWAVE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO TEXAS AND SHEAR APART THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MODELS DO SHOW UPR LVL DIVERGENT PATTERN OVERSPREADING S TX AROUND 21Z BEFORE WEAKENING AND SHIFTING NORTH. WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW LIMITED SUNSHINE WOULD BE AND INFLUENCE ON INSTABILITY...BUT VIS SAT SHOWING SOME BREAKS ACROSS THE CNTRL COUNTIES AND SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND. SO FEEL ERN 2/3RDS OF CWA WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE THRU THE AFTERNOON. WILL CONT LIKELY POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA AND STILL INCLUDE MENTION OF ISOL SEVERE FOR HAIL AND WIND GUSTS. FORECAST FOR THIS EVENING WILL DEPEND ON TRENDS INTO THE AFTERNOON. TEMPS ACROSS THE FAR WEST MAY BE TOO HIGH GIVEN CLOUDS COVER. && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 76...SHORT TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 6:00 AM CST, 7 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 600 AM CST FRI APR 2 2004 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-031200- ARANSAS-BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-BEE-CALHOUN- COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LASALLE-LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-NUECES- REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA- WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-WEBB- 600 AM CST FRI APR 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AND INTO SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS AND MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS A LINE THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PENNY SIZED HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 3 PM AND MIDNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS...BUT WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT AS THE STORMS MOVE OFFSHORE. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MOISTURE...DAYTIME HEATING AND LOW LEVEL FORCING WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. THE CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH BY TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES EAST AND SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MOVE INTO THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS RECOMMENDED TODAY. TR/GW
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 11:03 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1103 AM CST FRI APR 2 2004 TXZ232-233-021745- BEE-GOLIAD- 1103 AM CST FRI APR 2 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DIME SIZE HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUDS FOR BEE AND GOLIAD COUNTIES THROUGH 1145 AM CST... AT 1103 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLIAD...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORMANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORMANNA...CHARCO...GOLIAD AND WEESATCHE. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS. 76
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 1:54 PM CST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 154 PM CST FRI APR 2 2004 TXZ231>234-240>247-022115- ARANSAS-BEE-CALHOUN-DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LIVE OAK-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA- 154 PM CST FRI APR 2 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND... AT 154 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM BEE COUNTY AND LIVE OAK COUNTY SOUTH TO JIM WELLS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PUSH EAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS THROUGH THE COASTAL BEND AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF GOLIAD...BEEVILLE...GEORGE WEST...ALICE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...SINTON...PORTLAND...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO AND PORT LAVACA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL... WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION...SHORT-LIVED FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 76
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 11:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Goliad | 227 days |
| Apr 2, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 53 min |
| 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 |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.