Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2004, 12:47 PM CDT for Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
- Apr 25, 2004, 12:47 PM CDT (17:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2004, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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.
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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 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 251749
FFWCRP
TXC355-409-252145-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1247 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 1241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT
20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ARANSAS PASS...
BISHOP...
CHAPMAN RANCH...
CORPUS CHRISTI...
EDROY...
FLOUR BLUFF...
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.
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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 2767 9794 2788 9793 2816 9780 2814 9751
2806 9725 2787 9720 2786 9746 2766 9725
2781 9711 2756 9724 2757 9784
$$
911 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KCRP 251929
FFSCRP
TXC355-409-252200-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
222 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NUECES AND SAN
PATRICIO COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
AT 222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO THREE ADDITIONAL
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN SAN PATRICIO
AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NUECES COUNTIES OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH 445 PM AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST. NUMEROUS SIDE STREETS REMAIN
COVERED WITH WATER AND IMPASSABLE. TRAVEL IS NOT ENCOURAGED.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ARANSAS
PASS...CORPUS CHRISTI...INGLESIDE...PORTLAND...ROBSTOWN AND SINTON.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATERS COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 2795 9722 2784 9709 2757 9726 2759 9781
2772 9791 2788 9790 2803 9782 2814 9780
2812 9749
$$
MBWhat 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 25, 8:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 8:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 840 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 .UPDATED... APPEARS TO BE A LONG DAY IN STORE FOR CRP AREA AS DAYTIME HEATING AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. ISSUED UPDATE TO ZONES TO INCREASE POPS AND LOWERED TEMPS AND MENTIONED FFA. NO CHANGES TO LATER PERIODS AT THIS TIME. STILL EXPECT RAINFALL TO TAPER OFF TONIGHT. STAY TUNED. 86/GW .SHORT-TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING OVER THE CENTRAL COASTAL BEND IN AREA OF MODERATE TO STRONG LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. AREA VAD WIND PROFILES SHOW DEEP SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW IN PLACE UP TO ABOUT 7KFT. DIFFUSE BOUNDARY OVER THE CENTRAL CWA ALONG WITH OUTFLOW FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION IS PROVIDING GOOD FOCUS FOR THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION. TROPICAL LIKE RAINFALL HAS PRODUCED OVER 1 IN ABOUT 30 MINS THIS MORNING AT CRP. WILL HOWEVER HOLD OFF ON ISSUING FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW SINCE THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAINFALL IS FALLING IN AREAS THAT GOT LITTLE YESTERDAY. GUIDANCE STILL HAVING A HARD TIME HANDLING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH GFS KEEPING US IN THE PRECIP ALL DAY. WITH BEST MOISTURE POOLED ALONG THE COAST AND JUST TO THE SOUTH TO NEAR BRO...WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS OVER THE SE CWA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTN...THEN TAPER OFF FARTHER TO THE NORTH. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHC POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES TONIGHT WITH SLIGHT CHC OVER THE NE. WENT CLOSE TO MOS FOR HIGHS GIVEN EXPECTED CLOUD COVER. && .LONG-TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...MODELS TRYING TO BECOME MORE CONVERGENT ON A SOLUTION WITH RESPECT TO DRYING THE AREA UP ON MONDAY. THUS...WILL CONTINUE WITH THE NO RAINFALL FORECAST. MODELS REMAIN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN BRINGING SURFACE RIDGE DOWN ON MONDAY AND MOVING THE HIGH EAST ON TUESDAY NIGHT. A WEAK RIPPLE OF ENERGY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA (MAINLY NORTH) ON WEDNESDAY AS THE MOISTURE RETURNS. CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH IN SEEING ANY PRECIP BUT IF IT SHOULD HAPPEN WOULD PROBABLY BE OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. WILL KEEP JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR PRECIP THERE. BETTER TROUGH APPROACHES LATE THURSDAY. GFS LESS PROGRESSIVE ON MOVING THE TROUGH ACROSS. WILL HOLD OFF ON GFS SOLUTION FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE ALTHOUGH UKMET NOW HINTING AT THE SAME THING (CANADIAN/NOGAPS STILL LOOKS PROGRESSIVE). GFS-MOS STILL LOOKING TOO COOL FOR HIGH TEMPS AFTER MONDAY SO WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 80 66 80 60 80 / 70 30 10 05 00 VICTORIA 78 63 81 56 80 / 60 20 05 00 00 LAREDO 83 65 82 63 83 / 50 30 10 05 00 ALICE 80 64 82 59 83 / 70 30 10 05 00 ROCKPORT 78 66 80 61 80 / 60 30 10 00 00 COTULLA 79 62 80 58 82 / 50 30 05 00 00 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING TXZ231>234-241>247 && 91/JD...SHORT-TERM 86/GW...LONG-TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 9:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 900 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-261100- 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- 900 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM TONIGHT EAST OF A PREMONT TO WHITSETT LINE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL BEND THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL OCCUR DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL. DRIVING IS SERIOUSLY DISCOURAGED THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY...AND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 91/86
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 25, 7:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
721 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 AM FLASH FLOOD CORPUS CHRISTI 27.71N 97.29W
04/25/2004 NUECES TX PUBLIC
NEARLY TWO FEET OF WATER ON STREETS IN THE VINEYARDS
RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CORPUS CHRISTI NEAR AIRLINE AND
SARATOGA.
&&
SMARTLocal storm report, Apr 25, 8:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
814 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0813 AM FLASH FLOOD 13 S GOLIAD 28.48N 97.39W
04/25/2004 GOLIAD TX PUBLIC
WATER COMPLETELY SURROUNDING A FARMHOUSE.
&&
SMARTLocal storm report, Apr 25, 9:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
920 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0918 AM FLASH FLOOD CORPUS CHRISTI 27.71N 97.29W
04/25/2004 NUECES TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
I37 NEAR ANNAVILLE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER OVER ROADWAY.
&&
SMARTLocal storm report, Apr 25, 9:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
921 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0918 AM FLASH FLOOD TAFT 27.98N 97.39W
04/25/2004 SAN PATRICIO TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS HOMES IN TAFT ARE FLOODED.
&&
SMARTLocal storm report, Apr 25, 9:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
925 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0918 AM FLASH FLOOD PORTLAND 27.88N 97.33W
04/25/2004 SAN PATRICIO TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACCESS ROADS ON BOTH SIDES OF HIGHWAY 181 IN PORTLAND
FLOODED.
&&
SMARTLocal storm report, Apr 25, 9:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
939 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0937 AM FLASH FLOOD CORPUS CHRISTI 27.71N 97.29W
04/25/2004 NUECES TX TRAINED SPOTTER
STREETS FLOODED AND UNDER WATER FROM ALAMEDA TO EVERHART,
FROM KING HIGH SCHOOL TO S.P.I.D., AND ALSO AT AIRLINE AT
S.P.I.D. NEAR SUNRISE MALL.
&&
SMARTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 59 min | |
| Apr 25, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 4:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 95 min | |
| Apr 25, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 5:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 93 min | |
| Apr 25, 6:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 87 min | |
| Apr 25, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 94 min | |
| Apr 25, 9:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 4 hr |
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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.