Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

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WGUS54 KCRP 202326
FFWCRP
TXC175-210130-
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/0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
523 PM CST SAT NOV 20 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 517 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING PER HOUR 
BETWEEN GOLIAD AND WEESATCHE. SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS TO THE 
NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS 
THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE LOCATIONS BETWEEN GOLIAD... 
SCHROEDER AND WEESATCHE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CORPUS
CHRISTI.

LAT...LON 2886 9722 2886 9723 2885 9722 2884 9723
      2885 9725 2884 9730 2889 9733 2890 9737
      2881 9750 2867 9739 2878 9717

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JR

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
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

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.

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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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
225 PM CST FRI APR 2 2004

TXZ229-230-239-240-030200-
DUVAL-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-WEBB-
226 PM CST FRI APR 2 2004

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
VALID UNTIL 800 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE
COUNTIES OF DUVAL...LA SALLE...MCMULLEN AND WEBB. SOME CITIES
INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE BENAVIDES...COTULLA...ENCINAL...LAREDO AND
TILDEN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF A DIME
OR LARGER...STRONG WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND EVEN TORNADOES.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE
READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF
SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM
AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE
GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN
SEVERE WEATHER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

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