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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 13, 2004Duval County, Jim Wells County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2004, 11:38 PM CDT for Duval County, Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
May 13, 2004, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2004, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:38 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 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3220 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
3220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 140441
FFWCRP
TXC131-249-140645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1138 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS
  JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MOST OF JIM WELLS AND DUVAL
  COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND
  4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  ALICE...
  BENAVIDES...
  BEN BOLT...
  CONCEPCION...
  LAKE ALICE...
  REALITOS...

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.

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 UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 2801 9829 2777 9877 2744 9876 2731 9872
          2732 9852 2732 9815 2772 9803 2801 9801

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KCRP 140551
FFSCRP
TXC131-140605-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1251 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR DUVAL COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS
ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING.
SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING
IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 2802 9834 2738 9834 2736 9874 2804 9875

$$

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000 
WGUS74 KCRP 140601
FFSCRP
TXC249-273-355-140730-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1258 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JIM WELLS AND 
NUECES COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KLEBERG COUNTY 
UNTIL 215 AM CDT...

AT 1252 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA.  AN 
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE.  MANY ROADS 
REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALICE...CORPUS CHRISTI...KINGSVILLE AND ROBSTOWN.

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.

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.

LAT...LON 2727 9823 2805 9823 2804 9787 2795 9782
          2782 9756 2778 9725 2735 9740 2724 9799

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen57 min
May 13, 7:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen2 hr
May 13, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
May 13, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle52 min
May 13, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPRefugio, Victoria3 hr
May 13, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio42 min
May 13, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
May 13, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Live Oak3 hr
May 13, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle65 min
May 13, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle3 hr
May 13, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee54 min
May 13, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun2 hr
May 13, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio45 min
May 13, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, San Patricio56 min
May 13, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen56 min
May 13, 9:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPSan Patricio3 hr
May 13, 9:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen3 hr
May 13, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio51 min
May 13, 10:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas3 hr
May 13, 10:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces3 hr
May 13, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
May 13, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
May 13, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPRefugio, Victoria2 hr
May 13, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces62 min
May 14, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval45 min
May 14, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg57 min
May 14, 12:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg90 min
May 14, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP113 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.