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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 27, 2005Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2005, 5:05 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 115 min. 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
Jul 27, 2005, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 5:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOODVictoria, TXLONE TREE ROAD FLOODED ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF CITY OF VICTORIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2152 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 272206
FFWCRP
TXC469-280000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
505 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VICTORIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP T0 2 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS THE         
  SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA.

* 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...VICTORIA...BLOOMINGTON...INEZ...MISSION VALLEY...
  NURSERY...PLACEDO AND TELFERNER.

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

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 2888 9723 2885 9730 2910 9698 2903 9684
      2872 9665 2867 9671 2861 9690 2857 9693
      2855 9691 2849 9692 2854 9706 2854 9715
      2860 9717 2879 9716

$$

95
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KCRP 272323
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
622 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005

TXC469-272332-
VICTORIA-
622 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005

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

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED AND NO LONGER 
POSES A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...SOME AREAS OVER 
SOUTHEAST VICTORIA COUNTY RECEIVED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS 
THAN AN HOUR...THUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW AREAS MAY STILL BE 
FLOODED. 

REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 
ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS.

LAT...LON 2888 9723 2885 9730 2910 9698 2903 9684
      2872 9665 2867 9671 2861 9690 2857 9693
      2855 9691 2849 9692 2854 9706 2854 9715
      2860 9717 2879 9716

$$

JM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 4:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Live Oak114 min
Jul 27, 6:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Webb2 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.