Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 2005, 9:29 AM CDT for Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2005, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2005, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Aransas County, TX, Refugio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 11:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rockport, TX | LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL AREA ROADWAYS BEGINNING TO FLOOD. MOST NOTABLE WAS THE STATE HIGHWAY 35 BYPASS AT MARKET STREET. |
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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 2485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 111433
FFWCRP
TXC007-391-111630-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
929 AM CDT SUN SEP 11 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ARANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS
REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS
* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
* AT 922 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM REFUGIO TO BAYSIDE TO
ROCKPORT STREAMING NORTH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AN 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF
REFUGIO AND WESTERN ARANSAS COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL MOVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THIS AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
REFUGIO...ROCKPORT...BAYSIDE...AND WOODSBORO.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 2814 9731 2812 9741 2816 9751 2838 9738
2854 9713 2854 9711 2850 9697 2820 9694
2812 9698 2811 9696 2816 9694 2811 9694
2791 9712 2785 9706 2794 9703 2794 9704
2798 9695 2809 9693 2800 9692 2784 9704
$$
JR1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KCRP 111550
FFSCRP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1044 AM CDT SUN SEP 11 2005
TXC007-391-111630-
ARANSAS-REFUGIO-
1044 AM CDT SUN SEP 11 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN ARANSAS AND REFUGIO COUNTIES...
AT 1037 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SOUTHERN
REFUGIO COUNTY INTO SOUTHEASTERN ARANSAS COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR ACROSS THIS
AREA...WITH ISOLATED 2 TO 3 INCH AMOUNTS BETWEEN BAYSIDE...ROCKPORT
AND ARANSAS PASS.
ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT
HOUR AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. EXCESSIVE
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 2814 9731 2812 9741 2816 9751 2838 9738
2854 9713 2854 9711 2850 9697 2820 9694
2812 9698 2811 9696 2816 9694 2811 9694
2791 9712 2785 9706 2794 9703 2794 9704
2798 9695 2809 9693 2800 9692 2784 9704
$$
JRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 8:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 10:16 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Sep 11, 11:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.