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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 15, 2005Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2005, 1:24 PM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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: Jul 15, 2005, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Nueces County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 31 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 151824
FFWCRP
TXC355-152130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
124 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS   
  CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* 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...NORTH CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN AND TULOSO.

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.

LAT...LON 2765 9793 2789 9792 2795 9784 2792 9780
      2792 9767 2785 9758 2782 9748 2783 9738
      2775 9738 2771 9732 2771 9728 2760 9785

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KCRP 152104
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
404 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

TXC355-152114-
NUECES-
404 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

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

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAINFALL 
HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF NUECES COUNTY.

LAT...LON 2765 9793 2789 9792 2795 9784 2792 9780
      2792 9767 2785 9758 2782 9748 2783 9738
      2775 9738 2771 9732 2771 9728 2760 9785

$$

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What 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 Jul 15, 10:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 10:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1010 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

.UPDATE...MAIN BULK OF THE CONVECTION THIS MORNING CONFINED TO THE
FAR EASTERN AREAS WHERE STRONG SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND ABUNDANT
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE RESIDE.  EXPECT THIS TO SLOWLY SHIFT EAST INTO
HGX AREA BY LATE MORNING.  MORE TSRA EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AS INSOLATION INCREASES INSTABILITY WITH ALREADY MOISTURE ATMOSPHERE
IN PLACE.  FAIRLY GOOD LAPSE RATES IN THE MID-LEVELS SUPPORT STRONG
UPDRAFTS BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO THE SLOW
STORM MOTIONS.  HWO COVERS THIS THREAT QUITE WELL.  TWEAKED TEMPS
DOWN A BIT OVER THE EAST AND UP A BIT IN THE WEST FOR TODAY AND
ADJUSTED WIND FIELDS TO MATCH CURRENT TRENDS.  WILL ISSUE UPDATE TO
THE ZFP SHORTLY.

&&

MARINE...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
NORTHERN BAYS AND NEARSHORE WATERS THIS MORNING BUT THIS IS EXPECTED
TO DIMINISH BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  ANOTHER SHOT OF CONVECTION
EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA...AFFECTING THE
COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT.  SCEC CONDITIONS ARE PREVALENT ACROSS MUCH
OF THE WATERS THIS MORNING BUT THIS SHOULD WEAKEN LATER THIS
MORNING...ONLY TO INCREASE AGAIN THIS EVENING.  SEAS WILL RANGE FROM
2-3 FEET NEARSHORE TO 3-4 FEET OFFSHORE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS
IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.AVIATION...AREAS OF MVFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING DUE
TO LOW CIGS...GIVING WAY TO VFR CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
WILL SEE TEMPO IFR VSBYS IN THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EAST
THIS MORNING BUT THIS WILL NOT BE TOO WIDESPREAD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

CORPUS CHRISTI  095 075 093 076 094 / 40 60 50 30 20
VICTORIA        093 073 093 074 094 / 60 70 60 40 30
LAREDO          105 079 103 079 104 / 20 60 40 40 30
ALICE           099 074 098 075 100 / 40 60 50 30 30
ROCKPORT        092 080 093 080 092 / 40 60 50 30 20
COTULLA         100 073 099 076 102 / 30 70 60 40 30

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

94/MJ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 5:53 AM CDT, 7 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
553 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-152100-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
ARANSAS-BEE-CALHOUN-DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LA SALLE-LIVE OAK-
MCMULLEN-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA-WEBB-
553 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN TEXAS
TODAY AND TONIGHT HELPING TO GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  DAYTIME HEATING AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO AN
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE BY LATE AFTERNOON.  SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING OVER SOUTHEAST
TEXAS AND WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND MOVE INTO THE RIO
GRANDE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY EVENING AND
TONIGHT.  THIS COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE SLOW MOVING
AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF THE RIO
GRANDE PLAINS...VICTORIA CROSSROADS...AND COASTAL BEND LATE TODAY AND
TONIGHT.  ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.
ADDITIONAL ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY OVER THE REGION. HIGH MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX
VALUES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS SATURDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...HURRICANE
EMILY WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN TIP OF TEXAS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.
SEA HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS TUESDAY...WITH TROPICAL STORM AND/OR HURRICANE CONDITIONS
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. LINGERING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

DUNN
WC

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 11:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1134 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PORT ARANSAS            27.83N 97.08W
07/15/2005                   NUECES             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE TRAILOR PUSHED OVER AT IB MAGEE COUNTY PARK.

&&

MORALES

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 12:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1214 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

TXZ244-245-151815-
ARANSAS-SAN PATRICIO-
1214 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

...SEVERAL TROPICAL FUNNELS AND WATERSPOUTS WERE SPOTTED OVER
ARANSAS AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES...

AT 1214 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED TROPICAL FUNNELS
AND POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS OVER ARANSAS AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES. THE
ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR
ADDITIONAL TROPICAL FUNNELS AND WATERSPOUTS WILL CONTINUE.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SHELTER IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THE FUNNEL CLOUD REACHES THE
GROUND.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 12:37 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1237 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 PM     TORNADO          5 SW ROCKPORT           27.99N 97.11W
07/15/2005                   ARANSAS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NEAR FARMROAD 188 AND 1069.

&&

TE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	39 min
Jul 14, 8:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak	3 hr
Jul 14, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	31 min
Jul 14, 9:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	3 hr
Jul 14, 9:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	La Salle, McMullen	3 hr
Jul 14, 11:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	3 hr
Jul 15, 8:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun	2 hr
Jul 15, 10:34 AM CDT	Marine Weather Statement	CRP		116 min
Jul 15, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		44 min
Jul 15, 1:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Nueces	23 min
Jul 15, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Nueces	30 min
Jul 15, 3:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval	3 hr
Jul 15, 4:08 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.