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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 29, 2006Calhoun County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2006, 10:51 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2006, 10:51 PM CDT (03:51 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2006, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Calhoun County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 2006-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2444 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2006-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
2444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 29, 10:45 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 10:45 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 5:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
557 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-301200-
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 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
557 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS WHICH FORMED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
EARLIER TODAY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS THIS EVENING.
INTERACTION BETWEEN THIS BOUNDARY AND THE SEA BREEZE WILL CONTINUE
TO PRODUCE A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL SLOWLY SAG
SOUTHWEST MAINLY AFFECTING THE INLAND COASTAL PLAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. ISOLATED STORMS WITHIN THIS LINE MAY
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. IN ADDITION...SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY
PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED
SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON SUNDAY ALONG HIGHWAY 59 FR0M NEAR
BEEVILLE TO VICTORIA. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN
A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MOST LOCATIONS ON FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...
ALTHOUGH ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MPH
AND SMALL HAIL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN
ADDITION...SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AMOUNTS AND THERE MAY BE AT LEAST A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED
FLOODING AT TIMES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO
GRANDE PLAINS THROUGH MID WEEK. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 5:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
544 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

TXZ233-292345-
GOLIAD-
544 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING GOLIAD COUNTY...

AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOLIAD...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

CORDERO
Local storm report, May 29, 6:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
626 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

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

0605 PM     FLASH FLOOD      VICTORIA                28.82N 96.98W
05/29/2006                   VICTORIA           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RED RIVER IMPASSIBLE FROM LAURENT TO NIMITZ. LAURENT
            RAILROAD UNDERPASS IMPASSIBLE.

&&

MGITTING
Local storm report, May 29, 6:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
628 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

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

0610 PM     FLASH FLOOD      VICTORIA                28.82N 96.98W
05/29/2006                   VICTORIA           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BEN WILSON IMPASSIBLE FROM RED RIVER TO AIRLINE

&&

MGITTING
Local storm report, May 29, 8:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun117 min
May 29, 8:31 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementCRP7 hr
May 29, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
May 30, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP91 min
May 30, 4:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchCRPAransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.