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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 2, 2006Jim Wells County, Kleberg County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2006, 11:54 AM CDT for Jim Wells County, Kleberg 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2006, 11:54 AM CDT (16:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2006, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:56 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 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 56 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: 1351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 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 Jun 2, 10:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 10:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1014 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-031300-
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-
1014 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 600 PM TODAY FOR
ARANSAS...CALHOUN...REFUGIO...VICTORIA...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...
NUECES...SAN PATRICIO AND KLEBERG COUNTIES.  SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. SOME OF THESE
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY.

DRIER AIR WILL SLOWLY PUSH INTO THE AREA TONIGHT...ENDING THE
HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

MB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 7:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
751 AM CDT FRI JUN 02 2006

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

0749 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SE KINGSVILLE         27.49N 97.84W
06/02/2006                   KLEBERG            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            KLEBERG SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS 20 FAMILIES RELOCATED DUE
            TO FLOODING AND WATER IN MANY OF THE HOMES...OFF OF F.M.
            1717.

&&

RUNYEN

Local storm report, Jun 2, 7:54 AM CDT, 4 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
754 AM CDT FRI JUN 02 2006

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

0100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CORPUS CHRISTI          27.71N 97.29W
06/01/2006                   NUECES             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            I-37 FLOODED AND CLOSED BETWEEN CORN PORDUCTS ROAD AND
            SOUTHERN MINERALS ROAD.

0100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CORPUS CHRISTI          27.71N 97.29W
06/01/2006                   NUECES             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            N.P.I.D. AND LEOPARD FLOODED.

0100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CORPUS CHRISTI          27.71N 97.29W
06/01/2006                   NUECES             TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            UNDERPASSES AND ACCESS ROADS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE NEAR
            HIGHWAY 44 AND S.P.I.D.

0130 AM     LIGHTNING        CORPUS CHRISTI          27.71N 97.29W
06/01/2006                   NUECES             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LIGHTNING STRUCK A WASTE OIL TANK AT THE VALERO BILL
            GREEHEY REFINERY...SPARKING A FIRE AND CAUSING 168,000
            GALLONS OF OIL TO SPILL INTO THE CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP
            CHANNEL JUST WEST OF THE HARBOR BRIDGE.

0323 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CORPUS CHRISTI          27.71N 97.29W
06/01/2006                   NUECES             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS BETWEEN HIGHWAY 44...INTERSTATE
            37 AND U.S. 77 FLOODED.

0456 AM     FLASH FLOOD      10 W VICTORIA           28.82N 97.15W
06/01/2006                   VICTORIA           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODING AT F.M. 236 AND F.M. 1685

0530 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CORPUS CHRISTI          27.71N 97.29W
06/01/2006                   NUECES             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            AGNES AT NAVIGATION FLOODED AND CLOSED.

0600 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CORPUS CHRISTI          27.71N 97.29W
06/01/2006                   NUECES             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FLOODING AT HIGHWAY 44 AND CLARKWOOD WITH WATER ENTERING
            SOME HOMES.

0615 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CORPUS CHRISTI          27.71N 97.29W
06/01/2006                   NUECES             TX   NEWSPAPER

            *** 1 FATAL *** 51 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND HER SON ABANDONED
            THEIR FLOODED VEHICLE AND BEGAN WALKING ON THE SHOULDER
            OF THE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF AGNES STREET AND HWY
            358. THE WOMAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VAN EXITING HWY
            358.

0745 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ROCKPORT                28.04N 97.05W
06/01/2006                   ARANSAS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MARKET STREET AND BUISNESS 35 CLOSED IN ROCKPORT DUE TO
            FLOODING.

0750 AM     FLASH FLOOD      VICTORIA                28.82N 96.98W
06/01/2006                   VICTORIA           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SOME CITY STREETS IN VICTORIA BEGINNING TO FLOOD.

1040 AM     FLASH FLOOD      8 SW VICTORIA           28.74N 97.08W
06/01/2006                   VICTORIA           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COLETOVILLE ROAD EAST/LOOP AND 77 SOUTH ACCESS ROAD
            CLOSED.

1040 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 W VICTORIA            28.82N 97.07W
06/01/2006                   VICTORIA           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THE INTERSECTION OF FM 236 AND FM 1685 CLOSED FROM
            FLOODING.

1040 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W VICTORIA            28.82N 97.03W
06/01/2006                   VICTORIA           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FM 1685 SOUTH CURVE CLOSED FROM FLOODING.

1040 AM     FLASH FLOOD      VICTORIA                28.82N 96.98W
06/01/2006                   VICTORIA           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CONSTITUTION STREET CLOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CAMERON
            STREET DUE TO FLOODING. ALSO NAVARRO STREET CLOSED AT THE
            INTERSECTION OF RIO GRANDE STREET FROM FLOODING.

1040 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SW VICTORIA           28.77N 97.04W
06/01/2006                   VICTORIA           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FM 446 NEAR DRY CREEK ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

1150 AM     FLASH FLOOD      PORT OCONNOR            28.44N 96.40W
06/01/2006                   CALHOUN            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MANY ROADS ACROSS THE PORT OCONNOR AREA WERE FLOODED.
            SMALL CARS WERE NOT ABLE TO PASS.

0210 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MAGNOLIA BEACH          28.51N 96.52W
06/01/2006                   CALHOUN            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NORTH OCEAN DRIVE IN THE MAGNOLIA BEACH AREA WAS FLOODED
            AND PASSABLE ONLY BY TRUCK OR LARGE VEHICLES.

0525 PM     FLOOD            PORT OCONNOR            28.44N 96.40W
06/01/2006                   CALHOUN            TX   UTILITY COMPANY

            SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN FLOODED

1015 PM     FLOOD            KINGSVILLE              27.51N 97.86W
06/01/2006                   KLEBERG            TX   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL COUNTY AND FARM TO MARKET ROADS FLOODED...
            INCLUDING FM 1118...CR 1050...CR 1070...CR 2130...AND
            TRENT ROAD UP TO HIGHWAY 77.

0102 AM     FLASH FLOOD      KINGSVILLE              27.51N 97.86W
06/02/2006                   KLEBERG            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            KINGSVILLE P.D. REPORTS WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING
            THROUGHOUT KINGSVILLE WITH MANY IMPASSABLE. BARACADES
            GOING UP.

0600 AM     FLASH FLOOD      RICARDO                 27.42N 97.85W
06/02/2006                   KLEBERG            TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LOCAL MEDIA REPORT SOUTHBOUND HIGHWAY 77 AT F.M. 1118 IN
            RICARDO FLOODED WITH A FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.

0749 AM     FLASH FLOOD      KINGSVILLE              27.51N 97.86W
06/02/2006                   KLEBERG            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            KLEBERG SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS ALMOST ALL COUNTY AND
            FARM ROADS FLOODED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

0749 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SE KINGSVILLE         27.49N 97.84W
06/02/2006                   KLEBERG            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            KLEBERG SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS 20 FAMILIES RELOCATED DUE
            TO FLOODING AND WATER IN MANY OF THE HOMES...OFF OF F.M.
            1717.

&&

RUNYEN

Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 10:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1014 AM CDT FRI JUN 02 2006

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

1005 AM     FLOOD            PORT LAVACA             28.61N 96.62W
06/02/2006                   CALHOUN            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RESIDENTIAL FLOODING REPORTED ACROSS THE CITY.

&&

MWILEY

Local storm report, Jun 2, 10:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1021 AM CDT FRI JUN 02 2006

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

0948 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 W PREMONT             27.36N 98.21W
06/02/2006                   JIM WELLS          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUNTY ROAD 428 IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

MWILEY

Local storm report, Jun 2, 10:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1024 AM CDT FRI JUN 02 2006

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

0920 AM     FLASH FLOOD      KINGSVILLE              27.51N 97.86W
06/02/2006                   KLEBERG            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL ROADS IN KLEBERG COUNTY ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
            WATER. LAW ENFORECEMENT IS DISCOURAGING TRAVEL THROUGHOUT
            THE COUNTY.

&&

MWILEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 9:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg	118 min
Jun 1, 11:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg	3 hr
Jun 2, 2:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg	3 hr
Jun 2, 4:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	2 hr
Jun 2, 5:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg	3 hr
Jun 2, 8:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg	115 min
Jun 2, 8:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun	91 min
Jun 2, 10:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun	2 hr
Jun 2, 1:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg	2 hr
Jun 2, 3:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval	2 hr
Jun 2, 3:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	118 min
Jun 2, 3:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg	4 hr
Jun 2, 4:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	San Patricio	111 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2006 Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.