Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

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WGUS74 KCRP 240830
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
330 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2006

TXC479-240930-
WEBB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY
330 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN WEBB COUNTY...

AT 322 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WEBB COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES
RAIN MAY HAVE OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY 59 IN EASTERN WEBB COUNTY SINCE
2 AM. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAREDO...RIO
BRAVO...AGUILARES...OILTON...MIRANDO CITY...BRUNI AND ORVIL.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WEBB COUNTY THROUGH 430 AM.

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.

LAT...LON 2731 9954 2738 9950 2749 9950 2751 9953
      2757 9952 2762 9956 2760 9959 2765 9961
      2764 9966 2779 9965 2802 9882 2728 9881
      2728 9933 2731 9938 2726 9949

$$

TMT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
745 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

.UPDATE...A SCT/BKN LN OF STRONG/SVR STORMS WL CONTINUE TO PUSH
SEWD THROUGH THE EWX CWA THIS EVE. THIS LN OF STORMS SHOULD REACH
THE NRN ZONES BETWEEN 03Z AND 05Z BASED UPON THE CURRENT MOVEMENT.
THE ACTUAL COLD FNT WAS LOCATED NOT TOO FAR TO THE NORTH FROM
THIS CONVECTION. WITH A MOISTURE DEPTH EXTENDING UPWARDS TO 800
MB...CAPES IN EXCESS OF 4000 J/KG AND DIVERGENCE ALOFT...CONVECTION
IN ADVANCE OF THE FNT WL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TNT AS IT PUSHES SEWD TWDS
OUR CWA. WENT WITH A CATEGORICAL EVENT FOR THE 06Z-12Z TIMEFRAME
FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. NOT TOO CONFIDENT ABOUT THE CURRENT FFA. BLV
THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS LOW. HOWEVER WITH CONVECTION
YET TO MOVE INTO THE CWA...AM RELUCTANT TO CANCEL A FFA. BASED
UPON THE THE 18Z GFS SOLN AND THE USUAL FASTER MOVEMENT OF FNTS AT
NIGHT...DECIDED TO SPEED UP THE MOVEMENT OF THE FNT. BLV THE FNT
WL REACH THE NRN ZONES BETWEEN 06Z AND 08Z AND WL REACH THE SRN
AREAS BETWEEN 09Z AND 12Z. ADJUSTED MOST OF THE GRIDS BASED UPON
THIS TIMING. NOT REAL CONFIDENT IN ALL THE POST-FNTL PCPN THAT
THE PRIOR MODELS WERE PRODUCING. WL TONE THIS DOWN SOMEWHAT. ALSO
ADJUSTED THE ONGOING SCA CONDITIONS. DECIDED TO EXTEND THE SCA FOR
THE OFFSHORE WATERS FOR SVRL MORE HOURS GIVEN THE LARGE AND
PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY SWELLS WHICH WL BE SLOW TO DECAY.

&&

.AVIATION...BKN LINE OF RWS AND TSTMS FM CLL TO HYI TO N OF UVA...
AHEAD OF COLD FRONT...WILL CONT MVG SE TOWARDS S TX. LINE OF
RWS/TSTMS SHOULD APPROACH A COT-VCT LINE AROUND 03Z AND A LRD-CRP
LINE AROUND 04-05Z. GUSTY WINDS AND IFR CONDS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE
STORMS. LIGHT STRATIFORM RAIN WITH EMBEDDED RWS MAY TRAIL LINE OF
STORMS THRU 08Z COT-ALI AND 10Z ALI-CRP...AFT WHICH FRONT PUSHES
THRU THE AREA. N-NE WINDS AND DRY CONDS XPCTD AREAWIDE AFTER 12Z AND
THRU THE DAY TOMORROW.

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 10 PM SATURDAY TO 7 AM SUNDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...JIM
     WELLS...KLEBERG...LIVE OAK...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN
     PATRICIO...AND VICTORIA.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM...AND
     COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
     20 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM...AND WATERS
     PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM.

&&

MB/80...SHORT-TERM
JR/76...AVIATION

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
553 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-241100-
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-
553 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S COAST TO NEAR 100 DEGREES
ALONG THE RIO GRANDE WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 105 TO 109
DEGREES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
BRUSH COUNTRY AND NORTHERN COASTAL BEND LATER TONIGHT IN ADVANCE
OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
RAIN AMOUNTS OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY AND NORTHERN COASTAL BEND
WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO
5 INCHES POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND
PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG A COLD FRONT
EARLY SUNDAY. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
4 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND
PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTH TEXAS SUNDAY MORNING.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL RESUME ON SUNDAY THROUGH
MONDAY WITH A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING IN THE WAKE OF THE
COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TMT/TE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1135 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

TXZ232>234-240530-
BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-
1135 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING BEE...GOLIAD AND VICTORIA
COUNTIES...

AT 1129 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CUERO TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOLIAD TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KENEDY...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

JR