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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 14, 2007Aransas County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 14, 2007, 12:37 AM CDT for Aransas County, Texas. It was in force for 83 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
Mar 14, 2007, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2007, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Aransas County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2007-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 440 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 140539
FFWCRP
TXC007-140700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1237 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ARANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED 
AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLY WITH THIS LINE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY.

* 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...HOLIDAY BEACH AND ROCKPORT.

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.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 2791 9702 2796 9707 2790 9713 2805 9723
      2802 9714 2811 9704 2803 9702 2797 9707
      2795 9699 2810 9690 2812 9701 2819 9701
      2826 9711 2831 9679 2820 9681 2814 9688
      2804 9685 2784 9706

$$

JR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KCRP 140638
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
136 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007

TXC007-140646-
ARANSAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLIDAY BEACH...ROCKPORT
136 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007

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

THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE EXITED EAST OUT OF THE 
COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONER EXPECTED OVER THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 2791 9702 2796 9707 2790 9713 2805 9723
      2802 9714 2811 9704 2803 9702 2797 9707
      2795 9699 2810 9690 2812 9701 2819 9701
      2826 9711 2831 9679 2820 9681 2814 9688
      2804 9685 2784 9706

$$

JR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Goliad44 min
Mar 13, 7:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Live Oak2 hr
Mar 13, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria60 min
Mar 13, 8:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad119 min
Mar 13, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Refugio38 min
Mar 13, 9:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria113 min
Mar 13, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio49 min
Mar 13, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio42 min
Mar 13, 9:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Live Oak62 min
Mar 13, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
Mar 13, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval61 min
Mar 13, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval34 min
Mar 13, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio62 min
Mar 13, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells42 min
Mar 13, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval19 min
Mar 13, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb44 min
Mar 13, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval50 min
Mar 13, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces25 min
Mar 13, 11:08 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells38 min
Mar 13, 11:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Live Oak96 min
Mar 13, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak27 min
Mar 13, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells116 min
Mar 13, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces66 min
Mar 13, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio2 hr
Mar 13, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio2 hr
Mar 13, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces51 min
Mar 13, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Mar 14, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio67 min
Mar 14, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces35 min
Mar 14, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas40 min
Mar 14, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio23 min
Mar 14, 1:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP98 min
Mar 14, 9:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria62 min

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.