Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 4, 2007, 9:03 AM CDT for Jim Wells County, Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 117 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2007, 9:03 AM CDT (14:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 9:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bishop, TX | BIRCH ROAD BRIEFLY UNDER WATER BETWEEN 9TH AND MIDDLEBROOKE BY THE CITY PARK. |
| Apr 4, 9:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Kingsville, TX | MANY CARS STALLED IN FLOODED STREETS. TRANQUITAS CREEK FILLED AND OVERFLOWING BANKS. WATER JUST STARTING TO RECEDE AT 1012 AM CDT. SOME BRANCHES FELL ON POWER LINES AND CAUSED THEM TO BE DOWNED. |
| Apr 4, 9:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Kingsville, TX | ALL STREETS FLOODED IN KINGSVILLE. 3.19 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE AREA OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1052 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KCRP 041405 FFWCRP TXC249-273-355-041600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 903 AM CDT WED APR 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS WESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 1100 AM CDT * AT 901 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS. * 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...ALICE...KINGSVILLE...BEN BOLT...BISHOP...PREMONT AND RICARDO. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2776 9756 2732 9754 2733 9822 2777 9820 $$ TM
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KCRP 041514 FFSCRP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1010 AM CDT WED APR 4 2007 TXC249-273-355-041600- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...KINGSVILLE 1010 AM CDT WED APR 4 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR WESTERN KLEBERG...SOUTHWESTERN NUECES AND CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTIES... AT 1009 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. PUBLIC REPORTED THAT ALL STREETS WERE FLOODED IN KINGSVILLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3.19 INCHES WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE AREA OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KINGSVILLE...LOYOLA BEACH...AND RICARDO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN KLEBERG COUNTY. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2776 9756 2732 9754 2733 9822 2777 9820 $$ TM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 8:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 57 min | |
| Apr 4, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 8:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 62 min | |
| Apr 4, 9:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 61 min | |
| Apr 4, 10:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.