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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 4, 2007Jim Wells County, Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas

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.

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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 4, 9:40 AM CDTFLASH FLOODBishop, TXBIRCH ROAD BRIEFLY UNDER WATER BETWEEN 9TH AND MIDDLEBROOKE BY THE CITY PARK.
Apr 4, 9:45 AM CDTFLASH FLOODKingsville, TXMANY 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 CDTFLASH FLOODKingsville, TXALL 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1052 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 8:03 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP57 min
Apr 4, 8:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg63 min
Apr 4, 8:58 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP62 min
Apr 4, 9:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP61 min
Apr 4, 10:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP54 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.