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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2007, 4:35 PM CDT for Bee County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 85 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 1, 2007, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bee County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 5:35 PM CDT | FLOOD | Beeville, TX | ELLIS ROAD AND RIDGEWAY LANE REMAIN BARRICAED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 1673 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 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 012137 FFWCRP TXC025-409-012300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 435 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BEE COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS NORTH CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 5 MILES SOUTH OF SKIDMORE ALONG STATE ROUTE 359. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH AND WERE EXPECTED TO IMPACT SKIDMORE BY 445 PM CDT. * 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...SKIDMORE AND TYNAN. 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 2838 9753 2806 9752 2807 9777 2840 9792 $$ JAR
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KCRP 012151 FFSCRP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 450 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 TXC025-409-012300- BEE-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF SKIDMORE 450 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO AND SOUTHERN BEE COUNTIES... AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF SKIDMORE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT BEEVILLE BY 505 PM CDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2838 9753 2806 9752 2807 9777 2840 9792 $$ JAR
000 WGUS74 KCRP 012210 FFSCRP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 509 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 TXC025-409-012300- BEE-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF SKIDMORE 509 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO AND SOUTHERN BEE COUNTIES... AT 500 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES WEST OF SKIDMORE. RAIN WAS FALLING AT A RATE OF 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN SKIDMORE REPORTED 1.80 INCHES OF RAIN. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SKIDMORE 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 2838 9753 2806 9752 2807 9777 2840 9792 $$ JAR
000 WGUS74 KCRP 012307 FFSCRP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 607 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 TXC025-409-012317- BEE-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF SKIDMORE 607 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO AND SOUTHERN BEE COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED AND MOVED NORTHWEST OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 2838 9753 2806 9752 2807 9777 2840 9792 $$ JAR
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 Jul 1, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 326 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...EXTREMELY MOIST CONDITIONS WL PERSIST DRG THE PERIOD. THE NAM/GFS CONTINUE TO PROG AN UPPER LOW TO ENTER THE REGION FROM THE NORTH AND PROVIDE INCREASING UPPER FORCING. EXPECT SCT TO NUMEROUS CONVECTION DRG THE PERIOD. BASED ON THE EXPECTED 0-6KM MEAN WIND...AND TRANSLATION VERSUS PROPAGATION...SUGGEST STORM MOTIONS THAT ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO FFA. HWR...CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED...RATHER THAN COUNTYWIDE... FLOODING. THUS WL NOT ISSUE AN FFA. CAVEAT...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A SFC BNDRY TO DEVELOP AND REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY ACRS THE CWFA. FURTHER...INCREASING LOW LEVEL ONSHORE FLOW MAY DEVELOP AS THE FOREGOING UPPER LOW MOVES CLOSER. AS A RESULT...COUNTYWIDE FLOODING COULD OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT AND A FFA MAY BE NEEDED. && .AVIATION...EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS DRG THE PERIOD AREAWIDE OWING IN PART TO INCREASED MSTR. IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED DRG CONVECTION (LOW CEILINGS AND LOW VISIBILITY FROM HEAVY RAINFALL)...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT. && .MARINE...WL FCST SCA CONDITIONS FOR THIS EVENING OVER THE SRN BAYS/SRN NEARSHORE WATERS OWING TO A MESO-ALPHA SCALE GRADIENT GENERATED BY A SFC LOW TO THE SW. SCEC CONDITIONS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. CONVECTION WL DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DRG THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH PWS OF 2-2.2 POOLED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. DURING THIS TIME A MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OUT OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU AND INTO NORTHEAST MEXICO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MODELS PROG H7-H3 Q-V CONVERGENCE MAXIMIZED OVER SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. MID/UPPER LEVEL FORCING WILL INTERACT WITH HEATING AND THE VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE PRODUCING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. FOCUS MAY BE PRIMARILY ACROSS INLAND COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. GFS RUNS CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF NOCTURNAL CONVECTION AND A HEAVY RAINFALL EPISODE NEAR AND EAST OF THE MID/UPPER LEVEL CORE TUESDAY NIGHT...WHICH WOULD PUT THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AT RISK. BOOSTED POPS ANOTHER 10% OUT WEST FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OUT THERE. THE MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW SLOWLY MOVES WEST-SOUTHWEST FURTHER INTO MEXICO WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HOWEVER...PWS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND SCATTERED PRIMARILY DAYTIME CONVECTION WILL OCCUR. PWS WILL DECREASE BY THE WEEKEND. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY REMAIN ISOLATED DRIVEN BY SEA-BREEZE FORCING OVER THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 77 88 77 87 76 / 60 70 50 60 30 VICTORIA 75 87 74 87 74 / 50 70 40 70 30 LAREDO 77 93 77 93 75 / 50 50 50 50 60 ALICE 75 89 76 89 75 / 60 70 60 70 50 ROCKPORT 79 87 79 87 79 / 60 60 40 50 30 COTULLA 74 90 75 91 74 / 50 50 50 50 60 KINGSVILLE 77 89 77 88 76 / 60 70 60 60 40 NAVY CORPUS 79 87 80 87 79 / 60 50 50 50 30 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && WC/87...SHORT TERM JR/76...LONG TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 5:15 AM CDT, 11 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 515 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-021015- 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- 515 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH TEXAS TODAY INTO TONIGHT AS A VERY MOIST AIRMASS COMBINES WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL REMAIN STATIONARY FROM CENTRAL TEXAS INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN REGIONS OF HIGHER RAINFALL. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN....MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY FROM NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY...WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY WITH ISOLATED TOTAL AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ISOLATED ON SATURDAY. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRIMARILY BE ASSOCIATED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. TMT/TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 1:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 4:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 97 min |
| Jul 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 95 min |
| Jul 1, 5:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 96 min |
| Jul 1, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle | 94 min |
| Jul 1, 5:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 4 days |
| Jul 1, 5:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 97 min |
| Jul 1, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 96 min |
| Jul 1, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 49 min |
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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.