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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 2, 2007Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2007, 8:14 AM CDT for Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 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: Jul 2, 2007, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2007, 11:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 2, 9:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 N Edroy, TX	FLOODING REPORTED IN WEST SINTON AT FM 630 AND FM 796.
Jul 2, 9:22 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Woodsboro, TX	WATER REPORTED OVER SOME SPOTS OF FM 1360 FROM WOODSBORO TO FM 136.
Jul 2, 9:27 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Se Woodsboro, TX	WATER OVER F.M. 629 IN SPOTS FROM FM 1360 TO FM 136.

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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 48 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2074 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KCRP 021318
FFWCRP
TXC273-355-391-409-021615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
814 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS
  CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS
  REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS
  CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 806 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES OVER 
  THE WARNED AREA WITH ISOLATED RATES OF 4 TO 6 INCHES PER HOUR 5    
  MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 77 IN NUECES 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...CORPUS CHRISTI...KINGSVILLE...REFUGIO...ROBSTOWN...
  SINTON...WOODSBORO...BAYSIDE...BISHOP...EDROY...GREGORY...ODEM AND
  RICARDO.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 2759 9802 2765 9787 2812 9770 2809 9752
      2839 9736 2854 9713 2844 9678 2842 9676
      2841 9686 2831 9680 2826 9713 2818 9703
      2806 9727 2792 9729 2786 9753 2772 9739
      2735 9757 2739 9771 2736 9769 2735 9802

$$

TM

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 2, 4:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 4:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
452 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007

.SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES APPROACHING 2.5 INCHES. AN UPPER LEVEL SPEED MAX EAST OF
SAN ANTONIO APPEARS TO ALSO BE INCREASING UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE
OVER THE COASTAL BEND. MSAS SHOWS A SURFACE LOW HAS DEVELOPED
TO THE SOUTH OF LAREDO WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE
COASTAL PLAINS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING ATTM
OVER THE COASTAL BEND INTO THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS.

MODELS KEEP THE MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS
THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH MODEST LOW LEVEL FLOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF
MEXICO...DO NOT FORESEE THE CONVERGENCE ZONE MOVING MUCH THIS
MORNING. EXPANDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE THE COASTAL
COUNTIES INTO THE VICTORIA AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAIN AMOUNTS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE AREA WITH ISOLATED
EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OVER 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. EXPECT THE SEABREEZE TO
PUSH THE CONVERGENCE ZONE INLAND THIS EVENING WITH HEAVY RAIN
THREAT FOCUSED OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS.

&&

.AVIATION...CEILINGS PROVIDING MVFR CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS
REGION WITH IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND T-STORMS
OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS. STORMS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE
COASTAL PLAINS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH STORMS MORE OVER THE
RIO GRANDE PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GENERALLY
IFR/LIFR IN AND NEAR STORMS.

&&

.MARINE...SCEC CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE GULF WATERS WITH
MOST OF THE CONVECTION OVER THE BAYS AND NEARSHORE WATERS THIS
MORNING AND AGAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

&&

LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...TUESDAY WILL CONTINUE TO BE
WET WITH 2+INCH PWATS AND THE UPPER LOW JUST W OF THE AREA EJECTING
A SHORT WAVE ACROSS S TX...AND COMBINING WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AND
ABUNDANTLY MOIST ENVIRONMENT. TRICKY PART WILL BE TIMING OF PRECIP
AND LOCATION OF SFC/LOW LEVEL FORCING. FOR NOW AM THINKING BEST CHC
FOR PRECIP DUE TO LOW LEVEL FOCUS WILL BE INLAND AREAS WITH THE
AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE. THE GFS IS SHOWING DIFFLUENCE ALOFT SHIFTING
FROM W TO E ALONG WITH THE SHORT WAVE WHILE STORM MOTION ACROSS THE
W ZONES SHOW AN EASTWARD MOTION AND ACROSS THE E ZONES STORM MOTION
IS PROGD TO BE NORTHWARD. THEREFORE AM THINKING INITIAL CONVECTION
WILL BE MAINLY FOCUSED ACROSS THE CENTRAL CWA BUT SHIFT NE THRU THE
AFTERNOON WITH A SECOND SHORT WAVE ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE LOW TUE
AFTERNOON...PROVIDING UPPER SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION INTO
TUE EVENING/NIGHT ACROSS THE W AND NW CWA. THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES
TO SPIN W OF THE REGION THROUGH WED PROVIDING CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR
LIKELY STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. GIVEN UNCERTAINTY WITH
PLACEMENT OF LOW LEVEL SUPPORT...BROAD BRUSHED THE LIKELY POPS FOR
WED. THE UPPER LOW DRIFTS FARTHER W THRU THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK
AND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH EACH DAY BECMING DRIER IN THE MID/UPPER
LEVELS WITH DECREASING RAIN CHCS AND WARMING TEMPS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    88  76  87  76  88  /  80  60  70  30  50
VICTORIA          85  74  87  74  88  /  90  60  80  30  60
LAREDO            92  76  93  76  92  /  50  60  60  60  60
ALICE             89  76  89  75  89  /  80  70  80  50  60
ROCKPORT          86  78  87  79  88  /  70  50  60  30  50
COTULLA           90  74  91  74  89  /  60  60  60  60  60
KINGSVILLE        89  76  88  76  90  /  80  70  70  40  50
NAVY CORPUS       87  79  87  79  88  /  70  50  60  30  50

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...
     KLEBERG...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...
     REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...VICTORIA...WEBB.

GM...NONE.

&&

TT/89...SHORT TERM
TE/81...LONG TERM

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 5:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
507 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007

GMZ230-235-TXZ229>234-239>247-030000-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-LA SALLE-
MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-
KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
507 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ABUNDANT MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO THE
NORTHWEST OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH TEXAS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAIN AMOUNTS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY. ISOLATED MAXIMUM RAIN AMOUNTS UP TO
8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FLOODING
OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE LIKELY. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF
SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE  THROUGH 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 THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ISOLATED ON SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRIMARILY BE ASSOCIATED WITH
DAYTIME HEATING AND THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TMT/TE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:31 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
731 AM CDT MON JUL 02 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0754 PM     FLASH FLOOD      FREER                   27.88N 98.62W
07/01/2007                   DUVAL              TX   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            HWY 44 WAS CLOSED FROM U.S. 59 AT FREER TO IH 35 AT
            ENCINAL. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD IN SEVERAL
            SPOTS.

&&

JR

Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:44 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
744 AM CDT MON JUL 02 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0742 AM     FLASH FLOOD      VICTORIA                28.82N 96.98W
07/02/2007                   VICTORIA           TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES IN AND AROUND THE CITY DUE TO HIGH
            WATER.

&&

SSMART

Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:45 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
745 AM CDT MON JUL 02 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0742 AM     FLASH FLOOD      SCHROEDER               28.80N 97.22W
07/02/2007                   GOLIAD             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

SSMART

Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:47 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
747 AM CDT MON JUL 02 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0742 AM     FLASH FLOOD      15 N GOLIAD             28.89N 97.39W
07/02/2007                   GOLIAD             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ROADS CLOSED IN TOWN OF ANDER DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

SSMART

Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:58 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
758 AM CDT MON JUL 02 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SE MATHIS             28.05N 97.78W
07/02/2007                   SAN PATRICIO       TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODING REPORTED AT FM 188 NEAR IH 37. ROAD BEING
            CLOSED.

0745 AM     FLASH FLOOD      8 SE MATHIS             28.01N 97.73W
07/02/2007                   SAN PATRICIO       TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER IH 37 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 24. LAW
            ENFORCEMENT HAS RESPONDED TO SIX ACCIDENTS IN THIS AREA.

0745 AM     FLASH FLOOD      EDROY                   27.93N 97.67W
07/02/2007                   SAN PATRICIO       TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODING REPORTED ON FM 234 NEAR IH 37.

&&

JR

Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:09 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
809 AM CDT MON JUL 02 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0807 AM     FLASH FLOOD      VICTORIA                28.82N 96.98W
07/02/2007                   VICTORIA           TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            U.S. 77 CLOSED FROM NORTH SIDE OF VICTORIA TO
            LAVACA/VICTORIA COUNTY LINE. U.S. 77 UNDERWATER NEAR THE
            VICTORIA/LAVACA COUNTY LINE.

&&

JR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 7:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval	114 min
Jul 1, 8:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	89 min
Jul 1, 9:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval	94 min
Jul 1, 9:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	15 days
Jul 2, 2:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	114 min
Jul 2, 4:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad	114 min
Jul 2, 4:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	2 hr
Jul 2, 5:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Nueces, San Patricio	36 hr
Jul 2, 5:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad	96 min
Jul 2, 6:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Victoria	26 hr
Jul 2, 6:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	2 hr
Jul 2, 6:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	2 hr
Jul 2, 6:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	3 hr
Jul 2, 6:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Victoria	48 hr
Jul 2, 7:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	19 hr
Jul 2, 7:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad	119 min
Jul 2, 8:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	3 hr
Jul 2, 8:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Goliad, Victoria	36 hr
Jul 2, 9:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun	3 hr
Jul 2, 9:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	119 min
Jul 2, 9:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Goliad, Victoria	43 hr
Jul 2, 5:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	2 hr

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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.