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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood watch at May 25, 2007, 11:22 AM CDT for 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 58 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2007, 11:22 AM CDT (16:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Duval County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at May 25, 9:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 9:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 933 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 .UPDATE...SENT AN UPDATED RAISING POPS FOR TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EAST WHERE POPS ARE NOW CATEGORICALLY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY. HAVE HAD WIDESPREAD 2-4 AMOUNT REPORTS THIS MORNING FROM COTULLA TO ALICE BACK AND UP INTO LIKE OAK COUNTY. MAY BE A BRIEF LULL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING BEHIND ALL OF THIS. FULLY EXPECT SCT TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AGAIN AS EARLY AS SAT MORNING. ALSO RAISED POPS UPWARDS INTO SAT. ADJUSTED QPF AMOUNTS TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW. AFTERNOON PKG WILL HAVE QPF AND POPS ADJUSTED FURTHER OUT THRU TUE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED AT SOME POINT...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON FOR SAT AND SUN...DEPENDING ON HOW WIDESPREAD THE HEAVY AMOUNTS THIS MORNING BECOME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 72 84 70 84 70 / 30 60 30 40 30 VICTORIA 68 82 67 84 67 / 40 60 30 40 30 LAREDO 73 84 70 87 71 / 50 70 50 50 40 ALICE 70 84 69 85 69 / 40 70 40 40 30 ROCKPORT 74 82 73 84 73 / 20 50 20 40 30 COTULLA 69 82 67 85 69 / 50 70 50 50 40 KINGSVILLE 72 84 70 85 70 / 30 60 30 40 30 NAVY CORPUS 74 83 74 83 74 / 20 50 20 30 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && 76...SHORT TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 4:57 AM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 457 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-261000- 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- 457 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND INTO THE EVENING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS WITH A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVING RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES. THIS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... TE/KR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:41 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 541 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 TXZ229>234-239>247-252200- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...ENCINAL...TILDEN... GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE...SKIDMORE...GOLIAD... VICTORIA...LAREDO...RIO BRAVO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN... PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA... PORT OCONNOR...SEADRIFT 541 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 ...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND... A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA AND PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MANY OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN. DUE TO THE WEAK STEERING CURRENTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO EXIST...MAINLY ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND. WIDESPREAD 1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. RESIDENTS AND VACATIONERS FROM OUT OF TOWN NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. OUTSIDE HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES MAY NEED TO BE DELAYED OR POSTPONED DUE TO THE RAIN. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI. TE
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 900 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 TXZ232-233-243-244-246-251530- BEE-GOLIAD-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO- 900 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING BEE...GOLIAD...NUECES... REFUGIO AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES... AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERCLAIR TO TYNAN TO 11 MILES WEST OF ROBSTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEEVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF SKIDMORE TO 11 MILES WEST OF ROBSTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... BERCLAIR BY 910 AM CDT. EDROY BY 915 AM CDT. ROBSTOWN BY 930 AM CDT. SINTON BY 940 AM CDT. TULOSO BY 950 AM CDT. CORPUS CHRISTI BY 1000 AM CDT. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
Local storm report, May 25, 10:30 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 57 min | |
| May 25, 10:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 86 min |
| May 25, 11:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| May 25, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 119 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.