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Coastal Flood Statement 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 15, 2008Aransas County, Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 15, 2008, 7:34 AM CDT for Aransas County, Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 15, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2008, 7:34 AM CDT (12:34 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 15, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 16, 2008, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:36 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1089 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1089 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood statement 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 coastal flood statement went out at Oct 15, 7:09 AM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 7:09 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 15, 5:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
555 AM CDT WED OCT 15 2008

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-161100-
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-
555 AM CDT WED OCT 15 2008

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 ARE EXPECTED
AS A TROPICAL WAVE PROVIDES DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND INTERACTS
WITH A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
AND SOME MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 1 TO 3
INCHES...HOWEVER ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS AS HIGH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Texas, 2008Every coastal flood statement in 2008

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.