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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 3, 2009Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2009, 7:08 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 112 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2009, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
112 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 325 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 00:00Z on 2009-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1427 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 00:00Z on 2009-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
1427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 Jun 3, 6:53 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:53 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 4:48 AM CDT, 14 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
448 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-040000-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
448 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH
TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TMT/RG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
113 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009

TXZ247-031915-
CALHOUN-
113 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CALHOUN COUNTY...

AT 113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF MAGNOLIA BEACH...OR 8 MILES WEST
OF PORT OCONNOR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

GW
Local storm report, Jun 3, 2:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
256 PM CDT WED JUN 03 2009

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

0252 PM     HAIL             9 S AUSTWELL            28.26N 96.84W
06/03/2009  M1.00 INCH       ARANSAS            TX   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            ARANSAS WILDLIFE REFUGE REPORTED NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZED
            HAIL.

&&

JMETZ
Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
325 PM CDT WED JUN 03 2009

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

0305 PM     HAIL             9 S AUSTWELL            28.26N 96.84W
06/03/2009  E1.75 INCH       ARANSAS            TX   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            PUBLIC REPORTS OF UP TO GOLFBALL HAIL COMING INTO ARANSAS
            WILDLIFE REFUGE.

&&

GWILK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg45 min
Jun 3, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces42 min
Jun 3, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria57 min
Jun 3, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces43 min
Jun 3, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces33 min
Jun 3, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Refugio, San Patricio38 min
Jun 3, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP114 min
Jun 3, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio35 min
Jun 3, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces26 min
Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee33 min
Jun 3, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio26 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.