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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 2010, 1:29 PM CDT for Duval County, Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2010, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2010, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 949 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 16, 12:43 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 12:43 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1053 AM CDT FRI APR 16 2010 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-171600- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- 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- 1053 AM CDT FRI APR 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 16 TO ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 77. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TODAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 16. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. SOME STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS GULF WATERS DUE TO SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET WITH A LONG FETCH OF EASTERLY FLOW. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR THE BEACH FROM MALAQUITE BEACH TO PORT ARANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH NEARLY ALL OF THE PERIOD...WITH THE BEST CHANCES ON SATURDAY...TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. WHILE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STRONG STORMS EACH DAY MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 77. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. HOWEVER THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE CONTINUED RAIN OVER PROGRESSIVELY WETTER GROUND...WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLOODING WHICH COULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD WITH TIME. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 16, 7:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
732 AM CDT FRI APR 16 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0704 PM FLASH FLOOD 18 S FREER 27.62N 98.62W
04/15/2010 DUVAL TX COUNTY OFFICIAL
3 FEET OF WATER ACROSS HIGHWAY 16.
0820 PM FLASH FLOOD FREER 27.88N 98.62W
04/15/2010 DUVAL TX COUNTY OFFICIAL
DUE TO EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF RAIN, HWY 16 WILL BE CLOSED
FROM HEBBRONVILLE TO FREER UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.
0946 PM FLASH FLOOD BENAVIDES 27.60N 98.41W
04/15/2010 DUVAL TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
FM 2295 WAS CLOSED FROM HIGHWAY 359 IN BENAVIDES TO SH 16
DUE TO HIGHWATER OVER THE ROAD.
0220 AM FLASH FLOOD TILDEN 28.45N 98.54W
04/16/2010 MCMULLEN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
MCMULLEN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS HIGHWAYS 16, 72,
AND 99 ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CLOSED IN NORTHEASTERN
MCMULLEN COUNTY DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.
0425 AM FLASH FLOOD THREE RIVERS 28.47N 98.18W
04/16/2010 LIVE OAK TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL CITY STREETS IN THREE RIVERS FLOODED.
0425 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 NE THREE RIVERS 28.49N 98.14W
04/16/2010 LIVE OAK TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
EAST AND WESTBOUND LANES OF HIGHWAY 72 FLOODED AT
INTERSTATE 37.
0610 AM FLASH FLOOD THREE RIVERS 28.47N 98.18W
04/16/2010 LIVE OAK TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
5 HOMES FLOODED ON HWY 72 IN TOWN. ALSO...NUMEROUS
ROADWAYS IN AND NEAR TOWN HAVE 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER
STRANDING MOTORISTS AND EVEN A SHERRIFFS CRUISER.
0700 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 W BEEVILLE 28.41N 97.81W
04/16/2010 BEE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROAD AT FM 799 JUST EAST OF LA PARA RD.
0718 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 N TILDEN 28.49N 98.54W
04/16/2010 MCMULLEN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
PART OF FM 3445 WAS WASHED OUT OVERNIGHT. A VEHICLE WAS
SWEPT INTO THE HIGH WATER AND A SUCCESSFUL HIGH WATER
RESCUED PERFORMED.
0724 AM HEAVY RAIN CROSS 28.60N 98.55W
04/16/2010 M7.00 INCH MCMULLEN TX CO-OP OBSERVER
0724 AM HEAVY RAIN FOWLERTON 28.45N 98.82W
04/16/2010 M4.60 INCH LA SALLE TX CO-OP OBSERVER
0724 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 ENE CROSS 28.62N 98.47W
04/16/2010 M4.62 INCH MCMULLEN TX PUBLIC
MEASURED BY COCORAHS OBSERVER.
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JRLocal storm report, Apr 16, 12:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 111 min |
| Apr 15, 9:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 115 min |
| Apr 15, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 4 days |
| Apr 15, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 3 days |
| Apr 15, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 116 min |
| Apr 16, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Live Oak | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 91 min |
| Apr 16, 8:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Live Oak, Refugio, Victoria | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 100 min |
| Apr 16, 10:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | CRP | Bee, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle and 7 more | 42 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio | 3 days |
| Apr 16, 12:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak, San Patricio | 114 min |
| Apr 16, 1:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 115 min |
| Apr 16, 3:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio | 116 min |
| Apr 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 92 min |
| Apr 16, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio and 1 more | 113 min |
| Apr 16, 5:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Nueces, San Patricio | 28 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces and 2 more | 76 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.