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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 15, 2010Jim Wells County, Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 2010, 7:17 AM CDT for Jim Wells County, Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 118 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
May 15, 2010, 7:17 AM CDT (12:17 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2010, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Nueces County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 348 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 584 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 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
584 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.7

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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 May 15, 6:56 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:56 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 6:53 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 4:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
450 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010

TXZ230>232-240-241-151145-
BEE-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-
450 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING BEE...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...LIVE
OAK AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES...

AT 443 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KARNES CITY TO 14
MILES SOUTH OF FOWLERTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KARNES CITY
TO NEAR TILDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED
WITH ISOLATED 2 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

TE
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
522 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010

TXZ234-151115-
VICTORIA-
522 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING VICTORIA COUNTY...

AT 519 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAXET LAKES...OR AROUND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VICTORIA...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

TE
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
533 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010

TXZ233-151230-
GOLIAD-
533 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING GOLIAD COUNTY...

AT 529 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GEORGE WEST TO
MISSION VALLEY AND VICTORIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

TE
Special weather statement, May 15, 6:43 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Webb117 min
May 14, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Refugio, Victoria76 min
May 14, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle, Webb114 min
May 14, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval60 min
May 14, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval2 hr
May 15, 12:35 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP115 min
May 15, 5:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen2 hr
May 15, 5:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria109 min
May 15, 5:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio57 min
May 15, 5:57 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak33 min
May 15, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak62 min
May 15, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Refugio, San Patricio64 min
May 15, 6:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Live Oak, San Patricio118 min
May 15, 6:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Goliad, Victoria2 hr
May 15, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPCalhoun, Refugio, Victoria58 min
May 15, 7:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
May 15, 7:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Refugio58 min
May 15, 7:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces2 hr
May 15, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg65 min
May 15, 8:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria25 hr
May 15, 8:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria9 days
May 15, 8:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningCRPVictoria4 hr
May 15, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg29 min
May 15, 9:36 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningCRPKleberg4 hr
May 15, 9:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP50 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.