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Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 2010, 11:52 AM CDT for Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
- Sep 19, 2010, 11:52 AM CDT (16:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2010, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 1929 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 Sep 19, 10:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 10:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 511 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-201015- 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- 511 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES TODAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BETWEEN BAFFIN BAY AND THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE MONDAY DUE TO DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE LINGERING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. THERE IS ALSO A LOW POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS AND WEAK TORNADOES THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED TODAY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE FLASH FLOOD ADVISORY AREA. 87/84
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 19, 10:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1145 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 NNE ROBSTOWN 27.85N 97.64W
09/19/2010 NUECES TX NWS EMPLOYEE
COUNTY ROAD 69 BETWEEN ROBSTOWN AND CALALLEN HAS OVER 1
FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.
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TMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 8:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Jim Wells | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Sep 19, 5:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 5 days |
| Sep 19, 6:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Calhoun | 82 min |
| Sep 19, 7:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg | 86 min |
| Sep 19, 8:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 62 min | |
| Sep 19, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Sep 19, 9:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 118 min | |
| Sep 19, 1:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 28 min | |
| Sep 19, 1:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio | 28 min |
| Sep 19, 1:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio | 5 days |
| Sep 19, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 119 min | |
| Sep 19, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces | 30 min |
| Sep 19, 2:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 54 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 70 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 5:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 5:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Nueces, San Patricio | 40 hr |
| Sep 19, 6:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 3 hr |
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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.