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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 28, 2012, 9:29 PM CDT for McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2012, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2012, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County McMullen County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 11:19 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tilden, TX | COUNTY ROAD 308 CLOSED IN TILDEN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 801 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
110 WGUS54 KCRP 290229 FFWCRP TXC311-290530- /O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0002.120329T0229Z-120329T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 929 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MCMULLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 5 INCHES AROUND THE TILDEN AREA AND TO THE SOUTHEAST OF TILDEN. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... TILDEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 2841 9833 2830 9853 2845 9863 2854 9845 $$ TE
1 follow-up statement
599 WGUS74 KCRP 290423 FFSCRP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1123 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 TXC311-290530- /O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120329T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCMULLEN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF TILDEN 1123 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL MCMULLEN COUNTY... AT 1119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS RUNOFF SLOWLY DRAINS. VERY LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY LESS THAN 1/10 OF AN INCH. HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MCMULLEN COUNTY. LAT...LON 2841 9833 2830 9853 2845 9863 2854 9845 $$ TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | McMullen | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 7:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 112 min |
| Mar 28, 8:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Live Oak | 115 min |
| Mar 28, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | McMullen | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | McMullen | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 9:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Goliad | 110 min |
| Mar 28, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | McMullen | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 116 min |
| Mar 28, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 2:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 118 min |
| Mar 29, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 33 min |
| Mar 29, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 6:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 96 min | |
| Mar 29, 11:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 24 min | |
| Mar 29, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 42 min | |
| Mar 29, 12:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 48 min | |
| Mar 29, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 34 min | |
| Mar 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 86 min | |
| Mar 29, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 59 min |
| Mar 29, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 64 min | |
| Mar 29, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 5:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Nueces | 118 min |
| Mar 29, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 37 min |
| Mar 29, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad | 21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.