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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2012, 6:05 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 115 min. 2 reports 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
- May 10, 2012, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bee County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 6:22 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beeville, TX | STREET FLOODING AND ROADS CLOSED AROUND LOW SPOTS IN THE CITY OF BEEVILLE |
| May 10, 6:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beeville, TX | HIGH WATER RESCUE BEING CONDUCTED BY BEEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT. REPORTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE OF HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. |
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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
737
WGUS54 KCRP 102305
FFWCRP
TXC025-110100-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0021.120510T2305Z-120511T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
605 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 557 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING
OCCURRING IN THE BEEVILLE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN
1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM MOVES SLOWLY EAST.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
SOME CITIES AND TOWNS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 2855 9772 2845 9757 2829 9749 2827 9784
2848 9797
$$
JR1 follow-up statement
514
WGUS74 KCRP 102348
FFSCRP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
648 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
TXC025-110100-
/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120511T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BEE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF BEEVILLE
648 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL BEE COUNTY...
AT 643 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED STREETS FLOODED
AROUND LOW SPOTS IN BEEVILLE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDING TO A
HIGH WATER RESCUE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF
RAINFALL FELL OVER THE CITY OF BEEVILLE. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED THIS
EVENING IN BEEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 2855 9772 2845 9757 2829 9749 2827 9784
2848 9797
$$
JRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 52 min |
| May 10, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 29 min |
| May 10, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 48 min |
| May 10, 6:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Webb | 53 min |
| May 10, 6:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 66 min |
| May 10, 7:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 54 min | |
| May 10, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen, Webb | 61 min |
| May 10, 8:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 48 min | |
| May 10, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | McMullen | 47 min |
| May 10, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle | 30 min |
| May 10, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | McMullen | 24 min |
| May 10, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 29 min |
| May 10, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 43 min |
| May 10, 10:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle | 113 min |
| May 10, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 53 min |
| May 10, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 46 min |
| May 10, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 63 min |
| May 10, 12:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 41 min |
| May 10, 12:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | McMullen | 44 min |
| May 10, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces | 37 min |
| May 10, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle | 40 min |
| May 10, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 35 min |
| May 10, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Jim Wells, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 33 min |
| May 10, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | McMullen | 46 min |
| May 10, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 115 min |
| May 10, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 30 min |
| May 10, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 45 min |
| May 10, 1:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg | 56 min |
| May 10, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak, McMullen | 41 min |
| May 10, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 47 min |
| May 10, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 45 min |
| May 10, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 45 min |
| May 10, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 50 min |
| May 10, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | McMullen | 46 min |
| May 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 96 min | |
| May 10, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 47 min |
| May 10, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 46 min |
| May 10, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 38 min |
| May 10, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 35 min |
| May 10, 3:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | CRP | Bee, Goliad, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Victoria | 19 hr |
| May 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 31 min |
| May 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | McMullen | 46 min |
| May 10, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak, McMullen | 42 min |
| May 10, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 43 min |
| May 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 114 min | |
| May 10, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | McMullen | 33 min |
| May 10, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 46 min |
| May 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 29 min |
| May 10, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 33 min |
| May 10, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak, McMullen | 60 min |
| May 10, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 57 min |
| May 10, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 37 min |
| May 10, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 35 min |
| May 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 45 min |
| May 10, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, McMullen | 37 min |
| May 10, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| May 10, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 57 min |
| May 10, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 61 min |
| May 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Live Oak, McMullen | 45 min |
| May 10, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb | 41 min |
| May 10, 6:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen | 111 min |
| May 10, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, McMullen, Webb | 47 min |
| May 10, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 43 min |
| May 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.