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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 15, 2012, 5:39 PM CDT for Goliad 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 8:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Goliad County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 447 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
211
WGUS54 KCRP 152239
FFWCRP
TXC175-160145-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0007.120415T2239Z-120416T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
539 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GOLIAD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 2 1/2 INCHES OVER THE CHARCO CREEK
AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
SOME CITIES AND TOWNS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANDER...CHARCO...WEESATCHE AND WESER. SOME CREEKS THAT WILL
EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CHARCO CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 2892 9738 2890 9737 2890 9734 2888 9731
2885 9730 2883 9731 2865 9743 2858 9767
2876 9766 2893 9742
$$
GW2 follow-up statements
627
WGUS74 KCRP 152306
FFSCRP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
606 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
TXC175-160145-
/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120416T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GOLIAD-
606 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL GOLIAD COUNTY...
AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3
TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER NORTHERN GOLIAD COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES EAST
OF CHARCO...BETWEEN HIGHWAY 239 AND HIGHWAY 884.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ANDER...
CHARCO...WEESATCHE AND WESER. SOME CREEKS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE
FLOODING INCLUDE...MANAHUILLA CREEK...CHARCO CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. THE STORMS ARE STARTING TO MOVE NOW MORE TOWARD THE
EAST AND NORTHEAST.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 2892 9738 2890 9737 2890 9734 2888 9731
2885 9730 2883 9731 2865 9743 2858 9767
2876 9766 2893 9742
$$
GW474
WGUS74 KCRP 160103
FFSCRP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
803 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
TXC175-160113-
/O.CAN.KCRP.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120416T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GOLIAD-
803 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL GOLIAD
COUNTY...
THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO FLOODING WAS
REPORTED...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2892 9738 2890 9737 2890 9734 2888 9731
2885 9730 2883 9731 2865 9743 2858 9767
2876 9766 2893 9742
$$
GWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:07 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 54 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.