Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Apr 16, 2012, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)

Expired

Apr 16, 2012, 3:15 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Refugio County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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105 
WGUS54 KCRP 160511
FFWCRP
TXC391-160815-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0008.120416T0511Z-120416T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1211 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 1207 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED SOME LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES 
  OF RAIN OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS ALREADY  
  OCCURRING OVER THE CITY OF REFUGIO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 
  1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORMS LEAVE THE AREA. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
  SOME CITIES AND TOWNS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...BONNIE VIEW AND QUINTANA. SOME CREEKS THAT   
  WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...MELON CREEK...BLANCO CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

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 2829 9699 2828 9711 2826 9713 2822 9709
      2820 9701 2818 9703 2816 9709 2816 9740
      2840 9736 2843 9733 2849 9724 2847 9702

$$

GW

514 
WGUS74 KCRP 160602
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
102 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012

TXC391-160815-
/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120416T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REFUGIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO
102 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR
CENTRAL REFUGIO COUNTY...

AT 1256 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN 
OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY 
OF REFUGIO. HOWEVER...MORE SERIOUS FLOODING...ALTHOUGH NOT REPORTED 
YET...COULD BE OCCURRING IN OTHER PORTIONS OF REFUGIO COUNTY. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN OVER SOME 
PORTIONS OF REFUGIO...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORMS MOVE OUT. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BONNIE VIEW 
AND QUINTANA. SOME CREEKS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 
MELON CREEK...BLANCO CREEK.

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 2829 9699 2828 9711 2826 9713 2822 9709
      2820 9701 2818 9703 2816 9709 2816 9740
      2840 9736 2843 9733 2849 9724 2847 9702

$$

GW

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