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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 14, 2013Duval County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 14, 2013, 5:07 AM CDT for Duval County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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: Oct 14, 2013, 5:07 AM CDT (10:07 UTC)
Expired: Oct 14, 2013, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Duval County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1039 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 Oct 14, 4:21 AM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 4:21 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 5:12 AM CDT, 23 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
512 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-141015-
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-
512 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE
PLAINS AND COASTAL BEND AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS. SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER ISOLATED STRONG
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREAS...WITH
SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY FROM COTULLA TO BEEVILLE TO VICTORIA
AND AREAS NORTHWARD. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LESS
THAN HALF OF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH
TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TE/TMT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 13, 11:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1134 PM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1120 PM     FLOOD            COTULLA                 28.44N 99.24W
10/13/2013                   LA SALLE           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL HIGH WATER RESCUES OCCURRING IN LA SALLE

            COUNTY...WITH WATER AS HIGH AS 4 FEET DEEP IN SOME AREAS.

&&

GWILK

Local storm report, Oct 13, 11:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1136 PM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1123 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ENCINAL                 28.04N 99.35W
10/13/2013                   LA SALLE           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MILE MARKER 37 SOUTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 35 CLOSED DUE TO
            FLOODING AND MULTI-CAR ACCIDENTS. REPORTED BY DEPARTMENT
            OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

&&

GWILK

Local storm report, Oct 13, 11:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1156 PM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1145 PM     FLOOD            LAREDO                  27.53N 99.49W
10/13/2013                   WEBB               TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FLOODING REPORTED IN SOME INTERSECTIONS IN
            LAREDO...INCLUDING BARTLETTE AVENUE...MCPHERSON
            AVENUE...AND JACKAMAN ROAD.

1140 PM     FLOOD            LAREDO                  27.53N 99.49W
10/13/2013                   WEBB               TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FLOODING REPORTED IN SOME ROADS IN THE CITY OF
            LAREDO...INCLUDING JACAMAN ROAD...BARTLETTE AVENUE...AND
            MCPHERSON AVENUE.

&&

GWILK

Local storm report, Oct 14, 3:07 AM CDT, 2 hours before

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Local storm report, Oct 14, 4:58 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 7:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Duval	112 min
Oct 13, 8:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval	3 hr
Oct 13, 8:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	3 hr
Oct 13, 8:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen	8 days
Oct 13, 9:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	CRP	La Salle, Webb	4 hr
Oct 13, 9:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	CRP	Duval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb	12 hr
Oct 13, 10:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	118 min
Oct 14, 12:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	La Salle	3 hr
Oct 14, 12:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	2 hr
Oct 14, 3:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	117 min
Oct 14, 5:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	3 hr
Oct 14, 7:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	13 hr
Oct 14, 8:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	36 hr
Oct 14, 8:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Duval	6 hr
Oct 14, 10:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak, McMullen	18 days

Nearby

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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.