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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 25, 2013Bee County, Goliad County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2013, 11:55 AM CDT for Bee County, Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 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: May 25, 2013, 11:55 AM CDT (16:55 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bee County, TX, Goliad County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 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 25, 12:00 PM CDT	FLOOD	10 Wnw Berclair, TX	ROADS COVERED WITH WATER ON CR 883...FM 244 AND CR 883 AS REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 1868 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

240 
WGUS54 KCRP 251655
FFWCRP
TXC025-175-251800-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0006.130525T1655Z-130525T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1155 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BEE COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS...
  WEST CENTRAL GOLIAD COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1146 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  THIS AREA HAS ALREADY SEEN SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING AND 
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ISSUES QUICKLY. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
  SOME CITIES AND TOWNS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...     
  MINERAL...PAWNEE...PETTUS...TULETA AND TULSITA.                    
  ADDITIONALLY...MEDIO CREEK AND PARK HOLLOW CREEK MAY EXPERIENCE    
  FLOODING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 2856 9767 2852 9796 2869 9802 2870 9800
      2873 9791 2870 9789 2868 9783 2868 9777
      2873 9770 2873 9768

$$

PZ

2 follow-up statements

973 
WGUS74 KCRP 251716
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1216 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXC025-175-251800-
/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130525T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BEE-GOLIAD-
1216 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL GOLIAD AND NORTHWESTERN BEE COUNTIES...

AT 1211 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME NORTHERN BEE COUNTY...ABOUT 7 MILES 
NORTH NORTHWEST OF PETTUS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 4 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL NEAR THE MEDIO CREEK AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 
RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MINERAL...
PAWNEE...PETTUS...TULETA AND TULSITA. SOME CREEKS THAT WILL 
EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...MEDIO CREEK.

LAT...LON 2856 9767 2852 9796 2869 9802 2870 9800
      2873 9791 2870 9789 2868 9783 2868 9777
      2873 9770 2873 9768

$$

GW

048 
WGUS74 KCRP 251757
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1257 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXC025-175-251804-
/O.EXP.KCRP.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130525T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BEE-GOLIAD-
1257 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 100 PM FOR 
BEE AND GOLIAD COUNTIES. 

ALL OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. 
HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER 
PORTIONS OF BEE AND GOLIAD COUNTIES. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME IT 
APPEARS THAT THESE STORMS WILL NOT IMPACT THE AREAS WHERE THE HEAVY 
RAINFALL OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MORNING. 

RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER 
CONDITIONS. SHOULD HEAVY RAINFALL OCCUR AND FLOODING IS 
SPOTTED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR IN AREAS 
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND AND DON'T DROWN. 

LAT...LON 2856 9767 2852 9796 2869 9802 2870 9800
      2873 9791 2870 9789 2868 9783 2868 9777
      2873 9770 2873 9768

$$

GW

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 May 25, 6:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 6:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
610 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...MIX OF MVFR/VFR ALL TERMINALS. AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND
SCATTERED CONVECTION EXISTS OVER S TX AS OF WRITING. CLOUD DECK
WITH MVFR CIGS SHOULD MIX OUT THIS MRNG WITH VFR PREVAILING DURING
MOST OF DAYLIGHT HRS /ASIDE FROM CONVECTION/. MVFR CIGS TO RETURN
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ALL TERMINALS. CONVECTION ANTICIPATED TO EXPAND
IN AREAL COVERAGE THIS MRNG WITH GREATEST CHANCES AT
KCRP/KVCT/KALI. KLRD CURRENTLY XPCTD TO REMAIN DRY MOST OF THE
DAY...BUT TRENDS WILL BE MONITORED. DRYING CONDITIONS LIKELY BY
LATE AFTN AND THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO GUSTY SE WINDS DURING THE
DAY BECOMING LIGHTER OVERNIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    88  76  89  73  88  /  40  20  20  10  10
VICTORIA          87  73  89  71  88  /  40  20  20  10  10
LAREDO            92  76  93  76  97  /  30  20  20  10  10
ALICE             88  72  90  72  91  /  40  20  20  10  10
ROCKPORT          85  76  86  76  86  /  40  20  20  10  10
COTULLA           89  72  92  72  93  /  40  20  20  10  10
KINGSVILLE        88  74  90  73  90  /  40  20  20  10  10
NAVY CORPUS       85  76  85  76  86  /  40  20  20  10  10

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

RH/79...AVIATION

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 4:46 AM CDT, 7 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
446 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-261000-
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-
446 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR SOUTH TEXAS
TODAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING. AN ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUST MAY
ALSO OCCUR IN THE STRONGER STORMS. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF
FACING BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH TEXAS SUNDAY
AND AGAIN THURSDAY. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST FROM SUNDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

RH/TMT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 9:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
953 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

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

0945 AM     FLASH FLOOD      OAKVILLE                28.41N 98.06W
05/25/2013                   LIVE OAK           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PORTIONS OF I 37 BEING SHUT DOWN DUE TO WATER OVER
            ROADWAY. NEAR OAKVILLE.

&&

PZABEL

Local storm report, May 25, 10:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1000 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

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

0956 AM     FLASH FLOOD      W THREE RIVERS          28.47N 98.18W
05/25/2013                   LIVE OAK           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING EVACUATIONS WERE
            TAKING PLACE AT TIPPS PARK JUST WEST OF THREE RIVERS ON
            TX 72.

&&

B90

Local storm report, May 25, 10:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1019 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

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

1017 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 N THREE RIVERS        28.54N 98.18W
05/25/2013                   LIVE OAK           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            I 37 CLOSED NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND NEAR MILE MARKER 74. 4
            FEET OF WATER OVER ROADWAY.

&&

PZABEL

Local storm report, May 25, 10:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1038 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

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

0950 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     6 N THREE RIVERS        28.55N 98.18W
05/25/2013                   LIVE OAK           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. DID NOT SEE IT
            TOUCH THE GROUND.

&&

PZABEL

Special weather statement, May 25, 11:34 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1134 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXZ232-251715-
BEE-
1134 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN BEE COUNTY...

AT 1127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS IN
NORTHERN BEE COUNTY. WEAK ROTATION SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN NOTED BUT
ARE VERY BRIEF. IN ADDITION...MORE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS
ARE POSSIBLE.

PZ

Special weather statement, May 25, 11:48 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1148 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXZ231>234-241>247-251845-
ARANSAS-BEE-CALHOUN-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LIVE
OAK-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA-
1148 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH COASTAL BEND AND BRUSH
COUNTRY...

BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THESE FUNNELS TO BE WEAK...AND
THE CHANCE FOR TORNADOES IS LOW.

PLEASE PASS ON REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

PZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 4:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Refugio, San Patricio	92 min
May 25, 6:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad	92 min
May 25, 6:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Duval	87 min
May 25, 7:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak	64 min
May 25, 8:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak	91 min
May 25, 9:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	85 min
May 25, 9:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad	87 min
May 25, 9:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	44 min
May 25, 10:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	92 min
May 25, 1:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Victoria	32 min
May 25, 2:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Victoria	35 min
May 25, 2:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Goliad, Refugio	37 min
May 25, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	36 min
May 25, 3:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Victoria	59 min
May 25, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	46 min
May 25, 4:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.