Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

070 
WGUS74 KCRP 181131
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
631 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014

TXC283-181215-
/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140718T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF COTULLA
631 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY...

AT 619 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ON 
FARM TO MARKET ROAD 133 WEST OF ARTESIA WELLS. AS WELL AS WATER 
COVERING THE ROAD ON FARM TO MARKET ROAD 469 SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES.  
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 
INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARTESIA
WELLS...FOWLERTON...GARDENDALE...MILLET...MILLETT AND WOODWARD. SOME 
CREEKS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SAGE CREEK...CIBOLO 
CREEK AND YEAGER CREEK.

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 2823 9881 2826 9940 2864 9940 2865 9939
      2865 9881

$$

CB

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
504 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014

.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...A VERY WEAK ALMOST
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED NORTH OF THE CWA. WITH
ADDITIONAL AIDE FROM MID LEVEL VORT MAX...ENOUGH LIFT COMBINED
WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...WITH STORMS BEGINNING TO ENTER THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. MODELS CONTINUE TO KEEP THE MAIN
BOUNDARY NORTH OF THE REGION...WHILE CONVECTION CONTINUES AS THE
VORT MAX BREAKS OFF THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND SLOWLY MOVES
OFF TO THE WEST. MAIN CONCERN WOULD BE HEAVY RAINS AS PWATS ARE
PROG TO REACH 2.3 INCHES...WITH WEAK STEERING FLOW PRODUCING SLOW
MOVING STORMS. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE AS H85 FLOW REMAINS
GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. EXPECTING DEVELOPMENT TO FILL IN
OVER THE WESTERN LOCATIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING
HOURS...WITH DAYTIME HEATING ADDING TO THE INSTABILITY ALLOWING
FOR STORMS TO FILL OUT ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS. STABILIZATION
SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS
THE BOUNDARY WASHES OUT AND THE MAIN UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES WEST
OF THE AREA. KNOCKED TEMPERATURES DOWN TODAY WITH THE EXPECTATION
OF THICKER CLOUD COVERAGE AND RAINFALL. CONTINUED SLIGHT TO CHANCE
POPS ON SATURDAY AS MOISTURE LINGERS WITH A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE
ACROSS THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES FOLLOW A TYPICAL DIURNAL TREND WITH
SHOWERS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
TRANSITIONING TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MID DAY AND MOVING
INLAND WITH THE SEA BREEZE.

&&

.SHORT TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...A WEAK MID LEVEL
SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BRUSH COUNTRY SATURDAY
EVENING WITH POSSIBLY A WEAK SHEAR AXIS REMAINING OVER THE VICTORIA
CROSSROADS FOR SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE IN THIS
AREA FOR A LINGERING SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION OVER THE WESTERN
BRUSH COUNTRY SATURDAY EVENING. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE
WATERS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION POSSIBLE FOR
THE VICTORIA AREA ON SUNDAY. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER
SOUTHWEST TEXAS INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. DRIER AIR AT 85H WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE MOVES TO THE WEST ON
WEDNESDAY AND A TUTT LOW MOVES INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. SUFFICIENT
MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL PLAINS TO MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS WEDNESDAY EXCEPT FOR THE FAR WEST COUNTIES. THE TUTT LOW MOVES
INTO NORTHERN MEXICO ON THURSDAY AND THE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
LOWER SOME...SO NO MENTION OF RAIN CHANCES ON THURSDAY. WENT A FEW
DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE EACH DAY WITH THE WARMEST DAYS ON MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    93  79  94  80  96  /  40  20  30  10  10
VICTORIA          90  77  94  77  96  /  60  20  30  10  20
LAREDO            98  79 101  80 104  /  40  30  20  20  10
ALICE             94  79  98  79 100  /  50  10  30  10  10
ROCKPORT          89  79  90  82  92  /  40  20  30  10  20
COTULLA           94  77  98  77 102  /  60  20  20  20  10
KINGSVILLE        95  79  98  79  99  /  40  10  30  10  10
NAVY CORPUS       90  80  90  82  92  /  30  20  30  10  10

&&

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

&&

CB/85...SHORT TERM
TMT/89...LONG TERM