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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 17, 2014, 7:51 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 84 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2014, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2014, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 2841 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
206
WGUS54 KCRP 180051
FFWCRP
TXC469-180215-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0013.140918T0051Z-140918T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
751 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL VICTORIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE
PAST HOUR...INCLUDING OVER SOUTH AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY
OF VICTORIA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN THE NEXT HOUR.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
SOME CITIES AND TOWNS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MISSION VALLEY...NURSERY...SAXET LAKES...VICTORIA DETAR HOSPITAL
NORTH...VICTORIA MALL AND VICTORIA RIVERSIDE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2890 9696 2866 9710 2876 9717 2878 9716
2879 9717 2881 9719 2896 9709
$$
PZ1 follow-up statement
348
WGUS74 KCRP 180150
FFSCRP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
850 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2014
TXC469-180200-
/O.CAN.KCRP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140918T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VICTORIA-
850 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL
VICTORIA COUNTY...
LAT...LON 2890 9696 2866 9710 2876 9717 2878 9716
2879 9717 2881 9719 2896 9709
$$
PZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 3:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Victoria | 64 min |
| Sep 18, 3:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Victoria | 64 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.