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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

September 17, 2014Victoria County, Texas

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2841 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

PZ
1 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

$$

PZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 3:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPVictoria64 min
Sep 18, 3:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPVictoria64 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.