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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 31, 2014, 8:32 AM CDT for Jim Wells County, Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 118 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
- Oct 31, 2014, 8:32 AM CDT (13:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2014, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
170
WGUS54 KCRP 311332
FFWCRP
TXC249-273-355-311530-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0021.141031T1332Z-141031T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
832 AM CDT FRI OCT 31 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
* AT 824 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER
HOUR. STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
SOME CITIES AND TOWNS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KINGSVILLE...PREMONT...BEN BOLT...BISHOP...KINGSVILLE NAVAL AIR
STATION AND LA GLORIA. SOME CREEKS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...OSO CREEK...PETRONILA CREEK...TRANQUITAS CREEK...
CHILTIPIN 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 2727 9823 2772 9822 2754 9724 2728 9734
2728 9739 2734 9738 2728 9740 2731 9742
2727 9750 2728 9756 2729 9756 2736 9751
2727 9761 2729 9765 2726 9771 2728 9778
2724 9783
$$
JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 4:08 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 27 hr | |
| Oct 31, 7:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio | 84 min |
| Oct 31, 7:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 117 min |
| Oct 31, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 38 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.