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Flash Flood Warning 106, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 24, 2015Live Oak County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 24, 2015, 5:49 AM CDT for Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 24, 2015, 5:49 AM CDT (10:49 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2015, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Live Oak County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 1561 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Oct 24, 4:59 AM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 4:59 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 5:40 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
540 AM CDT SAT OCT 24 2015

TXZ229>234-239>247-251045-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
540 AM CDT SAT OCT 24 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF
SOUTH TEXAS. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. THERE IS A MARGINAL
CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO TO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL BEND
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING
BEACHES.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MINOR TO MODERATE TIDAL
OVERFLOW AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. THE
THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST SUNDAY MORNING... ESPECIALLY OVER
THE COASTAL BEND INTO VICTORIA CROSSROADS.

A MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED ALONG GULF
FACING BEACHES THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT ANY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
AND FLOODING THIS WEEKEND.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-251045-
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-
540 AM CDT SAT OCT 24 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAYS...COASTAL WATERS...AND
NEARSHORE WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO HIGH SEAS AND STRONG
WINDS.

A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAYS...COASTAL WATERS...AND
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

GALE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY AS THE COASTAL LOW DEPARTS...
WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES LIKELY NEEDED FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD
THEREAFTER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT ANY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
AND FLOODING THIS WEEKEND.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 24, 3:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Live Oak, McMullen	119 min
Oct 24, 4:38 AM CDT	Gale Warning	CRP		44 hr
Oct 24, 5:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	112 min
Oct 24, 7:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	118 min
Oct 24, 7:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	53 min
Oct 24, 8:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	115 min
Oct 24, 9:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	2 hr
Oct 24, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	21 days
Oct 24, 9:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	2 hr
Oct 24, 10:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak, McMullen, Refugio	2 hr
Oct 24, 11:07 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		56 hr
Oct 24, 11:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Live Oak	51 min
Oct 24, 11:44 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more	28 hr
Oct 24, 12:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	56 min
Oct 24, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Webb	41 min
Oct 24, 12:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	3 hr
Oct 24, 12:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio	2 hr
Oct 24, 12:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	88 min
Oct 24, 12:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak, San Patricio	95 min
Oct 24, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Jim Wells, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	42 min
Oct 24, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Webb	50 min
Oct 24, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		62 min
Oct 24, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		51 min
Oct 24, 1:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Nueces	23 min
Oct 24, 2:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen	113 min
Oct 24, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		53 min
Oct 24, 2:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	2 hr
Oct 24, 2:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Kleberg	23 min
Oct 24, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
Oct 24, 3:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Goliad, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria	3 hr
Oct 24, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Nueces	13 min
Oct 24, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	31 min
Oct 24, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		93 min
Oct 24, 4:16 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	12 hr
Oct 24, 4:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	2 hr
Oct 24, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		47 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.