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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 11, 2015Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 2015, 6:48 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2015, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 12:00Z on 2015-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 345 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 12:00Z on 2015-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

552 
WGUS54 KCRP 112348
FFWCRP
TXC479-120245-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0013.150411T2348Z-150412T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
648 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
    
* AT 646 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
  ALREADY FALLEN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BOTINES...ORVIL...UNITEC INDUSTRIAL PARK AND RANCHITOS LAS LOMAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN 
REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT 
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY 
PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE 
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS 
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING 
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 2786 9915 2761 9914 2757 9933 2767 9936
      2763 9949 2785 9948

$$

PZ
1 follow-up statement
214 
WGUS74 KCRP 120128
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
828 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015

TXC479-120137-
/O.CAN.KCRP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150412T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WEBB TX-
828 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

LAT...LON 2786 9915 2761 9914 2757 9933 2767 9936
      2763 9949 2785 9948

$$

PZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 5:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLa Salle, Webb64 min
Apr 11, 6:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPWebb118 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.