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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 14, 2015Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 14, 2015, 6:50 AM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
Apr 14, 2015, 6:50 AM CDT (11:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2015, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Nueces County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 8 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 2015-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2874 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
2874 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

592 
WGUS54 KCRP 141150
FFWCRP
TXC355-141245-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0021.150414T1150Z-150414T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
650 AM CDT TUE APR 14 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT
    
* AT 648 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES 
  WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS ESPECIALLY IN 
  INTERSECTIONS...UNDERPASSES...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CORPUS CHRISTI...CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...DOWNTOWN
  CORPUS CHRISTI...PADRE ISLES COUNTRY CLUB...FLOUR BLUFF...CORPUS
  CHRISTI DEL MAR WEST CAMPUS...LA PALMERA MALL...BAY AREA MEDICAL
  CENTER...CORPUS CHRISTI COUNTRY CLUB...WALDRON FIELD...NAVAL AIR
  STATION CABANISS FIELD...KINGS CROSSING GOLF COURSE...CORPUS
  CHRISTI DEL MAR EAST CAMPUS...CLARKWOOD...CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL
  SOUTH...TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI...PADRE BALLI PARK...
  DRISCOLL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL...COLE PARK AND CHAPMAN RANCH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 2758 9763 2781 9763 2780 9739 2774 9737
      2771 9731 2763 9735 2768 9730 2769 9721
      2767 9727 2766 9720 2765 9720 2765 9723
      2762 9720 2757 9723 2759 9730 2757 9732

$$

PZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 7:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPVictoria113 min
Apr 13, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPBee38 min
Apr 13, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak31 min
Apr 13, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Refugio, San Patricio24 min
Apr 13, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPBee27 min
Apr 13, 8:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee, Refugio, San Patricio53 min
Apr 13, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPSan Patricio28 min
Apr 13, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio, San Patricio25 min
Apr 13, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Refugio33 min
Apr 13, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Refugio29 min
Apr 13, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP67 min
Apr 13, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle55 min
Apr 14, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle47 min
Apr 14, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle47 min
Apr 14, 2:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLa Salle46 min
Apr 14, 3:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPMcMullen45 min
Apr 14, 4:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb84 min
Apr 14, 5:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval, Jim Wells49 min
Apr 14, 5:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak, San Patricio38 min
Apr 14, 5:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen89 min
Apr 14, 5:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells, San Patricio34 min
Apr 14, 5:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Bee, Refugio, San Patricio31 min
Apr 14, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio58 min
Apr 14, 6:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP64 min
Apr 14, 6:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces43 min
Apr 14, 6:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Nueces, San Patricio57 min
Apr 14, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces35 min
Apr 14, 6:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces2 hr
Apr 14, 6:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP60 min
Apr 14, 6:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas33 min
Apr 14, 7:05 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP55 min
Apr 14, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Nueces, San Patricio22 min
Apr 14, 7:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio90 min
Apr 14, 7:35 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP40 min
Apr 14, 7:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP63 min
Apr 14, 8:17 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP43 min
Apr 14, 8:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP33 min
Apr 14, 9:13 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningCRPAransas2 hr

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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.