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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood watch at Apr 17, 2015, 3:20 AM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 17, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2015, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Goliad County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 2661 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 13.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Apr 17, 12:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 12:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 5:37 AM CDT, 21 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 537 AM CDT THU APR 16 2015 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-171045- 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-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 537 AM CDT THU APR 16 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAJOR THREATS ALONG WITH FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND A SLIGHT RISK IN NORTHERN COUNTIES SATURDAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING COULD BECOME A THREAT WITH ANY HEAVY AND PERSISTENT RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PZ/TB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 44 min | |
| Apr 17, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 29 min | |
| Apr 17, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 14 days |
| Apr 17, 12:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Dimmit | 59 min |
| Apr 17, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 67 min |
| Apr 17, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 56 min |
| Apr 17, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 59 min |
| Apr 17, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Calhoun | 25 min |
| Apr 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Goliad | 25 min |
| Apr 17, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Victoria | 23 min |
| Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Goliad | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Victoria | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Live Oak | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 5:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Victoria | 62 min |
| Apr 17, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 40 min |
| Apr 17, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 32 min |
| Apr 17, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee | 28 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.