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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2016, 1:19 AM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2016, 1:19 AM CDT (06:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2016, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
County Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:27 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Corpus Christi, TX | WATER OVER THE ROOFS OF CARS ON KOSTROYZ. |
| May 16, 2:27 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Corpus Christi, TX | NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES ACTIVELY TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE CITY. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE AT THIS TIME. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 5 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
112 WGUS54 KCRP 160619 FFWCRP TXC355-160915- /O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0013.160516T0619Z-160516T0915Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 119 AM CDT MON MAY 16 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CORPUS CHRISTI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS... * UNTIL 415 AM CDT * AT 112 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. MANY ROADWAYS ARE IMPASSABLE WITH DEEP WATER ON THEM. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE SOUTH SIDE OF CORPUS CHRISTI INCLUDING FLOUR BLUFF. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CORPUS CHRISTI...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...CORPUS CHRISTI DEL MAR EAST CAMPUS...KINGS CROSSING GOLF COURSE...CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL SOUTH...TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI...DRISCOLL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL...COLE PARK AND CC NAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 2773 9723 2758 9729 2761 9751 2779 9745 $$ HEAVENER
1 follow-up statement
414 WGUS74 KCRP 160755 FFSCRP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 255 AM CDT MON MAY 16 2016 TXC355-160915- /O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160516T0915Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NUECES TX- 255 AM CDT MON MAY 16 2016 ...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CORPUS CHRISTI... ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NUECES COUNTY... AT 250 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND FLOUR BLUFF AREAS. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES ARE ON GOING ACROSS THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE SOUTH SIDE AND FLOUR BLUFF SECTIONS OF CORPUS CHRISTI. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CORPUS CHRISTI...FLOUR BLUFF...CORPUS CHRISTI DEL MAR WEST CAMPUS...LA PALMERA MALL...BAY AREA MEDICAL CENTER...CORPUS CHRISTI COUNTRY CLUB... WALDRON FIELD...NAVAL AIR STATION CABANISS FIELD...CORPUS CHRISTI DEL MAR EAST CAMPUS...KINGS CROSSING GOLF COURSE...CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL SOUTH...TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI...DRISCOLL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL...COLE PARK AND CC NAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 2773 9723 2758 9729 2761 9751 2779 9745 $$ HEAVENER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 9:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio and 1 more | 14 hr |
| May 15, 9:17 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 18 hr | |
| May 15, 10:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 56 min |
| May 15, 10:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg | 53 min |
| May 15, 10:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 67 min |
| May 15, 11:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 15, 11:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 34 hr |
| May 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Nueces | 50 min |
| May 16, 12:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 16, 1:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 85 min | |
| May 16, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Nueces | 59 min |
| May 16, 2:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 16, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 90 min | |
| May 16, 3:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 3 hr |
| May 16, 3:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 16, 5:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 16, 5:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 113 min | |
| May 16, 5:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 56 min | |
| May 16, 6:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 117 min | |
| May 16, 6:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 5 days |
| May 16, 11:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 16, 1:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, San Patricio | 9 hr |
| May 16, 1:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 6 hr |
| May 16, 2:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.