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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 9, 2016Kleberg County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 7:24 AM CST for Kleberg County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 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: Mar 9, 2016, 7:24 AM CST (13:24 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2016, 10:30 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 9, 8:00 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 Se Corpus Christi, TX	1 FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PRINSTON DRIVE AND MT. VERNON DRIVE.
Mar 9, 8:32 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nne Corpus Christi, TX	PICTURES/VIDEO CLIP SUBMITTED OF FLOODING ALONG CARANCAHUA WITH VEHICLE ABANDONDED IN FLOOD WATER.
Mar 9, 8:48 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Corpus Christi, TX	C.C. POLICE REPORTED FLOODING ON 286 AND CALLAHAN, STAPLES STREET AT SIX POINTS, STAPLES STREET AND FURHMANN, AND INTERSTATE 37 NORTHBOUND AT MESQUITE.
Mar 9, 10:00 AM CST	HEAVY RAIN 4.24	3 E Kingsville, TX	RAINFALL TOTAL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 10AM. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES AS OF WRITING.
Mar 9, 10:15 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	4 Se Kingsville, TX	KLEBERG COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ON COUNTY ROAD 1070 JUST SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 2140.

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 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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: 1989 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 8.3

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The text

As transmitted.

059 
WGUS54 KCRP 091324
FFWCRP
TXC273-355-409-091630-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0002.160309T1324Z-160309T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
724 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS...
  NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS...
  KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CST
    
* AT 722 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY...AS THESE STORMS MOVE OVER
  THE SAME AREA OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO
  5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS WITH THESE STORMS BEFORE 9
  AM...LIKELY RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...ROBSTOWN...TAFT...DRISCOLL...CORPUS CHRISTI
  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BISHOP...ODEM...GREGORY...CALALLEN...FLOUR
  BLUFF...CORPUS CHRISTI COUNTRY CLUB...MALAQUITE BEACH...RIVIERA BEACH...
  KINGS CROSSING GOLF COURSE...CLARKWOOD...CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL
  SOUTH...DRISCOLL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL...CORPUS CHRISTI NORTH BEACH AND
  COLE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

&&

LAT...LON 2725 9764 2728 9765 2726 9773 2728 9776
      2727 9781 2726 9782 2726 9788 2802 9774
      2798 9721 2724 9731 2725 9736 2728 9735
      2727 9737 2725 9737 2724 9738 2726 9744
      2725 9750 2724 9749 2724 9756

$$

GW

2 follow-up statements

769 
WGUS74 KCRP 091431
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
831 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

TXC273-355-409-091630-
/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160309T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN PATRICIO TX-NUECES TX-KLEBERG TX-
831 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR
SOUTHERN SAN PATRICIO...NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES...

AT 800 AM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN
CORPUS CHRISTI. PORTIONS OF LA PALMERA MALL PARKING LOT HAVE AROUND
1 FOOT OF WATER. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...ROBSTOWN...TAFT...DRISCOLL...CORPUS CHRISTI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BISHOP...ODEM...GREGORY...CALALLEN...FLOUR BLUFF...
CORPUS CHRISTI COUNTRY CLUB...MALAQUITE BEACH...RIVIERA BEACH...KINGS
CROSSING GOLF COURSE...CLARKWOOD...CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL SOUTH...
DRISCOLL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL...CORPUS CHRISTI NORTH BEACH AND COLE
PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 2725 9764 2728 9765 2726 9773 2728 9776
      2727 9781 2726 9782 2726 9788 2802 9774
      2798 9721 2724 9731 2725 9736 2728 9735
      2727 9737 2725 9737 2724 9738 2726 9744
      2725 9750 2724 9749 2724 9756

$$

GW

561 
WGUS74 KCRP 091613
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1013 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

TXC273-355-409-091630-
/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160309T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN PATRICIO TX-NUECES TX-KLEBERG TX-
1013 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR
SOUTHERN SAN PATRICIO...NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES...

AT 1011 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF KLEBERG
COUNTY...AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF NUECES COUNTY. FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE OR WILL OCCUR.

A PORTION OF THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE RE-ISSUED BEFORE 1030
AM...AS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...ROBSTOWN...TAFT...DRISCOLL...CORPUS CHRISTI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BISHOP...ODEM...GREGORY...CALALLEN...FLOUR BLUFF...
CORPUS CHRISTI COUNTRY CLUB...MALAQUITE BEACH...RIVIERA BEACH...KINGS
CROSSING GOLF COURSE...CLARKWOOD...CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL SOUTH...
DRISCOLL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL...CORPUS CHRISTI NORTH BEACH AND COLE
PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 2725 9764 2728 9765 2726 9773 2728 9776
      2727 9781 2726 9782 2726 9788 2802 9774
      2798 9721 2724 9731 2725 9736 2728 9735
      2727 9737 2725 9737 2724 9738 2726 9744
      2725 9750 2724 9749 2724 9756

$$

GW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 8:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	26 min
Mar 8, 8:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	37 min
Mar 8, 10:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	26 min
Mar 9, 1:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Calhoun	32 min
Mar 9, 1:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Refugio, San Patricio	21 min
Mar 9, 2:20 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria	25 min
Mar 9, 2:49 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	56 min
Mar 9, 2:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	39 min
Mar 9, 4:28 AM CST	Rip Current Statement	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces	16 hr
Mar 9, 4:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	34 min
Mar 9, 5:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	23 min
Mar 9, 6:19 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	26 min
Mar 9, 6:26 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		64 min
Mar 9, 6:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	59 min
Mar 9, 6:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	34 min
Mar 9, 7:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	49 min
Mar 9, 7:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb	26 min
Mar 9, 7:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	38 min
Mar 9, 7:24 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		36 min
Mar 9, 7:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio	47 min
Mar 9, 8:03 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		87 min
Mar 9, 8:09 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Kleberg, Nueces and 3 more	22 hr
Mar 9, 8:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Live Oak	23 min
Mar 9, 8:25 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio and 1 more	3 hr
Mar 9, 8:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria	42 min
Mar 9, 8:57 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg	3 hr
Mar 9, 9:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Refugio	27 min
Mar 9, 9:18 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	3 hr
Mar 9, 9:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Victoria	26 min
Mar 9, 9:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	36 min
Mar 9, 9:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	34 min
Mar 9, 9:31 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		29 min
Mar 9, 9:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas	35 min
Mar 9, 10:29 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	3 hr
Mar 9, 10:35 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	San Patricio	3 hr
Mar 9, 11:17 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	118 min
Mar 9, 11:27 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	2 hr
Mar 9, 1:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Calhoun, Victoria	62 min
Mar 9, 1:58 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		62 min
Mar 9, 2:50 PM CST	River Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	68 hr
Mar 9, 2:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		46 min

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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.