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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 14, 201615 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood watch at Aug 14, 2016, 9:52 PM CDT for 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2016, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2016, 9:41 PM CDT
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Duval County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 324 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1419 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 11:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPDuval118 min
Aug 15, 12:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLive Oak, McMullen3 hr
Aug 15, 1:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPDuval, Jim Wells3 hr
Aug 15, 3:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee3 hr
Aug 15, 3:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPJim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio3 hr
Aug 15, 5:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPDuval, Jim Wells2 hr
Aug 15, 5:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLive Oak, McMullen119 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.