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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood watch at Aug 20, 2016, 3:02 PM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 20, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2016, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 20, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bee County, TX, Duval County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 20, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 2:52 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 2:43 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 243 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2016 TXZ241>244-210000- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS 243 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2016 ...HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TODAY... THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH DEWPOINTS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES TODAY. RESIDENTS WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED ARE URGED TO DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING...AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE HEAT. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 8:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 10 days |
| Aug 20, 8:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 4 days |
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.