Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2017, 9:36 AM CST for Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 84 min. 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
- Mar 10, 2017, 9:36 AM CST (15:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2017, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 10:30 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Corpus Christi, TX | HIGH WATER RESCUE OCCURRED. NO INJURIES REPORTED. |
| Mar 10, 11:10 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Corpus Christi, TX | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS FLOODED AROUND THE DOWNTOWN CORPUS CHRISTI AREA. |
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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 1290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
830 WGUS54 KCRP 101536 FFWCRP TXC355-409-101700- /O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0002.170310T1536Z-170310T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 936 AM CST FRI MAR 10 2017 The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Nueces County in south central Texas... Southeastern San Patricio County in south central Texas... * Until 1100 AM CST * At 932 AM CST, emergency management officials reported thunderstorms producing heavy rain and flash flooding across the warned area. One to one and a half feet of water has been reported across some streets in downtown Corpus Christi. Estimates of to 1 to 2 inches of rainfall has already fallen, with additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches is expected. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Corpus Christi, Portland, Gregory, Corpus Christi Del Mar East Campus, Corpus Christi North Beach, Corpus Christi Del Mar West Campus, Cole Park and Downtown Corpus Christi. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 2787 9726 2774 9743 2785 9753 2795 9733 $$ LK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 8:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 8 days |
| Mar 10, 10:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 119 min |
| Mar 10, 1:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.