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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2018, 9:39 AM CDT for Duval County, Jim Wells County, Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. 6 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
- Jun 19, 2018, 9:39 AM CDT (14:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:44 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rios, TX | WATER FLOODING FM1329 NEAR RIOS |
| Jun 19, 10:06 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 9 | 2 Se Alice, TX | UPDATE...ALICE AIRPORT HAS NOW RECEIVED 9 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE DAY WITH RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL. |
| Jun 19, 10:51 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 11 | 7 Sw Premont, TX | RAIN GAUGE OVERFLOWING. PICTURES AND VIDEO SUBMITTED OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING SOUTHWEST OF PREMONT |
| Jun 19, 11:05 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.86 | 7 Sse Ben Bolt, TX | 12 HR RAINFALL TOTAL AT KIKG AWOS WITH RAIN STILL FALLING AT TIMES |
| Jun 19, 11:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Orange Grove, TX | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS THAT SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING CONTINUES TO OCCUR ACROSS ORANGE GROVE |
| Jun 19, 11:41 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.5 | Orange Grove, TX |
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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
986
WGUS54 KCRP 191439
FFWCRP
TXC131-249-273-191700-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0013.180619T1439Z-180619T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
939 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2018
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Eastern Duval County in south central Texas...
Jim Wells County in south central Texas...
Northwestern Kleberg County in south central Texas...
* Until noon CDT.
* At 937 AM CDT, local law enforcement reported flooding of roadways
from Orange Grove through Alice to near Premont. Six to nine
inches of rain have fallen. Numerous showers and a few
thunderstorms will continue to move across the area. Flash
flooding is expected to continue.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Alice, San Diego, Premont, Benavides, Orange Grove, Midway, San
Jose, Sandia, Concepcion, Tecalote, La Gloria, Rancho De La Parita,
Rios, Rosita, Seven Sisters, Alfred-South La Paloma, Ramirez,
Westdale, Ben Bolt and Palito Blanco.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the
warned area.
LAT...LON 2727 9852 2805 9854 2806 9799 2806 9788
2804 9787 2804 9781 2796 9783 2789 9793
2784 9793 2726 9799
$$
TMT1 follow-up statement
361
WGUS74 KCRP 191547
FFSCRP
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1047 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2018
TXC131-249-273-191700-
/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180619T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Duval TX-Jim Wells TX-Kleberg TX-
1047 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR
EASTERN DUVAL...JIM WELLS AND NORTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTIES...
At 1044 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated showers and a few
thunderstorms continue to move across Jim Wells, eastern Duval, and
extreme western Kleberg Counties. With the region receiving from
five to nine inches of rain, any additional rainfall will make
flooding worse across the warned area.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Alice, San Diego, Premont, Benavides, Orange Grove, Midway, San Jose,
Sandia, Concepcion, Tecalote, La Gloria, Rancho De La Parita, Rios,
Rosita, Seven Sisters, Alfred-South La Paloma, Ramirez, Westdale, Ben
Bolt and Palito Blanco.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 2727 9852 2805 9854 2806 9799 2806 9788
2804 9787 2804 9781 2796 9783 2789 9793
2784 9793 2726 9799
$$
TMTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 6 more | 66 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 116 min |
| Jun 19, 5:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 57 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee | 116 min |
| Jun 19, 9:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 43 min | |
| Jun 19, 10:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio | 4 days |
| Jun 19, 11:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 1:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 113 min |
| Jun 19, 2:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 77 min |
| Jun 19, 2:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 3 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.