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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2021, 1:33 PM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2021, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 2495 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 12.7
The text
As transmitted.
447
WGUS54 KCRP 161833
FFWCRP
TXC355-162145-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0011.210516T1833Z-210516T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
133 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central Nueces County in south central Texas...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 133 PM CDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3
inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Corpus Christi and Port Aransas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 2778 9718 2788 9710 2786 9708 2791 9707
2790 9706 2789 9705 2792 9706 2789 9702
2785 9704 2786 9704 2785 9706 2783 9705
2790 9701 2788 9699 2772 9710
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 3 HOURS
$$
JCPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Jim Wells | 28 min |
| May 15, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio | 50 min |
| May 15, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 29 min |
| May 15, 8:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 14 hr |
| May 15, 8:53 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 16 hr | |
| May 15, 9:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 117 min |
| May 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 60 min | |
| May 15, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 49 min | |
| May 15, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 30 min | |
| May 15, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 26 min | |
| May 16, 2:05 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 15 hr |
| May 16, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 32 min |
| May 16, 5:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Kleberg | 24 min |
| May 16, 5:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Kleberg | 44 min |
| May 16, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Kleberg | 39 min |
| May 16, 6:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Kleberg | 47 min |
| May 16, 6:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 41 min | |
| May 16, 7:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Kleberg | 31 min |
| May 16, 7:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg | 3 hr |
| May 16, 8:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | McMullen | 28 min |
| May 16, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | McMullen | 30 min |
| May 16, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 25 min | |
| May 16, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Bee | 38 min |
| May 16, 8:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | McMullen | 49 min |
| May 16, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Bee | 46 min |
| May 16, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Jim Wells | 36 min |
| May 16, 9:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Bee | 39 min |
| May 16, 10:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Jim Wells | 38 min |
| May 16, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Refugio, San Patricio | 30 min |
| May 16, 10:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 113 min |
| May 16, 10:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Refugio | 36 min |
| May 16, 10:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee | 114 min |
| May 16, 10:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Jim Wells, San Patricio | 32 min |
| May 16, 11:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 37 min | |
| May 16, 11:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, San Patricio | 21 min |
| May 16, 11:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Victoria | 40 min |
| May 16, 11:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 3 hr |
| May 16, 11:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 3 hr |
| May 16, 11:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Victoria | 3 hr |
| May 16, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 36 min | |
| May 16, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Nueces | 23 min |
| May 16, 12:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 9 min |
| May 16, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun | 33 min |
| May 16, 12:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 16, 12:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 112 min | |
| May 16, 1:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Nueces | 59 min |
| May 16, 1:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Nueces | 119 min |
| May 16, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| May 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 2 hr |
| May 16, 2:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 117 min |
| May 16, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 23 min | |
| May 16, 3:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 29 hr |
| May 16, 3:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces | 2 hr |
| May 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 117 min |
| May 16, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 66 min | |
| May 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 31 min |
| May 16, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.