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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2021, 10:57 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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 18, 2021, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 2386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS54 KCRP 190357
FFWCRP
TXC469-190600-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0013.210519T0357Z-210519T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1057 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Victoria County in south central Texas...
* Until 100 AM CDT.
* At 1057 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
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...
McFaddin, Guadalupe, Bloomington, Dacosta and Wood Hi.
Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned
area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 2855 9714 2878 9706 2871 9697 2890 9675
2889 9673 2887 9673 2885 9670 2884 9672
2882 9672 2882 9671 2869 9686 2853 9702
2854 9703 2854 9705 2855 9705 2854 9708
2855 9710
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
$$
PHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Live Oak | 41 min |
| May 18, 8:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 117 min |
| May 18, 8:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Victoria | 2 hr |
| May 18, 9:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 3 hr |
| May 18, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 52 min |
| May 18, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Goliad | 51 min |
| May 18, 10:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 3 hr |
| May 18, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 44 min |
| May 18, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Victoria | 3 hr |
| May 19, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Calhoun | 37 min |
| May 19, 12:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 36 hr |
| May 19, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | McMullen | 33 min |
| May 19, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 43 min |
| May 19, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, McMullen | 46 min |
| May 19, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio | 47 min |
| May 19, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Victoria | 115 min |
| May 19, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Goliad | 30 min |
| May 19, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Refugio, Victoria | 26 min |
| May 19, 2:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio, Victoria | 3 hr |
| May 19, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Victoria | 31 min |
| May 19, 3:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Victoria | 3 hr |
| May 19, 4:07 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 18 hr |
| May 19, 4:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 3 hr |
| May 19, 5:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio, Victoria | 2 hr |
| May 19, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Kleberg | 50 min |
| May 19, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio | 22 min |
| May 19, 6:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 52 min |
| May 19, 7:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | San Patricio | 45 min |
| May 19, 7:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio | 6 hr |
| May 19, 7:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 6 hr |
| May 19, 7:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Webb | 3 hr |
| May 19, 7:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 33 min |
| May 19, 7:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 6 hr |
| May 19, 8:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Kleberg | 44 min |
| May 19, 8:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 4 hr |
| May 19, 8:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Jim Wells | 47 min |
| May 19, 9:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Webb | 3 hr |
| May 19, 9:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 26 min | |
| May 19, 9:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 11 hr |
| May 19, 9:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio | 11 hr |
| May 19, 9:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 25 min | |
| May 19, 9:38 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 52 min | |
| May 19, 9:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 6 days |
| May 19, 9:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 47 min |
| May 19, 9:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 19, 10:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 50 min | |
| May 19, 11:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 52 min | |
| May 19, 11:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 44 min | |
| May 19, 12:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 20 min |
| May 19, 12:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 3 hr |
| May 19, 1:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 19, 2:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 19, 4:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 31 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.