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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2021, 2:10 AM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 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
- May 1, 2021, 2:10 AM CDT (07:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2021, 5:15 AM 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), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:47 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ssw Corpus Christi, TX | WATER CONTINUES TO RISE AT THE HOLLY AND 286 INTERSECTION. NO DRAINAGE. |
| May 1, 4:23 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nne Corpus Christi, TX | WATER IS COVERING SHORELINE ROAD ON NORTH BEACH. |
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 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS54 KCRP 010710
FFWCRP
TXC355-011015-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
210 AM CDT Sat May 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Nueces County in south central Texas...
* Until 515 AM CDT.
* At 210 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated 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...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...
Corpus Christi, Del Mar College West Campus, Del Mar College East
Campus, Cole Park, Downtown Corpus Christi, Driscoll Childrens
Hospital, Cabaniss Field and Corpus Christi North Beach.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Corpus Christi Bay, Oso Creek and Nueces River.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 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.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 2771 9743 2766 9740 2765 9746 2773 9749
2781 9749 2785 9754 2785 9749 2784 9749
2784 9737 2775 9737
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
JCPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | La Salle | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 8:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 21 days |
| Apr 30, 8:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 21 days |
| Apr 30, 11:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 1, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces | 18 min |
| May 1, 12:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 114 min |
| May 1, 12:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 1, 2:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 70 min |
| May 1, 2:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 3 hr |
| May 1, 2:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 1, 3:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 11 hr |
| May 1, 5:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 2 hr |
| May 1, 5:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 2 hr |
| May 1, 6:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 38 min | |
| May 1, 6:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Jim Wells, Nueces, Refugio and 1 more | 94 min |
| May 1, 9:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Dimmit | 24 min |
| May 1, 9:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Dimmit | 26 min |
| May 1, 10:48 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 8 hr | |
| May 1, 11:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 2 hr |
| May 1, 3:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Nueces | 2 hr |
| May 1, 3:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Refugio, San Patricio | 2 hr |
| May 1, 5:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Victoria | 118 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.