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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2021, 10:48 AM CDT for Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- Jul 7, 2021, 10:48 AM CDT (15:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Aransas County, TX, Refugio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rockport, TX | NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES ONGOING AND FLOODED STREETS. SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES. VEHICLES STRANDED. SOME RESIDENTS EVACUATED DUE TO WATER ENTERING BUILDINGS. |
| Jul 7, 1:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rockport, TX | MULTIPLE ROADS ACROSS ROCKPORT ARE IMPASSABLE INCLUDING MARKET ST AT FUGUA ST, CHAMPIONS DR AT ROYAL OAKS DR, FM 2165 FROM LINDEN TO BUSINESS 35, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. |
| Jul 7, 2:08 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nne Fulton, TX | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS OF WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADS THROUGHOUT GOOSE ISLAND STATE PARK. |
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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS54 KCRP 071548
FFWCRP
TXC007-391-071900-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0034.210707T1548Z-210707T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1048 AM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Aransas County in south central Texas...
South Central Refugio County in south central Texas...
* Until 200 PM CDT.
* At 1048 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen in the past couple of hours. Additional rainfall
amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area in the
next couple hours. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Rockport, Lamar, Holiday Beach, Copano Village, Key Allegro, Palm
Harbor and Fulton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 2824 9722 2835 9709 2823 9693 2818 9685
2817 9685 2806 9696 2797 9706 2795 9712
2803 9715
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
PH1 follow-up statement
555
WGUS74 KCRP 071632
FFSCRP
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1132 AM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021
TXC007-391-071900-
/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210707T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Aransas TX-Refugio TX-
1132 AM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL ARANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL REFUGIO COUNTIES...
At 1132 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
that heavy rain was falling across the warned area. Between 3 and 5
inches of rain have fallen in the past couple of hours. Additional
rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area in
the next couple hours. Flash flooding is ongoing.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Rockport, Lamar, Holiday Beach, Copano Village, Key Allegro, Palm
Harbor and Fulton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 2824 9722 2835 9709 2823 9693 2818 9685
2817 9685 2806 9696 2797 9706 2795 9712
2803 9715
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
PHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 35 min | |
| Jul 6, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Nueces | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Nueces | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 10:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 11 days |
| Jul 6, 10:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Nueces | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 65 min | |
| Jul 7, 3:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio | 7 days |
| Jul 7, 3:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 5 days |
| Jul 7, 4:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 64 min | |
| Jul 7, 5:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 28 min | |
| Jul 7, 8:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 119 min |
| Jul 7, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 8 days |
| Jul 7, 9:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Victoria | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 14 min | |
| Jul 7, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 54 min | |
| Jul 7, 1:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 116 min |
| Jul 7, 1:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 113 min |
| Jul 7, 2:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio | 119 min |
| Jul 7, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 118 min | |
| Jul 7, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Jul 7, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Jul 7, 4:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Jim Wells | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 113 min | |
| Jul 7, 4:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 81 min |
| Jul 7, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Jim Wells | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 91 min | |
| Jul 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 4 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.