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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2021, 3:48 PM CDT for Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 7 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, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 3:52 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rockport, TX | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF BUILDINGS BEING FLOODED. |
| Jul 7, 6:42 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 13 Sw Tivoli, TX | FM 774 FROM SH 35 TO FM 2678 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Jul 7, 8:34 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Rockport, TX | THE ROCKPORT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HAS AT LEAST 1 FOOT OF WATER GOING UP THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 75 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.
936
WGUS54 KCRP 072048
FFWCRP
TXC007-391-080030-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0037.210707T2048Z-210708T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
348 PM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Aransas County in south central Texas...
Eastern Refugio County in south central Texas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 348 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 3 and 6 inches
of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches
are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already
occurring.
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, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge,
Copano Village, Key Allegro, Tivoli, Fulton and Austwell.
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 2822 9723 2849 9687 2849 9686 2848 9686
2848 9685 2831 9671 2825 9672 2818 9680
2818 9682 2817 9682 2797 9706
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
MCZ1 follow-up statement
823
WGUS54 KCRP 072313
FFWCRP
TXC007-391-080345-
/O.EXT.KCRP.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-210708T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
613 PM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Aransas County in south central Texas...
Eastern Refugio County in south central Texas...
* Until 1045 PM CDT.
* At 613 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing moderate to heavy rain across the warned
area. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain have fallen. Additional
rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are likely in the warned area
through this evening. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and law enforcement.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Rockport, Lamar, Holiday Beach, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge,
Copano Village, Key Allegro, Tivoli, Fulton and Austwell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 2822 9723 2849 9687 2849 9686 2848 9686
2848 9685 2831 9671 2825 9672 2818 9680
2818 9682 2817 9682 2797 9706
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
MCZThe 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, 10:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 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, 3:54 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.