Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2021, 4:39 PM CDT for Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 81 min. 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
- Jul 7, 2021, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 81 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jim Wells County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Alice, TX | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS OF WATER COVERING TEXAS BLVD IN ALICE. |
| Jul 7, 5:26 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ene Lake Alice, TX | JIM WELLS SHERRIFF REPORTED WATER ON ROADWAYS. HWYS 44, 281, 359 HAVE HAD VEHICLES HYDROPLANING DUE TO WATER COVERING THE ROADS. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.
857
WGUS54 KCRP 072139
FFWCRP
TXC249-072300-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0038.210707T2139Z-210707T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
439 PM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Jim Wells County in south central Texas...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 439 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated slow moving thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3
inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing
or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Alice, Orange Grove, Alfred, Alfred-South La Paloma, Alice Acres,
Westdale and Lake Alice.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 2771 9795 2771 9816 2797 9806 2797 9794
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
MCZ1 follow-up statement
942
WGUS74 KCRP 072232
FFSCRP
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
532 PM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021
TXC249-072300-
/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210707T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Jim Wells TX-
532 PM CDT Wed Jul 7 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTY...
At 532 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated slow moving showers and
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1
and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rain up to 1 inch is
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is likely.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Alice, Orange Grove, Alfred, Alfred-South La Paloma, Alice Acres,
Westdale and Lake Alice.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 2771 9795 2771 9816 2797 9806 2797 9794
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
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, 3:48 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, 4:49 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.