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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2021, 2:39 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2021, 2:39 AM CDT (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2021, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Calhoun County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5:36 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wnw Telferner, TX | 59 N NEAR VICTORIA BLOCKED OFF FROM 185. |
| May 1, 5:36 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wnw Telferner, TX | |
| May 1, 5:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nnw Bloomington, TX | STATE HIGHWAY 185 IS FLOODED WITH CARS STALLED FROM 3RD TO 8TH STREET. |
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
412
WGUS54 KCRP 010739
FFWCRP
TXC057-391-469-011045-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0005.210501T0739Z-210501T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
239 AM CDT Sat May 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Refugio County in south central Texas...
Southeastern Victoria County in south central Texas...
Northwestern Calhoun County in south Texas...
* Until 545 AM CDT.
* At 239 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...
Victoria, Port Lavaca, McFaddin, Guadalupe, Bloomington, Placedo,
Dacosta, Green Lake, Wood Hi, Tivoli, Long Mott, Brentwood
Subdivision, Telferner, Victoria College, Victoria Regional
Airport, Victoria Colony Creek Country Club, Downtown Victoria and
Victoria Riverside Park.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 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.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
&&
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
EMF/871 follow-up statement
060
WGUS74 KCRP 010828
FFSCRP
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
328 AM CDT Sat May 1 2021
TXC057-391-469-011045-
/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210501T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Calhoun TX-Refugio TX-Victoria TX-
328 AM CDT Sat May 1 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN REFUGIO, SOUTHEASTERN VICTORIA AND
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES...
At 328 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Victoria, Port Lavaca, McFaddin, Guadalupe, Bloomington, Placedo,
Dacosta, Green Lake, Wood Hi, Tivoli, Long Mott, Brentwood
Subdivision, Telferner, Victoria College, Victoria Regional
Airport, Victoria Colony Creek Country Club, Downtown Victoria and
Victoria Riverside Park.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
&&
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
TCThe 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, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 1, 2:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 70 min |
| 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.