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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2021, 2:08 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2021, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 1304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
179
WGUS54 KCRP 081908
FFWCRP
TXC007-057-391-469-082215-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0051.210708T1908Z-210708T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
208 PM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Aransas County in south central Texas...
Northeastern Refugio County in south central Texas...
South Central Victoria County in south central Texas...
Southwestern Calhoun County in south Texas...
* Until 515 PM CDT.
* At 208 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen in the last several hours. Additional rainfall amounts
of 1 to 2 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...
McFaddin, Lamar, Quintana, Tivoli, Aransas National Wildlife
Refuge, Holiday Beach and Austwell.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Alameda Creek, Kuy Creek, Willow Creek, Copano Creek, Guadalupe
River, Aransas Bay, Salt Creek, Hog Bayou, San Antonio Bay,
McDonough Bayou, Cushman Bayou, San Antonio River, Melon Creek and
Dry Kuy Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 2863 9690 2832 9677 2824 9675 2818 9670
2817 9670 2799 9692 2815 9704 2833 9719
2848 9726 2850 9724 2853 9719
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
TC1 follow-up statement
446
WGUS54 KCRP 082153
FFWCRP
TXC007-057-391-469-090000-
/O.EXT.KCRP.FF.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210709T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
453 PM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Aransas County in south central Texas...
Northeastern Refugio County in south central Texas...
South Central Victoria County in south central Texas...
Southwestern Calhoun County in south Texas...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 453 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
McFaddin, Lamar, Quintana, Tivoli, Aransas National Wildlife
Refuge, Holiday Beach and Austwell.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Alameda Creek, Kuy Creek, Willow Creek, Copano Creek, Guadalupe
River, Aransas Bay, Salt Creek, Hog Bayou, San Antonio Bay,
McDonough Bayou, Cushman Bayou, San Antonio River, Melon Creek and
Dry Kuy Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 2863 9690 2832 9677 2824 9675 2818 9670
2817 9670 2799 9692 2815 9704 2833 9719
2848 9726 2850 9724 2853 9719
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
TCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 59 min | |
| Jul 7, 10:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 36 min | |
| Jul 7, 11:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 109 min |
| Jul 8, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 49 min | |
| Jul 8, 3:11 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 8 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:17 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 34 hr | |
| Jul 8, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 60 min | |
| Jul 8, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 62 min | |
| Jul 8, 5:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 88 min |
| Jul 8, 6:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 112 min |
| Jul 8, 7:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 49 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio | 55 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 113 min |
| Jul 8, 9:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio | 83 min |
| Jul 8, 11:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 48 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 15 min |
| Jul 8, 3:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Live Oak, San Patricio | 111 min |
| Jul 8, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 12 min |
| Jul 8, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval | 13 min |
| Jul 8, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.