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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 6, 2021Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2021, 1:54 AM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
Aug 6, 2021, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Webb County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:56 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1519 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

505 
WGUS54 KCRP 060654
FFWCRP
TXC479-061000-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0064.210806T0654Z-210806T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
154 AM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Webb County in south central Texas...

* Until 500 AM CDT.

* At 154 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 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...
  Laredo, Botines, Unitec Industrial Park, Orvil, Ranchos Penitas 
  West, Doctors Hospital Of Laredo, Laredo Country Club, Callaghan 
  and Columbia Bridge.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2771 9975 2777 9970 2787 9957 2791 9947
      2790 9936 2782 9932 2768 9938 2751 9949
      2753 9952 2756 9951 2761 9954 2761 9956
      2760 9958 2762 9958 2764 9960 2763 9965
      2764 9967 2766 9966 2767 9969 2766 9970

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

TE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 1:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb39 min
Aug 6, 1:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPWebb3 hr
Aug 6, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPSan Patricio29 min
Aug 6, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPSan Patricio31 min
Aug 6, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPBee27 min
Aug 6, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPMcMullen50 min

Nearby

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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.