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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
TEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 1:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 1:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Webb | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | San Patricio | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | San Patricio | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Bee | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | McMullen | 50 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.