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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

September 13, 2021Calhoun County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 83 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2021, 8:08 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Calhoun County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

989 
WGUS54 KCRP 132345
FFWCRP
TXC057-140245-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0065.210913T2345Z-210914T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
645 PM CDT Mon Sep 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Calhoun County in south Texas...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 645 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches 
  of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 4 inches 
  in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  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...
  Port Oconnor, Matagorda Island State Park and Indianola.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 2841 9665 2850 9657 2853 9651 2851 9648
      2849 9644 2848 9644 2844 9640 2834 9636
      2823 9658 2831 9665

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$
1 follow-up statement
548 
WGUS74 KCRP 140108
FFSCRP

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
808 PM CDT Mon Sep 13 2021

TXC057-140118-
/O.CAN.KCRP.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-210914T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Calhoun TX-
808 PM CDT Mon Sep 13 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL CALHOUN 
COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT Tuesday for a 
portion of south Texas.

LAT...LON 2841 9665 2850 9657 2853 9651 2851 9648
      2849 9644 2848 9644 2844 9640 2834 9636
      2823 9658 2831 9665

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 7:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio2 hr
Sep 13, 8:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPNueces12 hr
Sep 13, 3:59 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio19 hr

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.