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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 14, 2021Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 14, 2021, 1:10 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 110 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: Oct 14, 2021, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired: Oct 14, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 110 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 27 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 7.4

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The text

As transmitted.

669 
WGUS54 KCRP 141810
FFWCRP
TXC273-355-142000-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0075.211014T1810Z-211014T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
110 PM CDT Thu Oct 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Kleberg County in south central Texas...
  Southeastern Nueces County in south central Texas...

* Until 300 PM CDT.

* At 110 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 4 inches in 1 
  hour. 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...
  Corpus Christi, Kingsville, Bishop, South Texas Botanical Gardens, 
  Kings Crossing Subdivision, Waldron Field, Malaquite Beach, Flour 
  Bluff, Padre Balli Park, Packery Channel, Kingsville Naval Air 
  Station, Mustang Island State Park, Ricardo, Chapman Ranch and 
  Corpus Christi Naval Air Station.

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 2756 9784 2771 9727 2770 9722 2769 9719
      2769 9716 2769 9714 2738 9730 2738 9753
      2740 9769 2741 9786 2743 9787 2755 9789

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

$$

CB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 7:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	115 min
Oct 13, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	48 min
Oct 13, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	34 min
Oct 13, 8:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle, Webb	5 hr
Oct 13, 9:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	112 min
Oct 13, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	36 min
Oct 14, 2:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	7 days
Oct 14, 2:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	11 days
Oct 14, 4:37 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	24 hr
Oct 14, 6:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak	105 min
Oct 14, 7:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak, Refugio, Victoria	5 hr
Oct 14, 8:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	San Patricio	41 min
Oct 14, 8:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Refugio, San Patricio	3 hr
Oct 14, 8:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Refugio	43 min
Oct 14, 9:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	40 min
Oct 14, 10:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria	3 hr
Oct 14, 10:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	3 hr
Oct 14, 10:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas, Nueces	58 min
Oct 14, 10:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas	42 min
Oct 14, 10:55 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		65 min
Oct 14, 11:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas	33 min
Oct 14, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		47 min
Oct 14, 12:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	43 min
Oct 14, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	59 min
Oct 14, 3:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Refugio	23 hr

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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.