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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 16, 2021Bee County, Goliad County, Refugio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2021, 11:32 AM CDT for Bee County, Goliad County, Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2021, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bee County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Refugio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 16, 12:55 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ssw Woodsboro, TX	FLOODED ROADS IN AND AROUND REFUGIO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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: 2495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.4
Supercell composite: 12.7

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The text

As transmitted.

647 
WGUS54 KCRP 161632
FFWCRP
TXC025-175-391-161945-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0008.210516T1632Z-210516T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1132 AM CDT Sun May 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Bee County in south central Texas...
  Southeastern Goliad County in south central Texas...
  Western Refugio County in south central Texas...

* Until 245 PM CDT.

* At 1132 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Refugio, Woodsboro, Quintana and Blanconia.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. 
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. 
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate 
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 2824 9749 2854 9741 2854 9724 2830 9711
      2827 9711 2827 9712 2826 9712 2825 9713
      2824 9711 2814 9712

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 2 HOURS 

$$

JCP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	28 min
May 15, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio	50 min
May 15, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Nueces	29 min
May 15, 8:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak	14 hr
May 15, 8:53 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		16 hr
May 15, 9:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	117 min
May 15, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		60 min
May 15, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		49 min
May 15, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		30 min
May 15, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		26 min
May 16, 2:05 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces	15 hr
May 16, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	32 min
May 16, 5:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	24 min
May 16, 5:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	44 min
May 16, 5:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	39 min
May 16, 6:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	47 min
May 16, 6:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		41 min
May 16, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	31 min
May 16, 7:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg	3 hr
May 16, 8:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	28 min
May 16, 8:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	30 min
May 16, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		25 min
May 16, 8:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee	38 min
May 16, 8:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle, McMullen	3 hr
May 16, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	49 min
May 16, 9:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee	46 min
May 16, 9:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	36 min
May 16, 9:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee	39 min
May 16, 10:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	38 min
May 16, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Refugio, San Patricio	30 min
May 16, 10:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	113 min
May 16, 10:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Refugio	36 min
May 16, 10:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee	114 min
May 16, 10:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells, San Patricio	32 min
May 16, 11:08 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		37 min
May 16, 11:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	21 min
May 16, 11:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	40 min
May 16, 11:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	3 hr
May 16, 11:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Victoria	3 hr
May 16, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		36 min
May 16, 12:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	23 min
May 16, 12:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Aransas, Refugio	9 min
May 16, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun	33 min
May 16, 12:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio	3 hr
May 16, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		112 min
May 16, 1:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Nueces	59 min
May 16, 1:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Nueces	119 min
May 16, 1:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	3 hr
May 16, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
May 16, 2:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Goliad, Refugio	2 hr
May 16, 2:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	117 min
May 16, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		23 min
May 16, 3:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Bee	29 hr
May 16, 3:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Nueces	2 hr
May 16, 3:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	117 min
May 16, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		66 min
May 16, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	31 min
May 16, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.