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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2021, 11:35 AM CDT for Duval County, Jim Wells 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, 11:35 AM CDT (16:35 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 Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 12:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Nw Lake Alice, TX | WATER OVER ROAD. TIME IS ESTIMATED. |
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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
830
WGUS54 KCRP 161635
FFWCRP
TXC131-249-161945-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0009.210516T1635Z-210516T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1135 AM CDT Sun May 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Duval County in south central Texas...
Northwestern Jim Wells County in south central Texas...
* Until 245 PM CDT.
* At 1135 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...
San Diego, Midway, Tecalote and Rancho De La Parita.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 2777 9823 2776 9826 2803 9830 2803 9807
2798 9804 2795 9802 2781 9808
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 2 HOURS
$$
PHThe 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, 11:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 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.