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Special Weather Statement, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 9, 2021Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 6:16 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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: Jul 9, 2021, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.

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

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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: 994 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 9, 3:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 3:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:57 AM CDT, 12 hours 19 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
557 AM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

TXZ229>234-239>247-342>347-442-443-447-101100-
La Salle-McMullen-Live Oak-Bee-Goliad-Victoria-Webb-Duval-
Jim Wells-Inland Kleberg-Inland Nueces-Inland San Patricio-
Coastal Aransas-Inland Refugio-Inland Calhoun-Coastal Kleberg-
Coastal Nueces-Coastal San Patricio-Aransas Islands-
Coastal Refugio-Coastal Calhoun-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-
Calhoun Islands-
557 AM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for South Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for the Coastal Bend and the
Victoria Crossroads through this evening.

Numerous showers and some thunderstorms are expected through
tonight, with heavy rainfall and flash flooding at times, mainly
from the Coastal Bend to the Victoria Crossroads.

There is a moderate risk of rip currents for Gulf facing beaches
of the Middle Texas coast today.

A Coastal Flood Advisory is in effect until 1 PM this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible over the
weekend.

There is a moderate risk of rip currents for Gulf facing beaches
of the Middle Texas coast Saturday.

Minor coastal flooding will be possible Saturday in response to
Tropical Storm Elsa.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-101100-
Bays and Waterways from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas-
Bays and Waterways from Port Aransas to Port O'Connor-
Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out
20 NM-Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to
60 NM-
557 AM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for the Middle Texas
Coastal Waters.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected over the Gulf
waters today and tonight. Some of the storms could produce gusty
winds and isolated waterspouts.

There is a moderate risk for rip currents for Gulf facing beaches
along the Middle Texas Coast today.

Small Craft Advisory is in effect for the Gulf waters through
1 PM this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible Saturday and
continuing through the next week. There is a moderate risk for rip
currents for Gulf facing beaches along the Middle Texas coast on
Saturday in response to Tropical Storm Elsa.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 2:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Victoria	3 hr
Jul 8, 8:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	49 hr
Jul 8, 10:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen	2 hr
Jul 8, 10:29 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces	15 hr
Jul 8, 10:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio	2 hr
Jul 8, 11:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad	2 hr
Jul 8, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	51 min
Jul 9, 12:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	117 min
Jul 9, 1:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio	2 hr
Jul 9, 2:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	13 hr
Jul 9, 2:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio	3 hr
Jul 9, 2:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak	3 hr
Jul 9, 2:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	54 hr
Jul 9, 3:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria	4 days
Jul 9, 4:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	3 hr
Jul 9, 6:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	112 min
Jul 9, 7:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	3 hr
Jul 9, 8:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak	60 hr
Jul 9, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak	24 hr
Jul 9, 10:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria	11 hr
Jul 9, 10:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria	11 hr
Jul 9, 1:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	14 hr
Jul 9, 4:42 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun	5 hr
Jul 9, 6:16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.