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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

December 25, 2024Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Dec 25, 2024, 2:01 AM CST for Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2024, 2:01 AM CST (08:01 UTC)
Expired
Dec 25, 2024, 4:15 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Goliad County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 00:00Z on 2024-12-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1557 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.8
Supercell composite
19.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Dec 25, 12:01 AM CST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 12:01 AM CST, 2 hours before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 25, 12:33 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 25, 1:00 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Dec 25, 1:06 AM CST, 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 25, 1:35 AM CST, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 11:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad61 min
Dec 25, 12:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria50 min
Dec 25, 12:33 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPGoliad57 min
Dec 25, 1:00 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPVictoria60 min
Dec 25, 1:02 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPGoliad, Victoria59 min
Dec 25, 1:06 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPGoliad39 min
Dec 25, 1:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad37 min
Dec 25, 1:35 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPVictoria55 min
Dec 25, 2:04 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPGoliad56 min
Dec 25, 2:30 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPVictoria60 min
Dec 25, 2:44 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPCalhoun, Goliad, Victoria3 hr
Dec 25, 3:00 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPGoliad60 min
Dec 25, 3:32 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementCRPCalhoun58 min
Dec 25, 3:39 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Dec 25, 5:04 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP86 min
Dec 25, 6:27 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP51 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.