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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 28, 20254 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2025, 5:09 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 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: May 28, 2025, 5:09 AM CDT (10:09 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2025, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 57 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: 1475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1011 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.1

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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 May 28, 2:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 12:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 1:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 2:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
252 AM CDT Wed May 28 2025

TXZ229-230-240-280845-
McMullen TX-Duval TX-La Salle TX-
252 AM CDT Wed May 28 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN DUVAL...LA SALLE AND
WESTERN MCMULLEN COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM CDT...

At 250 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from Millett to Artesia Wells.
Movement was east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Cotulla, Tilden, Gardendale, Cross, Zella, Fowlerton, Millett, Fort
Ewell Site, Los Angeles, and Artesia Wells.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 51 and 82.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for
south central Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 2864 9843 2799 9865 2804 9880 2806 9880
      2805 9884 2822 9934 2864 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 0750Z 284DEG 38KT 2857 9921 2829 9930

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

NMP

Special weather statement, May 28, 3:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
350 AM CDT Wed May 28 2025

TXZ239-280945-
Webb TX-
350 AM CDT Wed May 28 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTY THROUGH
445 AM CDT...

At 349 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles east of Rio Bravo, or 19 miles southeast of Laredo, moving east
at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Laredo, Rio Bravo, El Cenizo, Bruni, and Mirando City.

This includes US Highway 83 between mile markers 722 and 734.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for
south central Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 2727 9949 2730 9949 2731 9954 2734 9951
      2735 9951 2741 9949 2745 9950 2748 9948
      2742 9880 2727 9880 2727 9933 2732 9937
      2726 9945 2726 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0849Z 277DEG 31KT 2732 9928

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

AE

Special weather statement, May 28, 4:44 AM CDT, 25 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
May 28, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	53 min
May 28, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	63 min
May 28, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle, McMullen	53 min
May 28, 3:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Zapata	55 min
May 28, 4:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	60 min
May 28, 4:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Refugio	54 min
May 28, 4:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas	31 min
May 28, 4:46 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		89 min
May 28, 4:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Hogg	57 min
May 28, 5:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	3 hr
May 28, 5:32 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		88 min
May 28, 6:01 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		89 min
May 28, 6:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	3 hr
May 28, 7:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	52 min
May 28, 7:28 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		32 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.