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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 3, 2007Refugio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 3, 2007, 4:10 PM CDT for Refugio County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 3, 2007, 6:02 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2007, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 3, 2007, 6:02 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 4, 2007, 11:11 AM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Refugio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mission River at Refugio (REFT2).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08189500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jul 3, 3:30 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:30 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 5:48 AM CDT, 10 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
548 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-041100-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
548 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE HILL COUNTRY COMBINED WITH
AN EXTREMELY MOIST AIRMASS OVER SOUTH TEXAS WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER
ROUND OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.
RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES
POSSIBLE WITH THE SLOWER MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT WEST INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS
TONIGHT WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL POSSIBLE. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL
LEAD TO FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ALL
OF SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY
ACROSS THE REGION WITH ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO
10 INCHES POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN
BE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...ISOLATED FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THESE
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRIMARILY BE ASSOCIATED WITH DAYTIME HEATING
AND THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TMT/TE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 11:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1103 AM CDT TUE JUL 03 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1042 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 7 SSE CORPUS CHRISTI    27.61N 97.25W
07/03/2007  M41 MPH          NUECES             TX   ASOS

            MEASURED AT NAVAL AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI

&&

NH

Local storm report, Jul 3, 12:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1248 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1215 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CORPUS CHRISTI          27.71N 97.29W
07/03/2007                   NUECES             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHORELINE SOUTHBOUND BARRICADED

1230 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 S CORPUS CHRISTI      27.66N 97.29W
07/03/2007                   NUECES             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FM 286 AT AGNES 1 FOOT UNDER WATER

1230 PM     FLASH FLOOD      10 SW CORPUS CHRISTI    27.60N 97.41W
07/03/2007                   NUECES             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER ROAD AT FM 43 AND COUNTY ROAD 55

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 2:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 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 2, 7:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	22 hr
Jul 3, 10:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		66 min
Jul 3, 12:18 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		117 min
Jul 3, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
Jul 3, 12:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	118 min
Jul 3, 1:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg	2 hr
Jul 3, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2007 Every river flood warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.