River Flood Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Jul 4, 2007, 7:42 AM CDT (12:42 UTC)

Expired

Jul 5, 2007, 3:27 AM CDT

In force

20 hr

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Flood severity

Major

County Refugio County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Copano Creek near Refugio (RCCT2).

Action stage

5 ft

Minor stage

12 ft

Moderate stage

14 ft

Major stage

17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08189200, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS44 KCRP 041242
FLWCRP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
742 AM CDT WED JUL 04 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS... 

  COPANO CREEK NEAR REFUGIO AFFECTING REFUGIO COUNTY

.RECENT AND ANTICIPATED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED  
RIVER BASINS WILL RESULT IN RIVER RISES ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 
DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 

ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR 
THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RIVER STAGE FORECASTS 
ARE BASED ON OBSERVED AND RAINFALL. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL VARIES 
FROM FORECAST VALUES...FORECAST RIVER STAGES WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY.

FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT 
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP. CLICK ON THE RIVER FORECASTS 
IMAGE AT THE TOP...THEN CLICK ON THE FORECAST POINT.

TXC391-050042-
/X.NEW.KCRP.FL.W.0021.070704T1242Z-070705T0827Z/
/RCCT2.3.ER.070704T1222Z.070704T1300Z.070704T1627Z.NR/
742 AM CDT WED JUL 04 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE COPANO CREEK NEAR REFUGIO.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  7:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.5 FEET. 
* MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY AND CREST
  AROUND 18 FEET THIS AFTERNOON.

* AT 18.6 FEET MAJOR FLOODING OCCURS.  THE WATER IS TO THE FARM TO 
MARKET 744 BRIDGE FLOOR.

&&

$$

NH

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

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.