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River Flood Warning 48, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 25, 2007Live Oak County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 25, 2007, 9:19 PM CDT for Live Oak County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 26, 2007, 12:31 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2007, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 26, 2007, 12:31 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 29, 2007, 8:56 PM CDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Flood severity
Major

County Live Oak County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Atascosa River at Whitsett (WTTT2).

Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08208000, 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 25, 7:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 7:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 5:45 AM CDT, 15 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
545 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2007

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-261045-
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-
545 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTHWEST
OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL INTERACT WITH
ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER SOUTH TEXAS TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF
SOUTH TEXAS TODAY AND REMAIN OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS TONIGHT.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
COASTAL PLAINS AND THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND
BRUSH COUNTRY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. DUE TO SATURATED SOIL
CONDITIONS...ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF AND LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MEANDER ACROSS
CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE FINALLY DRIFTING WEST INTO
MEXICO OVER THE WEEKEND.  THE LOW WILL INTERACT WITH A WEAK TROPICAL
WAVE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED...AND AT TIMES NUMEROUS...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS WITH A THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.  THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE
FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SCATTERED 1 TO 2 INCH AND LOCALIZED 3
TO 6 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH
SATURDAY.  THESE RAINFALL TOTALS WILL ADD UP THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK LEADING TO AN INCREASING THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.  SEVERAL
RIVERS IN THE AREA REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE DUE TO RECORD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE RIVER FLOOD SITUATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TMT/MJG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 10:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen11 hr
Jul 26, 10:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen23 hr
Jul 26, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces88 min
Jul 26, 12:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio86 min
Jul 26, 12:55 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementCRP2 hr
Jul 26, 1:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces93 min
Jul 26, 2:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPNueces53 hr
Jul 26, 3:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2007Every 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.