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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 29, 2007Live Oak County, McMullen County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 29, 2007, 8:48 PM CDT for Live Oak County, McMullen County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 30, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2007, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 30, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 21, 2007, 8:27 PM CDT
In force
23 days
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Nueces River near Tilden (TILT2).

Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08194500, 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 29, 8:33 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 8:33 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 7:15 AM CDT, 13 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
715 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2007

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-301215-
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-
715 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROVIDE LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SCATTERED RAINFALL TOTALS
AROUND 1/2 TO 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...HOWEVER
ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS AS HIGH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THIS COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING ISSUES
AS GROUNDS REMAIN SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER IN THE
WEEK.

IN ADDITION...WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
PRODUCING ISOLATED WATER SPOUTS AND TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS. THESE
TYPE FUNNEL CLOUDS RARELY TOUCH DOWN OVER LAND AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

MJG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
401 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2007

TXZ240-241-292200-
DUVAL-JIM WELLS-
401 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING DUVAL AND JIM WELLS
COUNTIES...

AT 353 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF BEN BOLT...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
SAN DIEGO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN DIEGO BY 415 PM CDT.
  ROSITA BY 435 PM CDT.

WINDS AROUND 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

JM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 3:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria96 min

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.