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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 30, 2008Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Aug 30, 2008, 8:17 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 31, 2008, 8:31 PM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2008, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 31, 2008, 8:31 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 2, 2008, 8:33 PM CDT
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Flood severity
Minor

County Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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 Rio Grande at Laredo (LDOT2).

Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08459000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 5:41 AM CDTCoastal Flood WatchCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.