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Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 5, 200912 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this red flag warning at Jul 5, 2009, 9:18 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2009, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2009, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Duval County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jul 5, 6:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
457 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-061000-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
457 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES WITH A FEW LOCATIONS BRIEFLY
REACHING 110 TO 113 DEGREES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY DUE TO SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS
WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR CORPUS CHRISTI BAY...BAFFIN BAY AND THE
NEARSHORE WATERS SOUTH OF PORT ARANSAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE VICTORIA
CROSSROADS TUESDAY THEN ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TE/RG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:24 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 3:10 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP21 hr
Jul 5, 10:09 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryCRPBee, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and 2 more9 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2009Every red flag warning in 2009

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.