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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 21, 2009Calhoun County, Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Nov 21, 2009, 1:50 PM CST for Calhoun County, Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 22, 2009, 8:24 AM CST. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 21, 2009, 1:50 PM CST (19:50 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 22, 2009, 8:24 AM CST
Expired
Nov 23, 2009, 7:44 PM CST
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Calhoun County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 San Antonio River at Goliad (GLIT2). The gauge peaked at 26.77 ft at Nov 23, 2009, 1:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08188500, 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 Nov 20, 5:30 PM CST, 20 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 20, 5:30 PM CST, 20 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 20, 8:12 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP63 min
Nov 20, 8:51 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP54 min
Nov 20, 9:00 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP70 min
Nov 20, 9:46 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP59 min
Nov 20, 10:14 PM CSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio14 hr
Nov 20, 11:25 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP95 min
Nov 21, 4:08 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningCRPBee, Nueces, San Patricio17 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009Every river flood 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.