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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 4, 2009Refugio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 4, 2009, 10:24 AM CDT for Refugio County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 5, 2009, 9:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 4, 2009, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 5, 2009, 9:30 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 5, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Refugio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mission River at Refugio (REFT2). The gauge peaked at 20.25 ft at Oct 5, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08189500, 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 Oct 4, 6:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 6:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 3, 7:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad	107 min
Oct 3, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio	67 min
Oct 3, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Refugio, San Patricio	62 min
Oct 3, 9:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	San Patricio	59 min
Oct 3, 9:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Refugio	53 min
Oct 3, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Goliad	40 min
Oct 3, 10:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Refugio	52 min
Oct 3, 11:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas	42 min
Oct 3, 11:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Refugio	31 min
Oct 3, 11:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas	53 min
Oct 4, 12:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Calhoun	50 min
Oct 4, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		60 min
Oct 4, 6:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle	58 min
Oct 4, 7:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle, McMullen	54 min
Oct 4, 9:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	53 min
Oct 4, 10:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	69 min
Oct 4, 11:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Nueces, San Patricio	10 hr
Oct 4, 12:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Victoria	4 days
Oct 4, 12:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Victoria	7 days
Oct 4, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		46 min
Oct 4, 1:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Goliad, Victoria	4 days
Oct 4, 3:41 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		4 hr

Nearby

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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.