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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 4, 2009Calhoun County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 4, 2009, 12:38 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Victoria County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 5, 2009, 5:54 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 2009, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 5, 2009, 5:54 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 11, 2009, 8:28 AM CDT
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Calhoun County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Guadalupe River near Bloomington (DUPT2). The gauge peaked at 26.31 ft at Oct 8, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08177520, 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, 11:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 11:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 7:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad107 min
Oct 3, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio67 min
Oct 3, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Refugio, San Patricio62 min
Oct 3, 9:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPSan Patricio59 min
Oct 3, 9:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPRefugio53 min
Oct 3, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad40 min
Oct 3, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPRefugio52 min
Oct 3, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas42 min
Oct 3, 11:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPRefugio31 min
Oct 3, 11:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas53 min
Oct 4, 12:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPCalhoun50 min
Oct 4, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP60 min
Oct 4, 6:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLa Salle58 min
Oct 4, 7:36 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLa Salle, McMullen54 min
Oct 4, 9:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPGoliad, Victoria53 min
Oct 4, 10:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria69 min
Oct 4, 10:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPRefugio25 hr
Oct 4, 11:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPBee, Nueces, San Patricio10 hr
Oct 4, 12:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria4 days
Oct 4, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP46 min
Oct 4, 1:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Goliad, Victoria4 days
Oct 4, 3:41 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP4 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.