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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 4, 2010Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 4, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 4, 2010, 3:04 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2010, 3:04 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2010, 12:05 PM CDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Flood severity: Moderate

County Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Devils River at Cauthorn Ranch near Juno (JNXT2).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jul 4, 12:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 12:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 1:20 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1001 AM CDT SUN JUL 04 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 AM     FLASH FLOOD      14 S JUNO               29.95N 101.12W
07/04/2010                   VAL VERDE          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FOOT AND A HALF OF WATER COVERING A 4 MILE STRETCH OF
            ROAD ON HWY 163 AROUND BAKERS CROSSING

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EVENT NUMBER EWX1000408

SBS

Local storm report, Jul 4, 11:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1108 AM CDT SUN JUL 04 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 NW COMSTOCK           29.73N 101.23W
07/04/2010                   VAL VERDE          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FOOT AND A HALF OF WATER COVERS RANCH ROAD 1024 AT
            COW CREEK

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EVENT NUMBER EWX1000409

SBS

Local storm report, Jul 4, 1:02 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 1:16 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 1:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Val Verde	3 hr
Jul 4, 4:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Val Verde	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Val Verde	30 hr
Jul 4, 7:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Val Verde	3 hr
Jul 4, 8:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Val Verde	36 hr
Jul 4, 8:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Val Verde	4 hr
Jul 4, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Val Verde	25 hr
Jul 4, 12:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Val Verde	3 hr
Jul 4, 3:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Val Verde	12 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.