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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

September 28, 201210 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 28, 2012, 2:47 PM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It took effect at Sep 28, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 28, 2012, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 28, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 29, 2012, 7:34 PM CDT
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Goliad County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Sep 28, 12:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 12:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 5:32 AM CDT, 9 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
532 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-291045-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
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-
532 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY LEAD TO
A LOCALIZED FLOODING THREAT ACROSS THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY MAY LEAD TO A LOCALIZED FLOODING THREAT ACROSS THE AREA.
IN ADDITION...AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM MAY ALSO OCCUR
DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL
END FROM WEST TO EAST ON SUNDAY AS DRY AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION.

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO EXIST ALONG GULF FACING
BEACHES ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

RH/TB

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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.