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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

September 29, 2013Calhoun County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 29, 2013, 10:39 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Victoria County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 2, 2013, 10:54 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 29, 2013, 10:39 AM CDT (15:39 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 2, 2013, 10:54 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 29, 2013, 9:43 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Flood severity: Minor

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 15:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Guadalupe River at Victoria (VICT2). The gauge peaked at 4.76 ft at Sep 28, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 29.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08176500, 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 Sep 29, 6:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 6:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 29, 8:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 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
Sep 28, 8:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	111 min
Sep 28, 9:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	51 min
Sep 28, 9:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle	62 min
Sep 28, 10:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	56 min
Sep 28, 11:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	56 min
Sep 29, 8:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	79 min
Sep 29, 9:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	85 min
Sep 29, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Victoria	4 days
Sep 29, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		3 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.