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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 13, 2014Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2014, 9:01 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas. It took effect at May 16, 2014, 5:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2014, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2014, 5:51 AM CDT
Expired: May 17, 2014, 5:51 AM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Calhoun County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Guadalupe River near Bloomington (DUPT2).

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 May 12, 6:57 PM CDT, 14 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 6:57 PM CDT, 14 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
657 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

.DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR THE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.AVIATION...CONVECTION HAS BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS
THIS EVENING. WILL CONTINUE THIS SLOWER TREND ESPECIALLY AS STORMS
ALONG THE SIERRA MADRE STRUGGLE TO MOVE FARTHER EAST. WILL
MAINTAIN MENTION OF VCTS THIS EARLY EVNG AS THE CONVERGENCE ZONE
IS INCREASING...THO WILL EXPECT STORMS TO SLOWLY WEAKEN WITHIN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. WILL EXPECT STORMS TO REDEVELOP HEADING LATE
INTO TONIGHT...GENERALLY AROUND 06Z...AS AN UPPER DISTURBANCE
BEGINS TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA AND INCREASE IN DIFFLUENT
FLOW MOVES FARTHER SOUTH. SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE REDEVELOPMENT FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. WITH ADDITIONAL FOCUS ALONG THE COLD
FRONT...WILL MAINTAIN TSRA THROUGH AT LEAST 18Z FOR THE TAF SITES
TRANSITIONING TO SHRA INTO THE AFTN AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES
OUT OF THE REGION. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS LATE THIS EVENING
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ISOLATED STRONG
STORMS...TO EVEN POSSIBLE SEVERE TSTMS LEADING TO STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    73  78  59  73  56  /  60  80  50  20   0
VICTORIA          73  76  57  73  52  /  70  80  40  20   0
LAREDO            74  78  60  76  56  /  80  60  20  10   0
ALICE             73  78  58  74  54  /  70  80  40  20   0
ROCKPORT          74  78  61  73  58  /  40  70  50  20   0
COTULLA           70  74  57  74  52  /  80  60  20  10   0
KINGSVILLE        73  80  59  73  55  /  60  80  50  20   0
NAVY CORPUS       74  78  62  73  61  /  40  70  50  20   0

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEE...GOLIAD...LA
     SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...VICTORIA.

GM...NONE.

&&

CB/85...AVIATION

Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 5:29 PM CDT, 15 hours 32 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
May 12, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	48 min
May 12, 9:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	3 hr
May 12, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb	43 min
May 12, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee	36 min
May 13, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	40 min
May 13, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria	58 min
May 13, 2:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Goliad	56 min
May 13, 3:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Duval	63 min
May 13, 3:21 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		54 min
May 13, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Refugio, San Patricio	66 min
May 13, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		63 min
May 13, 9:45 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		38 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.