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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 18, 2015Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2015, 2:46 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2015, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2015, 8:24 PM CDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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 Garcitas Creek near Inez (NGCT2).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08164600, 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 Apr 18, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 5:34 AM CDT, 9 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
534 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2015

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-191045-
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-
534 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS
SOUTH TEXAS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH
THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION
MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 1:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 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
Apr 17, 7:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	36 min
Apr 17, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	30 min
Apr 17, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	28 min
Apr 17, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	24 min
Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	33 min
Apr 17, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Refugio	34 min
Apr 17, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	30 min
Apr 17, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	San Patricio	26 min
Apr 17, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	33 min
Apr 17, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Nueces	31 min
Apr 17, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	San Patricio	38 min
Apr 17, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Calhoun	31 min
Apr 17, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	17 min
Apr 17, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	26 min
Apr 17, 9:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Nueces	31 min
Apr 17, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
Apr 17, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	34 min
Apr 17, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	52 min
Apr 17, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio	37 min
Apr 17, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio	33 min
Apr 17, 10:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	San Patricio	28 min
Apr 17, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		96 min
Apr 17, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas	32 min
Apr 17, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	27 min
Apr 17, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	25 min
Apr 17, 10:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Aransas	23 min
Apr 17, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		64 min
Apr 17, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	25 min
Apr 18, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		97 min
Apr 18, 1:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	4 days
Apr 18, 1:40 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		50 min
Apr 18, 2:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	22 hr
Apr 18, 10:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria	4 days
Apr 18, 2:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Live Oak, San Patricio	3 hr
Apr 18, 3:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	56 min
Apr 18, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		60 min
Apr 18, 4:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	41 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.