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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 18, 2015Bee County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2015, 9:24 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2015, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2015, 4:20 AM CDT
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Bee County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Aransas River near Skidmore (SKMT2).

Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08189700, 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, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 5:34 AM CDT, 15 hours 50 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, 4:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
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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.