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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2015, 9:42 PM CDT for Live Oak County, Texas. It took effect at May 15, 2015, 12:36 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2015, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 15, 2015, 12:36 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2015, 11:40 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 days
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Live Oak County, TX
The river
Written for the forecast point Atascosa River at Whitsett (WTTT2). The gauge peaked at 31.98 ft at May 17, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 20 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08208000, 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 13, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 646 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015 .DISCUSSION...PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED FOR REMOVAL OF WATCHES...BUT DID MENTION IN WCN OF SUPERCELL IN EASTERN WEBB COUNTY WHICH COULD IMPACT BRUSH COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS. SEE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION...AM EXPECTING ON-GOING CONVECTION NOT TO IMPACT TERMINALS THIS EVENING...BUT WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED. MVFR CIGS AND/OR VSBYS WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT OVER TERMINALS...WITH IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR A SHORT TIME OVER EASTERN TERMINALS... EXCEPT AM EXPECTING IFR AT KVCT BEFORE 12Z DUE TO CIGS/VSBYS. DID PUT IN VCSH IN KCRP OVERNIGHT FOR POSSIBLE CONVECTION COMING FROM THE GULFMEX. CIGS SHOULD STAY MVFR FOR MOST OF THE MORNING...WITH A MENTION OF SHOWERS/STORMS (PROB30 OR TEMPO) AT KVCT AND KCRP. AM EXPECTING VFR AFTER 19Z ALL TERMINALS OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION...WITH SE WINDS INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON (MORE THAN 11 KNOTS) AND BEING GUSTY AT KCRP DURING THE AFTERNOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 513 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015/ DISCUSSION...WATCHES HAVE EXPIRED FOR MOST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...DID EXTEND THE TOR WATCH FOR WESTERN FOUR COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM BASED ON RADAR AND COORDINATION WITH SPC. CONCERNING FLOODING...MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS MOVING INTO AREAS WHERE MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS NOT OCCURRED...AND WITH STORMS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN (DAYTIME HEATING LOSS...WORKED OVER ATMOSPHERE ETC.) WILL NOT EXTEND THE FFA FOR THE WESTERN FOUR COUNTIES. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. UPDATED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 353 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015/ DISCUSSION...AFTER COORDINATING WITH SPC...HAVE EXTENDED THE TORNADO WATCH 169 TO INCLUDE LA SALLE AND WEBB COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM. OTHER REMAINDER OF WATCH REMAINS THE SAME AT THIS TIME. PRODUCT UPDATE ISSUED SHORTLY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 317 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)...RADAR IS SHOWING RAIN IS TAPERING OFF SO FFA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MODEL GUIDANCE (4 KM AND SYNOPTIC) SHOWING POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT MAINLY OVERNIGHT NEAR THE COAST WITH COASTAL CONVERGENCE. IMPACTS OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ARE PUSHING OUT OF THE AREA. WILL KEEP LOW END POPS FOR TONIGHT OUT WEST...WITH TAPERING CHANCES FOR CONVECTION THIS EVENING FARTHER EAST. HAVE CHANCE POPS NEAR THE COASTAL AREAS FOR OVERNIGHT WITH GOOD CONVERGENCE AREA AND SOME MOISTURE ADVECTION. LOWS NEAR 70 NORTH AND LOWER 70S SOUTH AND EAST. MARINE...EXCEPT FOR THE CONVECTION...NO ISSUES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE WINDS THROUGH THE NEXT FIVE DAYS. WINDS COULD GET TO SCEC TOWARD THE WEEKEND...WITH SEAS APPROACHING 6 FEET. LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...SLIGHTLY DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON THU WITH S TX BETWEEN DISTURBANCES AND DRIER MID LEVELS FILTERING ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE STILL LOOK SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLD/SCT CONVECTION. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A SHORT WAVE ON FRIDAY BUT HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT WITH TIMING AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE. THE LATEST ECMWF HAS LESS QPF FOR FRIDAY THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. FOR NOW KEPT WITH 30-50 POPS FOR FRIDAY. A BROAD LOW ACROSS THE W CONUS WILL KEEP S TX UNDER A SW FLOW WITH EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE LOW IS PROGD TO LIFT NE TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES LATE SUNDAY INTO MON BUT IS FOLLOWED BY YET ANOTHER LOW DIGGING ACROSS THE W COAST. THERE IS WEAK RIDGING ALONG THE ROCKIES BY MON...HOWEVER MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A SHORT WAVE ROUNDING ITS BASE ACROSS S TX...THUS KEEPING S TX IN A WET PATTERN INTO NEXT WEEK. TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 74 86 75 84 76 / 40 30 10 40 20 VICTORIA 72 86 72 83 74 / 30 40 10 50 20 LAREDO 72 91 73 90 74 / 20 20 30 40 20 ALICE 73 88 73 86 74 / 20 30 20 50 20 ROCKPORT 75 85 76 82 77 / 40 20 10 40 10 COTULLA 70 89 71 87 72 / 40 20 40 40 20 KINGSVILLE 74 88 75 86 75 / 30 30 10 40 20 NAVY CORPUS 73 83 76 82 77 / 40 20 10 40 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && GW/86...AVIATION
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 6:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 629 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-141100- 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- 629 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END THIS EVENING OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY...BUT COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN OVERNIGHT MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN 2/3 OF SOUTH TEXAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER ANY PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OVER MOST LOCATIONS. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS TODAY ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST FLOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. HOWEVER...PLEASE ALERT THE CORPUS CHRISTI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER WHICH MAY HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. GW/RH/TB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 349 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015 TXZ229-239-132130- WEBB-LA SALLE- 349 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL WEBB AND SOUTHWESTERN LA SALLE COUNTIES... AT 347 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ENCINAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ENCINAL. LAT...LON 2790 9935 2798 9943 2817 9929 2802 9911 TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 227DEG 8KT 2800 9934 CB
Local storm report, May 13, 4:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
410 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 5 SE VICTORIA 28.77N 96.92W
05/13/2015 VICTORIA TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FIRE MARSHALL IN VICTORIA REPORTED BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR VICTORIA AIRPORT FM 1686 AND GIN ROAD. BRIEFLY
TOUCHED DOWN FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS THEN WENT BACK UP.
&&
GWILKSpecial weather statement, May 13, 4:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
443 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015
TXZ239-132215-
WEBB-
443 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY...
AT 442 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 12 MILES EAST OF
CALLAGHAN...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENCINAL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL WEBB
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 2778 9933 2789 9935 2795 9916 2794 9905
2780 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 247DEG 32KT 2787 9919
CBLocal storm report, May 13, 6:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
637 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0626 PM TORNADO 20 SW FREER 27.68N 98.85W
05/13/2015 WEBB TX AMATEUR RADIO
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN...BUT BASE IS STILL ROTATING
&&
DVOGELSASpecial weather statement, May 13, 7:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 28 min |
| May 13, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 4 days |
| May 14, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Aransas | 32 min |
| May 14, 8:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Refugio | 57 min |
| May 14, 8:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Refugio | 65 min |
| May 14, 2:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 24 hr |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.