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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 16, 2015Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2015, 1:40 AM CDT for Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2015, 1:40 AM CDT (06:40 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2015, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Major

Counties Goliad County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Coleto Creek at Arnold Road Crossing (SCDT2).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08176900, 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 16, 12:53 AM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 12:53 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 3:16 PM CDT, 10 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
316 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2015

TXZ229>234-239>247-162030-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
316 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT ACROSS THE
COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS DUE TO CONTINUED LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAINFALL.

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST ALONG GULF-FACING
BEACHES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH
TEXAS SATURDAY THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. AN ISOLATED
STRONG STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONTINUED CHANCES OF
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH ANY STORM THAT OCCURS.

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST ALONG GULF-FACING
BEACHES ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-162030-
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-
316 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE BAYS AND COASTAL
WATERS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.

TE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 9:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 10:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 11:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 11:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 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 16, 6:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	McMullen	32 days
May 16, 11:27 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		23 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.