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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 18, 20154 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at May 18, 2015, 3:22 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 18, 2015, 8:47 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 2015, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)
In effect from
May 18, 2015, 8:47 AM CDT
Expired
May 25, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Nueces River at Mathis (MTBT2). The gauge peaked at 29.44 ft at May 22, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08211000, 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 17, 3:47 PM CDT, 11 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:47 PM CDT, 11 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 4:48 AM CDT, 22 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
448 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

TXZ229>234-239>247-180000-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
448 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...OVER THE HILL COUNTRY
EARLY THIS MORNING...ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE
SOUTH TEXAS REGION LATER TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. SCATTERED STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO FORM AGAIN OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF HEAVY
RAINFALL OCCURS...DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUNDS...FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS COULD OCCUR.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR GULF FACING BEACHES
TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
MONDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BRUSH COUNTRY. ADDITIONAL CHANCES
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER EACH EVENING THIS
WEEK. AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONTINUED
CHANCES OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED ALONG GULF-FACING
BEACHES ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-180000-
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-
448 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THE MID MORNING HOURS
TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS
LATER TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

TMT/RH

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.