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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 17, 2015Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 17, 2015, 3:03 PM CDT for Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 17, 2015, 3:54 PM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2015, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 17, 2015, 3:54 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 19, 2015, 1:40 AM CDT
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

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 20:07 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). The gauge peaked at 22.22 ft at Jun 18, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT.

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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 Jun 17, 12:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 12:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1229 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

.DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION SECTION FOR 18Z TAFS.

&&

.AVIATION...CONVERGENCE ZONE...WHERE BAND OF CONVECTION HAS BEEN
ANCHORED OVER THE WATERS...APPEARS TO BE MOVING INLAND. EXPECT
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/T-STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO THE
NORTH ACROSS THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.
MVFR CIGS AND IFR VSBYS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
MOISTURE AXIS IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT INLAND TONIGHT. SCATTERED
CONVECTION WILL AFFECT LRD AREA THIS EVENING. MVFR CIGS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS BY 09Z. SPOTTY
MVFR CIGS WILL OCCUR OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS THURSDAY MORNING.
EXPECT REDEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY ON
THURSDAY MORNING WITH MVFR CIGS/VSBYS WITHIN SHOWERS/T-STORMS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1059 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015/

DISCUSSION...LOOKING AT STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS
FROM DUAL-POL...COASTAL BEND FORTUNATELY DODGED A SIGNIFICANT
RAIN EVENT. RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 18 INCHES IN A 20 MILE
WIDE AND OVER 100 MILE LONG BAND...WITH MAXIMUM RAIN AMOUNTS TO
AROUND 25 INCHES...OCCURRED FROM 15 TO 35 MILES OFFSHORE.

12Z CRP SOUNDING SHOWED WEST WINDS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER BUT
TROPICAL MOISTURE HOLDING IN PLACE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
NEAR 2.4 INCHES. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT SEEN HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS
IN THE COASTAL BEND...WITH THAT KIND OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE...AM
RELUCTANT TO REMOVE AREA FROM THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WILL REDUCE
POPS TO LIKELY FOR THE COASTAL BEND. HEAVY RAIN THREAT HIGHER
FOR THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS AND WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
FOR THIS AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.

MARINE...MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
GULF WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT...WILL CONTINUE SCA. NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE
IN COVERAGE AS DRIER AIR PUSHES IN FROM THE EAST BY TONIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    88  79  90  78  91  /  70  40  40  20  20
VICTORIA          83  75  89  75  90  /  90  50  40  20  20
LAREDO            95  78  93  77  93  /  60  50  40  30  20
ALICE             93  78  93  76  93  /  70  40  40  20  20
ROCKPORT          84  82  89  80  90  /  90  40  30  20  20
COTULLA           94  75  92  75  93  /  70  60  50  30  20
KINGSVILLE        92  79  92  78  91  /  70  40  40  20  20
NAVY CORPUS       87  81  89  80  88  /  70  40  30  20  20

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...REFUGIO...
     VICTORIA.

     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ARANSAS...CALHOUN...KLEBERG...NUECES...
     REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: KLEBERG...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: 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.

&&

TMT/89...AVIATION
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:32 AM CDT, 9 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
532 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

TXZ229>234-239>247-181100-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
532 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE
COUNTIES ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...REFUGIO AND VICTORIA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
COUNTIES OF SAN PATRICIO...NUECES AND KLEBERG.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL LOCATIONS
THROUGH MIDNIGHT...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF KLEBERG...NUECES...
SAN PATRICIO...ARANSAS...REFUGIO AND CALHOUN FOR TIDE LEVELS
RUNNING 2 TO 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL DURING HIGH TIDE.

THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING
BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED BRIEF HEAT INDEX READING AROUND 106 DEGREES WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER INLAND PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND THIS AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING
MAINLY IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED ALTHOUGH A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD TOUCHDOWN IS POSSIBLE
MAINLY OVER VICTORIA AND CALHOUN COUNTIES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF-FACING BEACHES
THURSDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED ON
THURSDAY.  ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...ANY INLAND OR
COASTAL FLOODING REPORTS...ALONG WITH FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS SHOULD
BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-181100-
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-
532 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS THROUGH
TONIGHT...AND FOR THE BAYS AND WATERWAYS PORT ARANSAS TO PORT
O'CONNOR THROUGH LATE MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE BAYS AND GULF WATERS TODAY.
ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS AT TIMES IN EXCESS OF 30 KNOTS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE WATERSPOUTS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED ON
THURSDAY.  ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...ANY MARINE
REPORTS CONCERNING WATERSPOUTS OR STRONG WIND GUSTS RELAYED TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI WILL BE APPRECIATED.

GW/MB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:36 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:45 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
245 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0156 PM     HEAVY RAIN       9 ESE VICTORIA          28.77N 96.85W
06/17/2015  7.73 INCH        VICTORIA           TX   COCORAHS

            FIELDS UNDERWATER AND ROADS PARTIALLY COVERED.

0244 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CORPUS CHRISTI          27.71N 97.29W
06/17/2015                   NUECES             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STREETS FLOODED AT BAY DRIVE AND YORKTOWN AS WELL AS
            FREDS FOLLY AND SLOUGH ROAD.

&&

IBLAYLOC
Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:48 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
248 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0247 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ARANSAS PASS            27.89N 97.14W
06/17/2015                   SAN PATRICIO       TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STREET FLOODING AT BUSINESS TX 35 AND MOORE. THESE TWO
            ROADS ARE STILL PASSABLE AS THIS TIME.

&&

IBLAYLOC
Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:53 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
253 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0253 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CORPUS CHRISTI          27.71N 97.29W
06/17/2015                   NUECES             TX   PUBLIC

            INTERSECTION OF RODD FIELD AND WILLIAMS FLOODED.

&&

IBLAYLOC
Local storm report, Jun 17, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
302 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0302 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ROCKPORT                28.04N 97.05W
06/17/2015                   ARANSAS            TX   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL VEHICLES STRANDED NEAR STADIUM DRIVE AND SONNY
            WATKINS DRIVE.

&&

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP114 min
Jun 16, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jun 16, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP60 min
Jun 17, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP111 min
Jun 17, 1:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells66 min
Jun 17, 2:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jun 17, 3:10 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio12 hr
Jun 17, 3:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPCalhoun, Victoria116 min
Jun 17, 4:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria3 hr
Jun 17, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP88 min
Jun 17, 6:12 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jun 17, 8:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP94 min
Jun 17, 9:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPVictoria56 min
Jun 17, 9:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP67 min
Jun 17, 10:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria87 min
Jun 17, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPRefugio31 min
Jun 17, 10:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP62 min
Jun 17, 11:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria86 min
Jun 17, 11:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria62 min
Jun 17, 11:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP65 min
Jun 17, 11:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Refugio3 hr
Jun 17, 12:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPNueces33 min
Jun 17, 12:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP40 min
Jun 17, 12:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio3 hr
Jun 17, 12:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria116 min
Jun 17, 12:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP42 min
Jun 17, 1:39 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas36 min
Jun 17, 1:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun3 hr
Jun 17, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP49 min
Jun 17, 2:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad3 hr
Jun 17, 2:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria3 hr
Jun 17, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPBee27 min
Jun 17, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb38 min
Jun 17, 3:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, San Patricio3 hr
Jun 17, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, Refugio37 min
Jun 17, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPSan Patricio31 min
Jun 17, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells33 min
Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg47 min
Jun 17, 5:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPVictoria50 hr
Jun 17, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval27 min
Jun 17, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPMcMullen49 min
Jun 17, 5:18 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCRPJim Wells3 hr
Jun 17, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Nueces41 min
Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg32 min
Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Webb43 min
Jun 17, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Nueces20 min

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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.