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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
- 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...AVIATIONHazardous 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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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.
&&
IBLAYLOCLocal 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.
&&
IBLAYLOCLocal 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.
&&
IBLAYLOCLocal 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.
&&
IBLAYLOCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 114 min | |
| Jun 16, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Jun 16, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 60 min | |
| Jun 17, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 111 min | |
| Jun 17, 1:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Jim Wells | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Jun 17, 3:10 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 12 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Calhoun, Victoria | 116 min |
| Jun 17, 4:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 88 min | |
| Jun 17, 6:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Jun 17, 8:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 94 min | |
| Jun 17, 9:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Victoria | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 9:38 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 67 min | |
| Jun 17, 10:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 87 min |
| Jun 17, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Refugio | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 10:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 62 min | |
| Jun 17, 11:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Victoria | 86 min |
| Jun 17, 11:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 65 min | |
| Jun 17, 11:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Refugio | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Nueces | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 12:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 40 min | |
| Jun 17, 12:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 116 min |
| Jun 17, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 42 min | |
| Jun 17, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 1:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 49 min | |
| Jun 17, 2:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Bee | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 3:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | San Patricio | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Jim Wells | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Kleberg | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 5:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 50 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | McMullen | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 5:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 20 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.