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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2015, 3:03 AM CDT for Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2015, 3:03 AM CDT (08:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2015, 4:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Aransas County, TX, Refugio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Copano Creek near Refugio (RCCT2). The gauge peaked at 12.32 ft at Jun 18, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 5 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 17 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08189200, 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 18, 12:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:32 AM CDT, 21 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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 7:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 18 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 114 min | |
| Jun 17, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 7 days |
| Jun 17, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 31 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 11:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Victoria | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun | 112 min |
| Jun 18, 3:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio | 7 days |
| Jun 18, 3:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:39 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 18 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Nueces | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 12:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.