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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 18, 2015Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

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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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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells3 hr
Jun 17, 7:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces3 hr
Jun 17, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg45 min
Jun 17, 7:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPBee18 hr
Jun 17, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP114 min
Jun 17, 8:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio7 days
Jun 17, 8:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPJim Wells31 hr
Jun 17, 10:11 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Nueces6 hr
Jun 17, 10:24 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningCRPKleberg3 hr
Jun 17, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval50 min
Jun 17, 11:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLa Salle, Webb3 hr
Jun 18, 1:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPVictoria2 hr
Jun 18, 2:38 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun112 min
Jun 18, 3:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio7 days
Jun 18, 3:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more19 hr
Jun 18, 3:39 AM CDTRip Current StatementCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces18 hr
Jun 18, 11:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPNueces62 min
Jun 18, 12:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells2 hr
Jun 18, 1:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPKleberg3 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.