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River Flood Warning 71, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 30, 20154 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 30, 2015, 2:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 3, 2015, 10:43 AM CST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 30, 2015, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 3, 2015, 10:43 AM CST
Expired: Nov 4, 2015, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Calhoun County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point San Antonio River at Goliad (GLIT2).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08188500, 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 Oct 30, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 6:00 AM CDT, 8 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
600 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

TXZ229>234-239>247-311100-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
600 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN SOUTH TEXAS COUNTIES OF LASALLE...
MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE...GOLIAD AND VICTORIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS PRIMARILY
THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH TEXAS ON SATURDAY MORNING. BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-311100-
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-
600 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY MORNING.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 11:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 6:55 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more	11 hr
Oct 30, 9:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	7 days
Oct 30, 10:23 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		82 min
Oct 30, 11:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	27 min
Oct 30, 12:40 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		65 min
Oct 30, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		85 min
Oct 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	11 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.