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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 18, 2016Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at May 18, 2016, 8:56 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas. It took effect at May 19, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 38 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2016, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
In effect from: May 19, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 27, 2016, 9:05 AM CDT
In force: 38 days
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

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

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Guadalupe River near Bloomington (DUPT2). The gauge peaked at 26.78 ft at May 24, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08177520, 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 May 18, 6:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 6:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 4:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 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
May 17, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Webb	65 min
May 17, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	34 min
May 17, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Webb	36 min
May 17, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	31 min
May 18, 1:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	28 min
May 18, 2:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	39 min
May 18, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	45 min
May 18, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	38 min
May 18, 3:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	La Salle	51 min
May 18, 4:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	30 min
May 18, 11:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Zapata	49 min
May 18, 2:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

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.