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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 12, 2017Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2017, 2:47 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 14, 2017, 6:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2017, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2017, 6:45 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2017, 9:17 PM CDT
In force: 3 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 19:46 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 22.40 ft at Apr 15, 2017, 1:00 PM 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 Apr 12, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 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
Apr 11, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		61 min
Apr 11, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	53 min
Apr 11, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	34 min
Apr 11, 8:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	82 min
Apr 11, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	31 min
Apr 11, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		54 min
Apr 11, 9:32 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		5 hr
Apr 11, 9:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	25 hr
Apr 12, 8:57 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2017 Every river flood warning in 2017

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.