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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

December 6, 20189 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood watch at Dec 6, 2018, 3:38 AM CST for 9 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 7, 2018, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 6, 2018, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 7, 2018, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 8, 2018, 3:04 AM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Goliad County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Dec 5, 3:18 PM CST, 12 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 3:18 PM CST, 12 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 9:20 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningCRPVictoria7 days
Dec 6, 9:20 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Refugio, Victoria11 days
Dec 6, 9:23 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria4 days
Dec 6, 10:26 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningCRPLive Oak24 hr
Dec 6, 10:30 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningCRPLive Oak5 days
Dec 6, 10:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningCRPMcMullen5 days
Dec 6, 10:38 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningCRPBee3 days
Dec 6, 10:41 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningCRPRefugio5 days

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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.