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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 10, 2018Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 10, 2018, 9:18 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 10, 2018, 9:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 10, 2018, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 10, 2018, 9:48 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 11, 2018, 10:10 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
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 14:21 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 20.06 ft at Oct 11, 2018, 4:00 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 Oct 10, 6:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 6:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 10, 5:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 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 9, 7:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Victoria	2 hr
Oct 9, 8:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio	117 min
Oct 9, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	54 min
Oct 9, 9:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	3 hr
Oct 9, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	59 min
Oct 9, 10:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg	114 min
Oct 9, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	60 min
Oct 10, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		44 min
Oct 10, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		60 min
Oct 10, 10:20 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	14 hr
Oct 10, 10:20 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	5 days

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.