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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 9, 2018Refugio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Nov 9, 2018, 2:02 PM CST for Refugio County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 10, 2018, 6:45 AM CST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 9, 2018, 2:02 PM CST (20:02 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 10, 2018, 6:45 AM CST
Expired: Nov 11, 2018, 2:15 AM CST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Refugio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mission River at Refugio (REFT2). The gauge peaked at 19.80 ft at Nov 11, 2018, 1:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08189500, 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 Nov 9, 12:06 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 12:06 PM CST, 1 hour 56 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
Nov 8, 8:38 PM CST	Gale Warning	CRP		36 hr
Nov 9, 1:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Goliad	44 min
Nov 9, 8:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	5 days
Nov 9, 1:41 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		64 min

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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.