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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 3, 2019Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at May 3, 2019, 8:19 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas. It took effect at May 6, 2019, 11:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2019, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
In effect from: May 6, 2019, 11:24 AM CDT
Expired: May 21, 2019, 8:20 AM CDT
In force: 15 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 01:21 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 25.23 ft at May 8, 2019, 11:00 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 May 3, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 4:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 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 3, 9:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	39 min
May 3, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak, Victoria	52 min
May 3, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen	53 min
May 3, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Live Oak, Refugio, Victoria	49 min
May 3, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen	48 min
May 3, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	44 min
May 3, 11:05 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		85 min
May 3, 11:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Calhoun	39 min
May 3, 11:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	41 min
May 4, 12:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	47 min
May 4, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		26 min
May 4, 12:37 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		38 min
May 4, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		32 min
May 4, 3:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	35 min
May 4, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Live Oak, McMullen	33 min

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.