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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 6, 2023Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2023, 9:02 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 8, 2023, 5:33 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2023, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 8, 2023, 5:33 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 27, 2023, 9:02 PM CDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Guadalupe River at Victoria (VICT2). The gauge peaked at 22.84 ft at Apr 10, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 29.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08176500, 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 6, 5:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 5:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 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 6, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	45 min
Apr 6, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	39 min
Apr 6, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee	52 min
Apr 6, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	36 min
Apr 6, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Refugio	37 min
Apr 6, 10:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Nueces	115 min
Apr 7, 12:39 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		9 hr
Apr 7, 3:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	3 hr
Apr 7, 3:25 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		11 hr

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.