Refugio, Texas

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a

* Flood Warning for
the mission river at Refugio.
* Until late Sunday night... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 8 PM Saturday the stage was 23.1 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 23.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 23.8 feet by
tomorrow morning. The river will fall below flood stage tomorrow
late morning.
* Flood history... this crest compares to a previous crest of 25.2 feet
on Mar 20 1997.

* At 23.0 feet minor lowland flooding occurs. The lowest areas of
the City Park and facilities... including the Pavillion building are
flooded. Much of park is also flooded.



Below are the latest river stages and stage forecasts:


                      fld latest forecast 6 am lst
location stg stg day time sun Mon Tue Wed Thu

Mission river
Refugio 23 23.1 Sat 8 PM 23.8 14.7 8.3 4.4 3.1

822 PM CST Sat Nov 21 2009

... Flood Warning extended until Sunday afternoon... the Flood Warning
continues for
the Copano Creek near Refugio.
* Until Sunday afternoon... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 8:01 PM Saturday the stage was 13.1 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and nonflood flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will hold steady near 13 feet and begin a slow
fall by Sunday afternoon.

* At 12.0 feet minor lowland flooding occurs.

... Dense fog advisory in effect until 8 am CST this morning...

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a dense
fog advisory... which is in effect until 8 am CST this morning.

Light winds... clear skies and wet ground will lead to widespread
dense fog this morning. Visibilities of 1/4 mile can be expected
in many locations across south Texas. The dense fog is expected to
rapidly dissipate shortly after sunrise.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A dense fog advisory means that fog has reduced visibilities to
one-quarter of a mile or less for 2 or more hours.

Motorists are urged to drive with extreme caution and use low
beam headlights. Slow down and allow plenty of extra time to
reach your destination.

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Corpus Christi...

a record rainfall of 2.45 inch(es) was set at Corpus Christi
yesterday. This breaks the old record of 1.2 set in 1931.

preliminary climate data for Corpus Christi International Airport
               Saturday November 21 2009


High temperature : 66
low temperature : 55
rainfall (inches) : T 2009 rainfall: 15.97 inches
highest wind gust : 25 mph
direction of gust : northwest


Normal and record temperatures for today...
       normal record year
high 73 89 1909
low 54 36 1937

Sunrise this morning : 656 am CST
sunset this evening : 535 PM CST

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Preliminary climate data for Victoria Regional Airport
               Saturday November 21 2009


High temperature : 64
low temperature : 54
rainfall (inches) : 0.08 2009 rainfall: 25.87 inches
highest wind gust : 22 mph
direction of gust : northeast


Normal and record temperatures for today...
       normal record year
high 71 88 1917
low 50 32 1945

Sunrise this morning : 657 am CST
sunset this evening : 531 PM CST


Notice to users! This is an experimental abbreviated climate
message. A full climate summary will be issued under the header
clicrp... WMO header cdus44 kcrp... by 700 am this morning.
Please address any comments on this product to John Metz
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