Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1020 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002

TSRAS BEGINNING TO ENTER FAR NW CWA IN RESPONSE TO SHORTWAVE
TREKKING NE. ISOLATED SHRAS DVLPG AND MOVG ALONG LOW LEV SLY
INFLOW. CRP AND BRO 12Z SOUNDINGS INDICATE A MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS IS IN PLACE. MSAS ANALYSIS ALSO INDICATES SFC CONV/THETA E
RIDGING/LIFT ARE ALL IN PLACE ACROSS THE CWA. EXPECT TSRAS TO
INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CURRENT FCST HAS
GOOD HANDLE ON EVOLVING WX SCENARIO AND WILL NOT BE MAKING ANY
CHANGES ATTM.

MARINE...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA.  EXPECT SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE ZONES THIS
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN OUT OF THE EAST AT 10 TO 15
KNOTS...WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN AND AROUND THE THUNDERSTORMS. SEAS WILL
RUN 3 TO 5 FEET. NO CHANGES NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

.CRP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT TXZ229>234-239>247.

TE...81
CW...78

TXZ229>234-239>247-251100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
615 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE OVER THE COUNTIES OF
LASALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE...GOLIAD...AND VICTORIA. THE
MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
IS POSSIBLE DURING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO GENERATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
MONDAY.

WC