1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 1:05 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 205 PM CDT SAT AUG 3 2002 UPPER HEIGHTS ARE PROGD TO BEGIN LOWERING TONIGHT OVER THE CWFA... AS THE UPPER TROUGH/ASSOCIATED MSTR APPROACHES THE CWFA FROM THE EAST. EXPECT THE LOWER HEIGHTS/MSTR TO CONTRIBUTE TO ISOLD CONVECTION SUN. EXPECT THIS TROUGH/LOW TO BE IN THE MOST FAVORABLE PSN (FOR CONVECTION OVER THE CWFA) MON-TUE...THUS WL FCST A CHANCE OF ACTIVITY THEN. THE AVN PROGS THE SFC LOW...CURRENTLY OVER THE ERN GULF...TO MEANDER THEN ENTER THE WESTERN GULF BY THU. NOT YET CONFIDENT IN THIS SCENARIO. WL SIMPLY FCST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION WED-SAT. MARINE...LOW PRES TROF OVR CENT GULF IS PRODUCING CONVECTION OVR NW GULF. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT N...WHILE THE CONVECTION THAT IS MOVG W...IS EXPECTED TO FIZZLE AS IT NEARS MID TX COASTAL WATERS...WHERE SFC HIGH/DIV SFC WINDS RESIDE. ALTHOUGH...RESIDUAL ISOL MAY MAKE IT INTO MARINE ZONES TONIGHT. A WEAK PRES GRAD WILL CONT TONIGHT WITH WINDS BECMG LGT AND VRB THRU SUN MORN...BEFORE SEABREEZE CLOCKS THE WEAK FLOW AROUND TO THE E BY AFTERNOON. A WEAK GRADIENT WILL CONT THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE AVN BRINGS A SFC LOW ACROSS THE GULF FROM THE FL PANHANDLE SWWRD TWD BRO...RESULTING IN A WK OFFSHORE FLOW ON THU. MOISTURE/2 INCH PWATS ADVECT CLOSER TO COASTAL WATERS ON SUN. THEREFORE...WILL GO SCT OFFSHORE ON SUN WITH ISOL/SCT THROUGH THE REMAINING PERIOD AS WAVES OF MOISTURE MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. CRP BB 074/094 075/093 076 87020 VCT BB 075/093 075/093 076 87020 LRD BB 077/097 077/095 078 87001 .CRP...NONE. 87 (SYNOPTIC) 81 (MARINE)
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter reported large limbs and Power lines down.
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