Strong wind gusts between 50 and 60 mph associated with Tropical Storm Erika produced minor wind damage over South Padre Island and Brownsville. At South Padre Island a business suffered roof damage as steel roofing material was peeled off by the wind.
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Strong wind gusts between 50 and 60 mph associated with Tropical Storm Erika produced minor wind damage over South Padre Island and Brownsville. At South Padre Island a business suffered roof damage as steel roofing material was peeled off by the wind. In Brownsville one large tree was uprooted and several small to medium size trees suffered limb damage.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 7:20 PM CST, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 820 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2003 ONLY A COUPLE OF LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE DEEP SOUTH TEXAS REGION THIS EVENING...SUGGESTING THAT CONDITIONS ARE JUST A TAD DRIER THAN LAST NIGHT. TOMORROW WILL BASICALLY BE A COPY OF TODAY EXCEPT PERHAPS A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER. AVN BACKED OFF ON PRECIPITATION FORECAST FROM LAST NIGHT...APPARENTLY OVERDOING THE MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE EPISODE. ACCORDINGLY....WILL NOT GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT THE RETURN OF 25 POPS IN THE AVN MODEL OUTPUT STATS FOR TUESDAY. THIS PAST MORNING WAS THE SECOND IN A ROW FOR FOG IN THE REGION...ALTHOUGH IT WAS PATCHIER AND LARGELY CONFINED TO A TWO-HOUR TIME FRAME. IT IS NOW WELL OVER 48 HOURS SINCE THE WIDESPREAD RAINS OF ERIKA OCCURRED...WHICH SHOULD CUT THE FOG CHANCES TO A MINIMUM ON THIS AUGUST NIGHT...ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OFF THE GULF. AVN MOS SAYS WINDS WILL STAY AT 4 KTS OR HIGHER...WILL LEAVE FOG MENTION OUT. NO UPDATE NEEDED. .MARINE...AT 7 PM BUOY 020 REPORTED SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 KNOTS AND SEAS AT 1 FOOT 5 SECONDS. A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL MAINTAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE MARINE AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS WEEK. A FEW SHOWERS MAY MOVE ACROSS THE MARINE AREAS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE REGIONAL AIRPORTS THIS EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REGIONAL AERODROMES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A SURFACE RIDGE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE CWA MOST OF THIS WEEK. SYNOPTIC-GRIDS...69 MARINE-AVIATION...63 MESO...CAMPBELL .BRO...NONE. THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO
TXZ248>257-191000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 530 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY AS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE PERSISTS OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE AFTERNOON HEATING AND ASSOCIATED SEABREEZE FRONT INTERACTS WITH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SPEECE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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