5 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 Feb 15, 2:50 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 250 AM CST SAT FEB 15 2003 SHORT-TERM (TODAY)...THE BEST DYNAMICS WL BE DURING THE FIRST PART OF TDA AS THE BROAD MID/UPR TROUGH CONTINUES TO ADVANCE EWD. CONVECTION WL BE AIDED BY A 100 KNOT JET EXITING TO OUR NORTHEAST. SVRL WK SFC BOUNDARIES WL EXIST ACROSS THE CWFA AS WELL...HELPING TO ORGANIZE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION. THE BOTTOMLINE IS POPS WL BE KEPT HIGH. THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE INDICATES SOME SMALL HAIL WL BE POSSIBLE WITH PERHAPS SOME GUSTY WINDS. HOWEVER...THINK THE SVR THREAT IS LOW AND WL LKLY REMOVE THIS FROM THE FIRST PD GIVEN THAT IT WL BE ISOLATED IF IT HAPPENS. WE SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN THE PCPN LATER THIS MORNING ACROSS THE FAR WEST AND THEN MOST AREAS WL SEE SOME LETUP BY NOON. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION WL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN LATE IN THE AFTN AHEAD OF THE COLD FNT. LAPSE RATES WL STILL BE STEEP WITH THE COLD TROUGH OVERHEAD AND STILL PLENTY OF RESIDUAL MOISTURE AROUND. WINDS WL BE ALL OVER THE PLACE TDA AND WL NOT BE ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THE CURRENT SCA FOR THE WATERS. WL DROP ALL FLAGS AND GO WITH MUCH WEAKER WINDS. TEMPS WL BE TRICKY BUT THINK MOST AREAS WL SEE MID/UPR 70S ONCE THE PCPN LETS UP LATER TDA. LONG-TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRI)...MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS DEPICT THERMODYNAMICALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE RESIDING OVER THE FA AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. FEEL MODEL QPF IS UNDER-DONE AND WILL INCR POPS TO LOW END CHC OVER THE EAST WHERE MOISTURE AND SFC CONVERGENCE ARE HIGHEST. DYNAMICAL FORCING IS WEAK BUT WILL ADD MENTION OF TS DUE TO VERY COLD MID LEVEL TEMPS. FRONT SHOULD PUSH THROUGH THE CWA BY MIDNIGHT...USHERING IN MUCH COOLER AIR. WILL CONFINE MENTION OF BREEZY TO THE COAST AND SCAS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE MWA. MAIN CHANGE THIS FORECAST FOR SUN THRU TUE WILL BE TO LOWER TEMPS ACROSS THE BOARD. GOOD COLD AIR ADVECTION CONTINUING ON SUN WILL HOLD MAX TEMPS IN THE 50S...WITH THE COLDEST NIGHT OCCURRING ON SUN NIGHT DUE TO EXCELLENT RADIATIONAL COOLING PARAMETERS. SCA WILL BE DROPPED FOR ALL MARINE ZONES BY LATE SUN. FOG WILL ONCE AGAIN RETURN BY WED AS SFC MOISTURE LAYER DEEPENS IN SELY FLOW AHEAD OF WEAK/DYING FRONTAL SYSTEM. WILL FCST SCEC OFFSHORE ON WED. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SLIGHT CHC OF SHRA THU DUE TO PROX OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY DESPITE RESERVATIONS. ECMWF/GFS DIFFER ON THE TIMING OF NEXT POWERFUL SHORTWAVE...WITH THE GFS BEING FASTER. WILL INSERT A SLGT CHC OF SHRA/TSRA FRI...AS CURRENT MODEL SOLNS SHOW DYNAMICS FOR SVR WX OVER MUCH OF OK/TX WITH THE CWA BEING ON THE TAIL END. CRP TB 076/044 057/038 064 630 VCT TB 075/041 054/035 063 730 LRD TB 079/046 060/040 068 5-0 .CRP...NONE. 80/MB..SHORT-TERM 92/TR..LONG-TERM
TXZ240>246-151500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 439 AM CST SAT FEB 15 2003 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 900 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ARANSAS...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO AND SAN PATRICIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE... ARANSAS PASS...BENAVIDES...CORPUS CHRISTI...INGLESIDE...KINGSVILLE... MATHIS...PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...REFUGIO...ROBSTOWN...ROCKPORT AND SINTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF A DIME OR LARGER...STRONG WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND EVEN TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN SEVERE WEATHER. MB
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:37 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines blown down on Highway 359 just north of FM 3376.
Power lines reported blown down by utility company along FM 624 and County Road 73.
Tree limbs blown down along State Highway 141.
Canopies from a business were blown down on Morgan and Brownley Streets.
Power lines reported down in Portland.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5341479, 5341481, 5341480, 5341482, 5341483.