1 funnel cloud, 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 Jul 1, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 245 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003 SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...WEAK SEABREEZE CONVERGENCE...DIFFERENTIAL HEATING...AND AN UNCAPPED AIRMASS HAVE RESULTED IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF COASTAL BEND. ACTIVITY MAINLY DIURNAL IN NATURE...BUT WITH SUBTROPICAL PLUME BUILDING OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS WILL LIKELY HAVE LOW POPS THROUGH THE NIGHT. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL UPPER PATTERN WITH MEAN TROUGHING EVIDENT ACROSS SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH WELL SUSTAINED ANTICYCLONES OVER THE SW U.S. AND NORTHERN GULF. WEAK BOUNDARY LAYER WIND REGIME WILL ALLOW FOR SEABREEZE DEVELOPMENT. ETA AND GFS MAINTAINING PWATS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WITH AMOUNTS APPROACHING 2 INCHES OVER WESTERN PARTS OF FA. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN MORNING DRT SOUNDING AND PERSISTENT PLUME OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE. H8-H3 THICKNESS DIFFLUENCE SUPPORT HEAVY RAIN POTENITAL OVER EASTERN AREAS. FOR MARINE...OTHER THAN LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING CONVECTION... NO SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS. LONG-TERM (THU THRU TUE)...MODELS HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT AND IN AGREEMENT WITH THE LONG TERM SOLUTION PAST COUPLE DAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. THE WEAK UPR TROF/SHEAR AXIS WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTH TEXAS THRU SATURDAY WITH NEAR 2 PWATS RESIDING ALONG THE COAST AND INLAND SOUTH TEXAS. LOW AND MID LVL WIND FIELDS WILL BE QUITE WEAK...THUS THE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. BY SATURDAY LOW LVL WIND FIELDS INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE NRN PLAINS AND AN AMPLIFYING RIDGE ACROSS THE GULF. MODELS ALL BRING AN INVERTED TROF INTO SOUTH TEXAS SATURDAY AND MOVE THE FEATURE SLOWLY BENEITH THE BROADING UPR RIDGE ACROSS THE SRN CONUS. EXPECT GOOD CHC OF RAIN THIS WEEKEND...WITH CHC POPS CONTINUING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL TREND TEMPS NEAR NORMAL THRU THE MID TERM WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPS THIS WEEKEND. PRELIM NUMBERS... CRP EE 075/093 077/094 076 23232 VCT EE 074/094 075/093 075 24232 LRD EE 077/097 077/097 077 23232 .CRP...NONE. AP...72 (SHORT TERM) JM...75 (LONG TERM)
TXZ229>234-239>247-021100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 600 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND WITH MORE NUMEROUS ACTIVITY FURTHER EAST OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WEAK WIND FIELD ALOFT THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY TROPICAL DOWNPOURS. IN ADDITION...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO COMBINED WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JR/TE
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Local police reported seeing several funnel clouds near Highway 359 between Tynan and Skidmore.
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, July 2003
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