Flash Flood, Bee
- When
- July 16, 11:45 AM CST to 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bee County, 9 mi SE of Skidmore
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.417, -97.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Silver Creek over C.R. 536 east of Papolote.
Flash Flood in Texas, July 16, 2003
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 16, 9:00 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 9:00 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1000 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2003
GIVEN THE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT...2 INCH PWATS...DECENT SFC MOISTURE
CONV ALONG E CWA AS WELL AS THETA-E RIDGING AND A TROF DRAPED ALONG
THE COAST...RADAR SHOWING TRAINING OVR PORTIONS OF E CWA AND
ESPECIALLY OVR HOUS AREA THAT AM EXPECTING TO SHIFT WRD AS REMNANTS
OF CLAUDETTE SHIFT OVR MEX AND UPPER RIDGE BLDS S...WILL POST A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NE PORTIONS OF CWA GENERALLY NE OF A LINE FROM
PORTLAND TO GEORGE WEST. THIS AREA SEEMS THE MOST LIKELY TO GET
HEAVY RAIN TODAY AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM CLAUDETTE. ONE
HOUR FFG FOR THESE AREAS ARE IN THE .7 TO .9 INCH RANGE. NUECES ALSO
COULD SEE SOME +RA TODAY...BUT FFG VALUES ARE HIGHER AND DID NOT GET
MUCH RAIN YESTERDAY. MAY SEE SOME BRIEF LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN
NUECES. WILL ONLY GO TIL THIS AFTERNOON FOR NOW...BUT WILL
RE-EVALUATE THE SITUATION WITH THE LATEST RUNS.
AS FOR THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...TIDES AT BOBHALL PIER AND
ROCKPORT ARE SHOWING TIDES APPROX. 1.5 FEET ABV NORM...WHICH
TYPICALLY ARE NOT A MAJOR PROBLEM. WE ARE HEADED TOWARD A HIGH TIDE
THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER OVERALL TIDAL LEVELS ARE TRENDING BACK TO
NORMAL LEVS. WILL LET CFW EXPIRE AT 10 AM AND ISSUE A MWS FOR MINOR
TIDAL OVERFLOW.
FCSTD POPS/TEMPS/WINDS LOOK REASONABLE AND WILL NOT MAKE ANY MAJOR
CHANGES ATTM.
CRP TB 088/075 090/072 091 54423
VCT TB 088/074 091/072 093 54423
LRD TB 090/076 093/075 095 64423
.CRP...SCA GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275
FFA TXZ244-245-246-247-231-232-233-234.
81Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 5:00 AM CST, 6 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-171100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 600 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CLAUDETTE HAS MOVED NORTHWEST OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND OVER THE UNITED STATES/MEXICAN BORDER. HOWEVER...HIGH SEAS AND WIND WILL MAINTAIN COASTAL FLOODING. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT BETWEEN BAFFIN BAY AND PORT OCONNOR. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY FLASH FLOODING THAT OCCURS WILL BE ISOLATED. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY TONIGHT...AS THE WIND SPEEDS DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE ACTIVITY IS ANTICIPATED. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. WC/BB
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, July 16 to 24, 2003
- Wildfire in Montana, July 16 to 27, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 16, 2003
- Wildfire in Washington, July 16, 2003
- Flood in Alaska, July 16 to 17, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Texas, July 16, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Texas, July 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 16, 2003
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Texas, July 16 to 17, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, July 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 16, 2003
More
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2003
Sources
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: 5369508.