1 tornado, 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 4, 8:25 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 925 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 2003 TONIGHT S TX WILL REMAIN IN AREA OF UPR LVL DIVERGENCE BETWEEN LOW WEST AND RIDGE TO SOUTH. MODELS ALSO SHOWING GOOD Q-V CONVERGENCE OVER WRN HALF OF CWA AFTER 06Z. WEAK UPR LVL SPEED MAX ALSO CURRENTLY WORKING EAST JUST NORTH OF LRD. PLENTY OF MOISTURE AS 00Z SOUNDINGS INDICATE 2.3 AT CRP AND BRO AND 1.9 AT DRT WITH MOIST- ADIABATIC PROFILE. WHILE ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED OVER CWA...WITH EXCEPTION OF A FEW SHOWERS CURRENTLY ALONG THE COASTAL BEND AND OFFSHORE WATERS...AM EXPECTING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WILL ALSO KEEP CLOSE EYE ON CONVECTION CURRENTLY ENTERING BRO CWA WORKING NORTH TOWARDS SOUTHERN WEBB. WINDS OFFSHORE SHOULD COME UP TO AROUND 15 KNOTS...ALREADY 14 KNOTS AT BOY020. MSAS ANALYSIS SHOWING GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE OVER JUST OFFSHORE OF PORT OCONNOR...WHICH MAY BE AIDING IN ONGOING SHOWERS THIS EVENING. SPEED CONVERGENCE MAY SET UP A LITTLE FURTHER WEST TONIGHT. NO CHANGES PLANNED TO FORECAST FOR TONIGHT...WILL MAINTAIN 50 POPS OVER ALL ZONES WITH FURTHER ACTIVITY EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. WILL MAKE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO GRIDS FOR TOMORROW...INCREASING THEM IN THE MORNING THEN TAPERING THEM LOWER IN THE AFTERNOON AS ACTIVITY SHIFTS NORTH. THREE DAY STORM TOTAL PRECIP INDICATES WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER DUVAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED SPOTS OF 6 TO 8 WEST OF BENAVIDES. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THESE AREAS LATER TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING FOR FLOODING AS 1 HR FFG HAS DROPPED TO NEAR 1 INCH FROM RFC. .CRP...NONE. 76/JR 91/JD
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
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:12 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado began as a Waterspout on the Gulf of Mexico side of Mustang Island. It crossed the island 11 miles Southwest of Port Aransas along Highway 361 as a tornado moving North. It then dissipated over the island. No damage was reported on land or water.
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