Texas, 2003Flood in Texas, October 15, 2003
October 15, 2003 · NWS CRP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 Oct 15, 1:15 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 1:15 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
215 PM CDT WED OCT 15 2003
ONLY REAL CONCERN IN THE SHORT-TERM IS POSSIBLE FOG. COULD SEE SOME
PATCHY LIGHT FOG TOWARD MORNING TONIGHT...GIVEN THE LIGHT WINDS...
FEW CLOUDS AND RAIN-WET GROUND IN SOME LOCATIONS. FOG WILL BE A
BIGGER PROBLEM TOMORROW NIGHT. GETTING SOME MOISTURE RETURN AS
WINDS BECOME MORE FROM THE EAST/ONSHORE BUT DO EXPECT WINDS TO BACK
A BIT OVERNIGHT. ONSHORE FLOW RESUMES ON THURSDAY...THAT IS WHY FOG
MAY BE A BIT MORE OF A PROBLEM TOMORROW NIGHT. WINDS AND WAVES ARE
STARTING TO COME DOWN SO FEEL SCEC WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TONIGHT.
OVERALL...FAIRLY NICE DAY TOMORROW WITH ONE MORE COOL NIGHT. NO
PRECIP EXPECTED AS MOISTURE LEVELS REMAIN RELATIVELY LOW.
LONG-TERM (FRI THROUGH WED)...NEXT FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON FRIDAY IN
PIECES AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
EXPECT DRIER AIR AND CLEARING SKIES TO HELP WARM TEMPS AHEAD OF THE
MAIN PUSH OF COOLER/DRIER AIR EXPECTED FRI EVENING. ETA TOO WEAK
WITH THE FRONT AND LIKE THE GFS. SCEC NEEDED FRI NIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY...BUT VERY LIGHT WINDS WILL SET UP INLAND SAT-MON. WEATHER
LOOKS GREAT WITH A CONTINUED NWLY FLOW ALOFT KEEPING ATMOSPHERE DRY
AND STABLE. RETURN FLOW SHOULD SET UP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PROBABLY
PRODUCE A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF FOG SUN NIGHT AND MON MORNING. TOO FAR
OUT TO INCLUDE IN PUBLIC FORECASTS NOW. UPPER PATTERN
AMPLIFIES...WITH RIDGE IN THE WEST AND TROF OVER THE EAST. GLOBAL
MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT IN ANOTHER FRONT ON TUESDAY. WILL KEEP
FORECAST DRY FOR THIS FROPA AS WELL AS TEMPS COOL DOWN AGAIN WED.
CRP BB 064/084 067/084 062 00-0-
VCT BB 059/084 064/084 055 0000-
LRD BB 063/086 067/085 058 00-00
.CRP...NONE.
86/GW...SHORT-TERM
92/TR...LONG-TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 15, 5:00 AM CST, 11 hours 30 minutes before
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-161100-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
600 AM CDT WED OCT 15 2003
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS WILL
RESULT IN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT GULF
WATERS ON FRIDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH FRONT.
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND
THE FRONT LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY
BE REQUIRED DURING THAT TIME. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS ON TUESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
JR/AP
Flood, Live Oak
- When
- October 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Live Oak forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 28.351, -98.125 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall over South Texas on the 11th and 12th and releases from Choke Canyon Lake led to river flooding. The Nueces River at Three Rivers rose above flood stage on the 12th, crested at 26.98 feet on the 15th, and fell below flood stage on the 16th. The river again rose above flood stage on the 17th, crested at 39.51 feet on the 19th, and fell below flood stage on the 25th. (flood stage 25 feet)
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- High Wind in New York, October 15, 2003$3.0 million · 65 kt wind · 16 events
- High Wind in New York, October 15, 20031 injured · $1.0 million · 60 kt wind · 18 events
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, October 15, 20031 injured · $500,000 · 21 events
- High Wind in Massachusetts, October 15, 20033 injured · $250,000 · 55 kt wind · 12 events
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, October 15, 2003$700,000 · 60 kt wind · 7 events
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, October 15, 2003$400,000 · 10 events
- Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, October 15, 2003$300,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in New York, October 15, 2003$110,000 · 62 kt wind · 12 events
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, October 15, 2003$100,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in New York, October 15, 2003$100,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in New York, October 15, 2003$50,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
- Strong Wind in Virginia, October 15, 2003$44,000 · 5 events
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: 5371311.