1 flood, 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 Oct 16, 2:45 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 345 AM CDT THU OCT 16 2003 SHORT TERM (TODAY THRU FRIDAY)...MOISTURE GRADUALLY RETURNING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN CWA AND ESP INTO DEEP S TX. EARLY THIS A.M. MSAS REVEALS COASTAL/INVERTED TROF POSITIONED OFF LOWER TX COAST INTO CRPS SRN OFFSHORE WATERS. WEAK MOISTURE CONVERGENCE COMBINED WITH MOISTURE RETURN IS RESULTING IN A FEW SHOWERS FROM ERN KENNEDY COUNTY INTO CRP OFFSHORE WATERS. ETA AND GFS BOTH INDICATE TROF WEAKENING TODAY AND MOVING SOUTH WITH LLVL FLOW ACROSS S TX AND WATERS BECOMING SOUTHEAST BY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER ETA IS FASTER THAN GFS WITH DOING THIS. FEEL WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ISOL RWS OVER OUR SRN COASTAL WATERS DURING THE MORNING WITH A FEW CROSSING PADRE ISLAND INTO BAFFIN BAY AND THE LAGUNA MADRE BEFORE DISSIPATING. P/C DAY IN STORE WITH TEMPS IN THE MID 80S INLAND TO LOWER 80S COAST. SHALLOW MOISTURE IN PLACE TONIGHT COMBINED WITH LIGHT SFC WINDS AND VERY WEAK SW FLOW OFF THE DECK WILL PROMOTE FOG DEVELOPMENT. SHOULD SEE AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF S TX TONIGHT...MORE PATCHY FAR WEST. NEXT COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH N-CNTRL TX OVERNIGHT. THIS FRONT SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO LAST FRONT ON TUES IN THAT WE WILL SEE WINDS SWING TO THE N FRI MORNING ACROSS S TX WITH PRE-FRNTL TROF. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO RGN DURING THE DAY ALONG WITH CLEARING AND WE SHOULD SEE WARM TEMPS. HOWEVER WILL NOT GO NEAR THE MET WHICH IS FORECASTING TEMPS 90-95... RATHER A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN WHAT THE MAV IS INDICATING. MAIN PUSH WILL ARRIVE LATE FRI AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. WITH REGARDS TO PRECIP CHANCES...INITIALLY MOISTURE LOOKS DESCENT ACROSS SRN CWA THU NIGHT...BUT GETS SHOVED SOUTH FRI MORNING. DO NOT FEEL THERE WILL BE ENOUGH CONVERGENCE OR MOISTURE BY TIME MAIN PUSH ARRIVES TO WARRANT MENTION OF PRECIP IN ZFP ATTM. MAY SEE AND ISOL RW OR TWO WHEN FRONT REACHES SOUTHERN COASTAL WATERS. LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...AS WAS THE CASE WITH THE LAST FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA...EXPECT SURGE OF COOL AIR TO MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET FRIDAY EVENING. MODELS INDICATE LESS COLD AIR ADVECTION DURING THIS CYCLE WITH H850 TEMPERATURES ARE PROGGED TO DROP ONLY TO AROUND +15 ...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S SATURDAY MORNING. WILL CONTINUE DRY FORECAST THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK AS BROAD RIDGE PATTERN EVOLVES OVER THE ROCKIES AND CENTRAL U.S. MRF PROGS REINFORCING COLD FRONT INTO SOUTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE SHOULD BE BETTER COLD ADEVCTION WITH THIS FRONT ALTHOUGH APPEARS BRUNT OF COLD AIR WILL STAY NORTHEAST OF AREA. FOR MARINE...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED OVER THE GULF WHICH MAY ALLOW TO SEAS BRIEFLY APPROACH SCA CRITERIA. WILL KEEP MAXIMUM WAVES NEAR 6 FEET FOR NOW. CRP BB 084/070 084/062 078 00-00 VCT BB 084/067 084/055 079 00-00 LRD BB 086/068 085/058 081 00-00 .CRP...NONE. JR/76...SHORT-TERM AP/72...LONG-TERM
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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall over South Texas on the 11th and 12th led to river flooding.The Nueces River 11 miles south of Tilden rose above flood stage on the 14th, crested at 23.18 feet on the 16th, and fell below flood stage on the 29th. (flood stage 14 feet)
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, October 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: 5371310.