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 23, 1:35 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 235 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2003 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...THE CURRENT TRENDS INDICATE THAT ANY FOG THAT DEVELOPS THIS MORNING WL NOT BE AS THICK OR AS WIDESPREAD AS YDAS FOG. THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE SFC DEWPOINTS WHICH ARE SVRL DEGS DRIER THAN THEY WERE 24 HOURS AGO. LOW LVL WLY WINDS WL BOOST TEMPS WELL INTO THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 FOR MANY INLAND LOCATIONS TDA. A WK SEABREEZE WL LKLY DEVELOP LATE TDA BUT WL NOT TRAVEL FAR INLAND. EXPECT FOG AGAIN TNT DUE TO LIGHT BOUNDARY LYR WINDS AND HIGHER SFC MOISTURE ADVECTING INLAND DUE TO WINDS BEING MORE SOUTHERLY. STILL VERY DRY JUST ABV THE BOUNDARY LYR. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST BOUNDARY LYR WINDS WL SLOWLY INCREASE ON FRI AHEAD OF THE NEXT FNT. ANOTHER WARM DAY IS EXPECTED ON FRI WITH ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER READINGS ACROSS THE EASTERN AREAS. WL ALSO SEE SOME CUMULUS AND JET LVL CIRRUS ON FRI AS OPPOSED TO TDA WHERE SUNNY CONDITIONS WL BE THE RULE. WINDS WL INCREASE SLIGHTLY THROUGH FRI OVER THE WATERS BUT REMAIN GENERALLY BELOW 15 KT WITH SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .LONG-TERM (FRI NIGHT THRU WED)...INVERTED TROF DRAPED ACRS S TX WILL PROVIDE A WEAK TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW FRI NIGHT. AS A RESULT DEWPTS WILL INCREASE HOWEVER FOG POTENTIAL WL BE HAMPERED BY THE WIND SPEEDS. WL GO WITH PATCHY LIGHT FOG FOR FRI NIGHT/SAT MORN BUT FEEL DENSE FG WL NOT BE AN ISSUE. MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH SFC HIGH/CF SLIDING ACROSS S TX AND DEEP UPPER TROF AXIS SWINGING ACRS THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. THE MODELS PROG INCREASED MOISTURE ON SAT AHEAD OF THE CF...ALONG WITH A JET MAX AND S/WV. THE CF IS FCST TO MV THRU THE ENTIRE CWA BY 06Z SUN. STRONG DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CF AND SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WARRANTS KEEPING CHC POPS FOR SAT/SAT NIGHT. AGREE WITH EARLIER SHIFT THAT RESIDUAL -RA WL CONT BEHIND THE CF THRU SUN MORN BEFORE CLRG. SCA CONDITIONS WITH STRONG NLY WINDS ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE CF. MODELS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT WITH CAA THUS WL CONT WITH THE MID OF THE ROAD APPROACH TO TEMPS FOR THE TIME BEING. THE DEEP TROF AXIS WL SHIFT TO THE EAST ON SUN AND REMAIN OVR E U.S. THRU MID OF NEXT WEEK. A SERIES OF IMPULSES WILL BRING A REINFORCING SHOT OF HIGH PRES/CAA TO S TX ON WED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 89 63 87 66 / 00 00 00 10 VICTORIA 90 61 88 63 / 00 00 00 10 LAREDO 91 65 91 65 / 00 00 00 05 && .CRP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 80/MB...SHORT-TERM 81/TE...LONG-TERM
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-231100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 443 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH 900 AM CDT THIS MORNING DUE TO FOG REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE- QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. MORE FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT BUT IT WILL BE NOT AS THICK OR AS WIDESPREAD AS THE FOG THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AREAS OF FOG WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE REGION LATE SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS ON SUNDAY...IN RESPONSE TO STRONG NORTH WIND EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MB/TE
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 and releases from Choke Canyon Lake and Lake Corpus Christi led to river flooding. The Nueces River at Bluntzer rose above flood stage on the 13th, crested at 29.41 feet on the 23rd, and fell below flood stage on the 31st. (flood stage 18 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: 5371313.