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 24, 8:15 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 915 AM CDT FRI OCT 24 2003 .UPDATE...SENT UPDATE TO ZONES TO TAKE OUT MORNING FOG AND ADJUST OTHER WORDING. NO CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FORECAST THINKING FOR TODAY. NO CHANGES TO MARINE FORECAST AS WELL. TR/92 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...SFC DEWPOINTS ARE SVRL DEGS HIGHER EARLY THIS MORNING AND THIS WL CONTRIBUTE TO MORE FOG THAN WE SAW YDA MORNING. SOME OF THE FOG MAY BE DENSE BUT WL HOLD OFF FOR NOW ON AN NPW. ANOTHER WARM DAY IS ON TAP ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE AS WARM AS YDA GIVEN THE WINDS WL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AND THERE WL BE A FEW MORE CLOUDS. MOISTURE ADVECTION ESPECIALLY IN THE LOW LVLS WL REALLY PICK UP LATER TNT AS SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FNT. EXPECT SHRAS AND EVEN SOME TSRAS TO BEGIN BREAKING OUT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OVER THE WATERS AND SOME OF THESE MAY IMPACT THE COAST BY MID-MORNING SATURDAY. THESE WL BE FURTHER ENHANCED BY A WELL-DEFINED MID/UPR LVL S/WV TROUGH AXIS PUSHING THROUGH SOUTH TX. THIS S/WV WL PUSH TO THE EAST OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND LEAVE US OUT OF THE DYNAMICS FOR THE MOST PART. HOWEVER...SOUTH TX WL EXPERIENCE INCREASING BOUNDARY LYR CONVERGENCE FROM THE APPROACHING COLD FNT AND A WK SFC TROUGH ALONG WITH SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S AND LIFTED INDICES -6 TO -8. BLV THIS WL BE ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE STABILIZING EFFECT FROM THE PASSAGE OF THE AFORMENTIONED S/WV AND PRODUCE SCTD CONVECTION OVER THE EAST WITH JUST SLIGHT CHC POPS OUT WEST. .LONG-TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH STRONG CF SAT NIGHT BY MIDNIGHT...BUT DIFFER SOMEWHAT POST FROPA. AVN BRINGS 850MB FRONT ACRS CWA AFTER SFC FRONT BY AROUND 6 HRS AND KEEPS MOISTURE IN PLACE THRU MUCH OF SUNDAY...DUE TO TROF AXIS LAGGING BEHIND. AS A RESULT...AVN FCSTS SUN HIGHS TO BE IN THE 50S W CWA TO LOW 60S E. THE ETA ON THE OTHER HAND DRIES OUT MUCH QUICKER WITH SUN HIGHS IN THE 60S. CURRENT FCST HAS SUN HIGHS IN THE LOW 70S. WL LOWER SUN HIGHS DOWN TO THE 60S AND KEEP CLOUDS IN LONGER ON SUN. MOISTURE POOLS AHD AND ALONG THE CF SAT NIGHT WITH THE LFQ OF JET NOSING IN...INCREASING LIS...SFC CONV...AND OMEGA FIELDS. IF THE AVN IS CORRECT WITH THE 850MB FRONT LAGGING BEHIND...THEN ELEVATED CONVECTION COULD OCCUR POST FROPA. FEEL RESIDUAL -RA WL BE THE TYPE OF PRECIP FOR SUN MORN. THUS FOR POPS...WL LEAVE AS IS FOR SAT NIGHT AND SUN WITH 50 POPS NE AND 30 POPS W. DCRSG POPS THRU SUN MORN...AS THE FRONT PUSHES FARTHER S AND OFFSHORE. GIVEN THE INCREASING INSTABILITY SAT NIGHT...SVR TSRAS MAY BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER...ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY GIVEN LACK OF LOW LEV INFLOW...PLUS ITS TOO SOON TO MENTION IN FCST. SCA CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT/SUN IN WAKE OF CF. LONG WAVE TROF REMAINS OVR E HALF OF U.S. MODELS SHOW SFC WINDS BECOMING SWLY LATE MON WITH A WARMING TREND THRU MID WEEK THEN ANOTHER SHOT OF COOLER TEMPS BY WED NIGHT/THU. WL NOT MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO GRIDS BEYOND SUN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 87 69 85 57 / 00 10 40 40 VICTORIA 88 67 84 55 / 00 10 50 50 LAREDO 91 67 88 55 / 00 00 20 40 && .CRP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 80/MB...SHORT-TERM 81/TE...LONG-TERM
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-251100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 307 AM CDT FRI OCT 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PATCHY FOG WILL OCCUR SATURDAY MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND 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 Calallen rose above flood stage on the 14th, crested at 9.24 feet on the 24th, and fell below flood stage on the 31st. (flood stage 7 feet)
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5371314.