1 flash 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 Sep 17, 2:10 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 310 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2003 SHORT-TERM (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)...GOES SOUNDER DEPICTS HIGH PW VALUES ACROSS THE AREA. GFS PROGS MSTR TO CONTINUE TO ADVECT NWD ACRS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. ANTICIPATE CONVECTION THIS AFTN OVER THE CNTRL/WRN CWFA TO DMSH LATER OWING TO INCREASING CIN. CAVEAT...CIN VALUES WL NOT INCREASE TOO MUCH AS MSTR CONTINUES TO ADVECT. EXPECT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT THEN ADVECT ONSHORE TOWARD MORNING...CONSISTENT WITH TDA AND YDA. HWR...INCREASING MSTR...AND A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE PROGD BY ETA/GFS...WL RESULT IN GREATER COVERAGE OF CONVECTION. WL FCST 50-60% POPS FOR THU. AT THIS TIME... NOT YET CONFIDENT THAT HVY RAIN/FLOODING WL BE WIDESPREAD. FURTHER...1-HR FFG VALUES FOR THE CWFA STILL ABOVE 1 INCH. THUS WL NOT ISSUE AN FFA. LONG TERM (THU NIGHT THRU WED)...BEST MOISTURE WILL BE POOLED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES THUR NIGHT. WILL HANG ONTO CHC POPS FOR THE SOUTH AND WEST DURING THE EVENING. GFS INDICATES UPR LVL LOW OVER NRN PLAINS WILL LIFT NE INTO CANADA ON FRI WHILE ETA FURTHER IS FURTHER SOUTH WITH LOW. AS A RESULT ETA BRINGS COLD FRONT THROUGH CWA FRI AFTERNOON WHILE GFS STALLS FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA. 2 PWAT AIR WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT AHEAD OF FRONT ON FRIDAY TO WARRANT SCATTERED POPS...HIGHEST SOUTH AND WEST. WHERE FRONT ENDS UP STALLING AND WASHING OUT WILL BE KEY TO PRECIP CHANCES ON SAT. FEEL FRONT WILL LIKELY STALL AND WASH OUT ACROSS SOUTHERN COUNTIES. MODELS SHOWING PWAT TO REMAIN NEAR 1.7-2 ON SAT... THEREFORE WILL INTRODUCE 30 POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH FOR SAT AND TAPER BACK TO 10S FAR NORTH. MOISTURE SURGES BACK NORTH ON SUNDAY WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW AS NEXT SYSTEM DIGS IN ACROSS EASTERN ROCKIES. MODELS DISCREPANCIES STILL EXIST WITH AMPLITUDE OF TROF AS IT MOVES INTO PLAINS...WITH GFS AND UKMET CONTINUING TO TREND SLOWER AND DEEPER WHILE ECMWF AND CANADIAN IS MORE PROGRESSIVE. THE GFS SOLUTION WOULD RESULT IN A STRONGER FRONT DIVING SOUTH INTO TEXAS ON MONDAY. WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO CURRENT EXTENDED FORECAST WITH RESPECT TO THIS FRONT AWAITING MODEL CONSISTENCY. GRIDS WILL REFLECT SCATTERED POPS ON MONDAY WITH DRIER AIR WORKING INTO S TX TUE AND WED. WILL NOT BITE YET ON MEX TEMPS AND KEEP LOWS 1 CAT HIGHER. CRP TE 075/085 074/087 071 87563 VCT TE 073/085 071/087 068 87452 LRD TE 077/087 073/089 071 87554 .CRP...NONE. 87...SHORT-TERM 76...LONG-TERM
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-181100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 600 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. BESIDES HEAVY RAINFALL...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH TEXAS ON THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. THIS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING DUE TO THE SATURATED CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED FOR THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS FRIDAY PROVIDING A LINGERING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY SUNDAY AS TROPICAL MOISTURE INCREASES IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TR/TMT
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
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Very heavy rainfall over city of Corpus Christi produced water over the road at Rand Morgan Road and also near the West Campus Del Mar College. Minor, nuisance street flooding occurred across numerous other city streets.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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