6 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Sep 18, 9:07 AM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1007 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2003 UPPER JET DYNAMICS/WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL COMBINE WITH COPIOUS MSTR TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION THIS AFTN. MSAS DEPICTS A SFC TROUGH JUST OFF THE COAST. THIS TROUGH HAS PERSISTED DRG THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. THE GFS/ETA PROGS THIS TROUGH TO MOVE ONSHORE THIS AFTN AND ACRS THE CWFA OVERNIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. NOT CONVINCED OF THIS GIVEN THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE UPPER DYNAMICS WOULD SUPPORT PSBL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WAVE/MAINTAIN IT WITHOUT MUCH MOVEMENT WESTWARD. ANTICIPATE THAT THE SFC TROUGH WL NOT ADVANCE FARTHER THAN THE ALONG THE COAST. WL MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST POPS OVR THE EAST BASED ON EXPECTED SFC CONVERGENCE. EXTREMELY HIGH PW VALUES WL CONTRIBUTE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. WL MAINTAIN THE FFG WATCH. 1-HR FFG FOR LASALLE ONLY 1 INCH...HWR NO RAINFALL IS OCCURRING AT THIS TIME OWING IN PART TO SIGNIFICANTLY LESS MSTR CONVERGENCE. THUS WL NOT ADD THIS COUNTY TO THE WATCH AT THIS TIME...YET WL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. WL LOWER MAX TEMPS OVER THE CWFA FOR THIS AFTN OWING TO COPIOUS MSTR/CLOUDS/RAIN. WHEN CONSIDERING THE HIGH CAPE VALUES...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT WEAK-MODERATE VERTICAL SHEAR...THUNDERSTORMS IN RESPONSE TO THE ENHANCED MSTR CONVERGENCE OVR THE ERN CWFA/COASTAL WATERS MAY GENERATE STORMS WITH BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND. .CRP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TXZ230>234-240>247 THRU 400PM TODAY. 87
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-191100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 600 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON SATURATED GROUNDS WILL CAUSE FLOODING. THE INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF THE RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS FRIDAY PROVIDING A LINGERING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE COAST ON SATURDAY. 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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall fell across Central Bee county producing flash flooding along Hwy 59, 888 and 202 near Beeville.
Heavy rainfall resulted in several streets flooded in the city of Refugio.
Heavy rainfall across Goliad County produced flash flooding along Hwy 1726 and along Hwy 622.
Heavy rainfall produced widespread street flooding in Aransas Pass.
Heavy rainfall produced widepread street flooding in Corpus Christi. Very heay rainfall fell in southern Nueces County in the city of Bishop. 4 to 5 inches of rainfall were reported in Bishop.
Flooding along FM 772 and East CR 1040.
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, September 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: 5337725, 5337726, 5337727, 5337992, 5337993, 5337994.