1 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 19, 8:38 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 938 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003 MOST OF THE CONVECTION HAS DISSIPATED OVER THE AREA AND THINGS HAVE SLIGHTLY STABILIZED. IN THE PAST FEW HOURS...MUCH OF THE CONVECTION HAS OCCURRED ALONG THE AREA OF STRONGEST CONVERGENCE. THIS CONVERGENCE HAS DECREASED SOME IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO...AND IS PROGGED TO REMAIN SO TIL UNTIL MORNING. WILL KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST WHERE MOISTURE IS HIGHEST...AND CONVERGENCE IS BEST. ALREADY HAVE LOW POPS TO THE NORTH AND WILL KEEP THOSE. WILL TAPER POPS SLIGHTLY FURTHER WEST. OTHERWISE...TEMPS LOOK FINE. WINDS OFFSHORE NEAR SCEC AND WILL LIKELY GO WITH SCEC OFFSHORE THOUGH WINDS MAY TAPER OFF LATE. NO CHANGES TO LATER PERIODS AT THIS TIME. LOOKS LIKE RAIN WILL NOT TAPER OFF UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN THE COASTAL TROUGH FINALLY STARTS MOVING TO THE EAST AND CURRENT PACKAGE HAS THIS COVERED. FINALLY...WITH PERSISTENT EAST/NORTHEAST WIND AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS...HAVE PUT OUT A STATEMENT CONCERNING MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW. 86/GW .CRP...NONE.
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-201100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1016 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE COASTAL BEND. ELSEWHERE...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXIST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER KLEBERG COUNTY. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AS HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COMBINE WITH PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF MEXICO INTERACTS WITH ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS ON SATURDAY. WITH SOGGY CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTH TEXAS REGION...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED THREAT FOR FLOODING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY BEFORE DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION BEHIND A COLD FRONT MONDAY NIGHT. ALSO...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GW/WC
TXZ242>247-200830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 931 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003 ...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS... A PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WIND WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS TO LIKELY PRODUCE MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW ALONG THE COAST. TIDE LEVELS COULD APPROACH 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL SHOULD CONDITIONS CONTINUE...AS THE PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WIND CONTINUES TO PILE WATER ALONG THE COAST. HIGH TIDE AT PORT ARANSAS WILL OCCUR AT 221 AM CDT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE NEXT HIGH TIDE OCCURRING AT 255 AM CDT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AT PORT OCONNOR...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 732 AM SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE NEXT HIGH TIDE AT 822 AM SUNDAY MORNING. MOTORISTS DRIVING ON ROADS CLOSE TO A WATERWAY...BAY OR THE GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF FLOODED ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR HIGH TIDE. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. THESE RIP CURRENTS COULD PRESENT PROBLEMS FOR EVEN THE BEST SWIMMERS...AS THE CURRENT COULD TAKE YOU FURTHER AWAY FROM SHORE. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE UNTIL THE EFFECTS OF THE CURRENT HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. ALSO... CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP GW
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 17th through the 19th led to river flooding.The Atascosa River near Whitsett crested at 26.40 feet on the 21st. (flood stage 20 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, 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: 5338056.