1 lightning, 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 Jul 10, 9:40 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1040 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004 .UPDATE...INVERTED H5 TROF NOW JUST INLAND AND TRECKING WEST. H25 LOW ALONG THE NRN COAST OF MEXICO ALSO HEADING INLAND. GOES SOUNDER SHOWING POOL OF HIGHER PWS (1.8-2.0) ALONG COAST AND OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS. MSAS AND SFC OBS SHOW WEAK LLVL CONVERGENT FIELD HAS SET UP ALONG THE COAST. WEAK DIFFLUENT UPR LVL FLOW ALSO OVERSPREADING THE AREA. AS ANTICIPATED HAVE SEEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...SHIFTING FURTHER INLAND THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AND INCREASING IN COVERAGE ALONG A LIVE OAK TO VICTORIA COUNTY LINE. MAY ALSO SEE ACTIVITY PUSH FURTHER WEST INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS...GIVEN TROF AXIS MOVING WEST AND AFTERNOON HEATING FURTHER DESTABILIZING THE REGION. RUC SEEMS TO HAVE DESCENT HANDLE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM ON THESE TRENDS. MAIN THREAT TODAY WOULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ESP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. CURRENT ZONES HAVE THIS MENTIONED. WILL MAKE SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO POPS...TEMPS AND WINDS IN THE UPDATE. ATTENTION TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING WILL SHIFT TO SURGE OF MOISTURE EXPECTED BEHIND APPROACHING TROPICAL WAVE. && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. JR...SHORT TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 600 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-102300- ARANSAS-BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-BEE-CALHOUN- COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LASALLE-LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-NUECES- REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA- WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-WEBB- 600 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW COMBINED WITH INCREASING TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WEAK MID-LEVEL WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR SLOW STORM MOVEMENT SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS A POSSIBILITY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM ALICE...TO GEORGE WEST...TO WHITSETT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN MOST LOCATIONS BUT ISOLATED AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A TROPICAL WAVE WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION. ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. A FEW SEA BREEZE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE TAKES HOLD OF THE REGION PROVIDING DRY WEATHER. THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE A WARMING TREND NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES INCREASING TO ABOVE NORMAL VALUES BY MID WEEK. HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES WILL BE COMMON NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 94/88
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning nearly struck three golfers at the Corpus Christi County Club. All three were knocked to the ground and one blacked out. Injuries were very minor.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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