1 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 Nov 22, 2:40 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 240 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDER ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET. EXPECT FAR WESTERN AREAS TO REMAIN MOSTLY DRY AS LOW LEVEL FLOW IS ALREADY WESTERLY. AREAS FURTHER SOUTH COULD SEE A STRAY SHOWER OR TWO...BUT WITH MOST OF THE ACTION FOCUSED ON THE STATIONARY FRONT ALONG AND NEAR I-10...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH COVERAGE AWAY FROM THE BOUNDARY. AS A RESULT...WILL TRIM BACK FLOOD WATCH TO JUST GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES...WHERE GROUND IS SATURATED ENOUGH TO ALLOW NEARLY ANY ORGANIZED CONVECTION TO PRODUCE MORE FLOODING. PART TWO OF THE EVENT OCCURS TOMORROW...AS THE UPPER LOW ITSELF MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND DYNAMICS POINT TO THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE CWA FOR HIGHEST POPS. EXPECT SUBSIDENCE AND DRYING AFTER THE UPPER LOW PASSES...BEGINNING WITH TUESDAY NIGHT. COOLER AIR FILTERING IN WILL DROP TEMPERATURES 10 OR DEGREES LOWER TUESDAY NIGHT THAN TONIGHT. .LONG-TERM WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...COLD FRONT WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY WITH SUFFICIENT COLD THERMAL ADVECTION AND VERTICAL MIXING CONTRIBUTING TO POST-FRONTAL SCA CONDITIONS OVER THE WATERS THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH EXPECTED ACROSS THE INTERIOR WEDNESDAY. SURFACE ANTICYCLONE LARGELY REMAINS IN CONTROL THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT WITH THE GFS APPEARING TOO AGGRESSIVE IN DEVELOPING A CIRRIFORM DECK GIVEN CONFLUENT FLOW AND WEAK WARM THERMAL ADVECTION IN THE UPPER TROPOSPHERE. NO SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURES FROM GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES. ONSHORE FLOW WILL BECOME RE-ESTABLISHED BEGINNING FRIDAY THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE NEXT UPSTREAM 500HPA TROUGH AMPLIFIES AND DEEPENING SURFACE CYCLONES TRACK ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES. SCEC/LOW-END SCA CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE WATERS(ESPECIALLY OFFSHORE) WHERE SUFFICIENT MOMEMTUM TRANSFER OCCURS WITH A STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET. MARGINAL BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE/INSTABILITY BENEATH AN ADEQUATELY HIGH CAPPING INVERSION WARRANTS SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WATERS AND NORTHEAST CWA FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WILL DRIFT ACROSS THE CWA SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT SUNDAY/EARLY MONDAY. LIMITED MOISTURE/INSTABILITY WARRANTS JUST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN CWA AND THE ADJOINING WATERS. POST-FRONTAL SCA CONDITIONS EXPECTED GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF COLD THERMAL ADVECTION/ISALLOBARIC PRESSURE RISES. ONLY NOTABLE DEVIATIONS REGARDING TEMPERATURES WERE TO GO HIGHER FOR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS SUNDAY AND LOWER FOR MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AREA-WIDE MONDAY NIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 70 79 55 70 44 / 20 20 10 00 00 VICTORIA 66 78 53 65 40 / 50 60 10 00 00 LAREDO 67 79 52 71 42 / 20 10 00 00 00 ALICE 69 79 53 71 42 / 20 20 00 00 00 ROCKPORT 71 78 57 70 47 / 20 30 20 00 00 COTULLA 66 78 51 69 39 / 40 10 00 00 00 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH VICTORIA AND GOLIAD COUNTIES THROUGH 4 AM. 71/SHORT-TERM 85/LONG-TERM
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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
410 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM TORNADO 6 SE VICTORIA 28.76N 96.91W
11/20/2004 F1 VICTORIA TX NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS DAMAGE SURVEY CONCLUDED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE
HIDDEN VALLEY SUBDIVISION ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF DACOSTA.
THE TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WIDE WITH A 2
MILE PATH LENGTH. SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND TWO
SHEDS WERE DESTROYED. DEBRIS FROM THE SUBDIVISION WAS
BLOWN ABOUT A MILE DOWNWIND.
&&
JMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 437 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 TXZ233-222300- GOLIAD- 437 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED OVER GOLIAD COUNTY... AT 435 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER GOLIAD COUNTY...BETWEEN CHARCO AND GOLIAD. THIS FUNNEL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A SHOWER 8 MILES EAST OF CHARCO...OR 7 MILES WEST OF GOLIAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS SHOWER...YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE FUNNEL CLOUD REACHES THE GROUND. 87
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 542 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 TXZ234-230030- VICTORIA- 542 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE SPOTTED OVER VICTORIA COUNTY... AT 540 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED 3 FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR THE CITY OF VICTORIA. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NURSERY TO THE WEST SIDE OF VICTORIA TO SCHROEDER...MOVING NORTHEAST. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS REACH THE GROUND. JR
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:39 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One to two inches of rainfall fell in about one hour over very saturated grounds in the city of Victoria. Flash flooding of numerous streets throughout the city was observed resulting in several stalled cars in high water. The Victoria Regional Airport recorded 1.56" of rain during this event.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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