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 2, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 330 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)...WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS STILL TO THE WEST THROUGH FRIDAY...THE CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL REMAIN HIGH. BEST UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM DIVERGENCE FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER LEVEL JET WILL BE TONIGHT. LATEST RADAR LOOP SHOWS A LINE OF STRONGER CONVECTION MOVING NORTH INTO KLEBERG COUNTY AND OFFSHORE WATERS EAST OF BAFFIN BAY. THE KCRP VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWS LOW LEVEL FLOW VEERING TO EAST WHILE THE KBRO VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWS WEAK SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW JUST OFF THE SURFACE. THIS MAY BE AN INDICATION OF AN ELEVATED BOUNDARY. THE GFS AND ETA SHOW LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE INCREASING OVER THE COASTAL BEND THIS EVENING...WILL MENTION POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. CHANCES SHOULD SLOWLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT AS SUPPORT FROM THE UPPER LEVEL JET LIFTS OUT TO THE NORTHEAST. MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ON FRIDAY WITH A WEAKER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS BISECTING THE FORECAST AREA. EXPECT TO SEE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP ALONG SEABREEZE BOUNDARY. ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH FRIDAY EVENING AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS WEAKENS FURTHER INTO A CYCLONIC SHEAR AXIS. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS OFFSHORE AND ALONG THE COAST FOR NOCTURNAL DEVELOPMENT FRIDAY NIGHT. && .LONG-TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...MID AND UPR LVL SHEAR AXIS WILL REMAIN ALONG THE RIO GRANDE THRU SUN MORNING WITH VERY WEAK EMBEDDED VORT MAXES ROTATING THRU THE RGN. SOUNDINGS AND PW PROGS SHOW OVER 2 OF PW REMAINING ACROSS THE AREA THRU SUN MORNING. MAY BE AN FEW SHOWERS OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS EARLY SAT MORNING IN AREA OF WEAK LLVL CONVERGENCE...TRANSITIONING INLAND INTO THE NRN COASTAL BEND DURING THE MID MORNING. WILL SHOW SCT POPS ON SAT... HIGHEST IN THE NORTHEAST TAPERING OFF TO ISOL ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. SUN AFTERNOON MOISTURE BEGINS TO TAPER OFF SLIGHTLY WITH H85-H5 WINDS DEVELOPING A LIGHT NORTHERLY COMPONENT. ALSO H7-H5 TEMPS WILL BE WARMING SLIGHTLY. WILL SHOW LOWER POPS ON SUNDAY (20-30%). HURRICANE FRANCES MAY PLAY AN INDIRECT ROLE IN SOUTH TEXAS WEATHER...WITH REGARDS TO HOW MUCH DRYING TAKES PLACE INTO MID WEEK. NHC AND GLOBAL MODELS SHOW FRANCES MOVING ACROSS FLORIDA AND INTO SOUTHEAST U.S. INTO MONDAY. AS PREVIOUS FORECASTER MENTIONED... FRANCES WILL LIKELY FORCE A WEAK COLD FRONT SOUTH THROUGH THE STATE MON AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SIG DRYING TAKING PLACE ACROSS S TX IN THE H85-H5 LAYER. MID LVL RDGE WILL ALSO BE BUILDING ACROSS THE STATE. THEREFORE FORECAST MON-THU WILL REMAIN DRY. COULD SEE A MODERATE N TO NE FLOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NEAR AND OFFSHORE WATERS MON AFTERNOON AND CONT INTO WED MORNING...APPROACHING SCEC RANGE. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR INCREASING SWELLS OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS FROM FRANCES...WITH WAVE WATCH MODEL INDICATING HIGHER SIG WAVE HEIGHTS AS EARLY AS LATE MONDAY. NO MAJOR CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ONGOING LONG TERM FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 74 88 75 91 74 / 70 60 20 40 10 VICTORIA 72 88 73 90 73 / 60 60 30 50 10 LAREDO 73 89 77 95 76 / 60 50 20 20 10 ALICE 71 87 74 93 73 / 60 60 20 40 10 ROCKPORT 75 87 77 91 77 / 70 50 30 50 10 COTULLA 71 89 75 94 74 / 50 50 20 20 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 89/TMT...SHORT-TERM 76/JR...LONG-TERM
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-010000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 552 AM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-021351- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR- COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM- ARANSAS-BEE-CALHOUN-DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LA SALLE-LIVE OAK- MCMULLEN-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA-WEBB- 552 AM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND AN OLD STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE AREA WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS TODAY. THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF THUNDERSTORMS AND BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 37. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE MEANS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY GREATLY ACROSS THE REGION...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF SCATTERED 1 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS IN AREAS AFFECTED WITH ISOLATED 3 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS MEANS THAT LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND THE PROXIMITY OF A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BRING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. DRIER WEATHER AND A DEVELOPING OFFSHORE WIND ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS HURRICANE FRANCES CROSSES FLORIDA AND A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY. WARMING TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MJG
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall across the south side of Corpus Christi led to flash flooding of several city streets. Off duty NWS employee measured 4.2 inches of rainfall on the south side of Corpus Christi in 1 hour and 45 minutes.
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