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NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 16, 2:25 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 325 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2005 .SHORT-TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...KCRP RADAR INDICATES A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVELY INDUCED VORT MAX MOVING THROUGH THE COASTAL BEND THIS AFTERNOON IN BETWEEN THE UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION WEST OF BROWNSVILLE AND THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH NORTH OF UVALDE. BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE OCCURRING OVER THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. THE AIRMASS HAS BECOME SLIGHTLY MORE UNSTABLE OVER THE NORTHEAST WHERE BREAKS IN THE MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK OCCURRED. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING IN THE FORECAST FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THEN THE ACTIVITY SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING AND THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN HIGH OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS TONIGHT. WITH LIGHT WINDS...EXPECT FOG TO FORM OVER ALL BUT THE WESTERN COUNTIES WITH AREAS OF FOG OVER THE INLAND COASTAL PLAINS. SHORT WAVE RIDGE WILL MOVE INTO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY TUESDAY. COULD SEE ISOLATED CONVECTION DEVELOP ALONG THE SEABREEZE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WITH THE RIDGE MOVING IN DO NOT THINK CHANCES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT MENTIONING IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. && .MARINE...BENIGN WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THAT WILL INCREASE THE GRADIENT OVER THE COASTAL BEND SUCH THAT WINDS WILL RISE UP TO NEAR 15 KNOTS OVER THE BAYS AND NEARSHORE WATERS. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROVIDE PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS NORTHEAST OF A NGP-NIR LINE THROUGH 01Z WITH ACTIVITY DISSIPATING AFTER THAT. MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO INLAND COASTAL PLAINS FOG/STRATUS WITH IFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AFTER 08Z. LIFR CONDS POSSIBLE ALONG AN ALI-VCT LINE BETWEEN 09Z-13Z. CONDS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR CATEGORY BY 16Z TUESDAY. && .LONG-TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...WEAK SURFACE RIDGE ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF WILL PROMOTE A LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH MID WEEK. NORTHERLY UPR LEVEL FLOW WILL INCREASE THROUGH MID WEEK AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE ROCKIES WHILE A BROAD TROUGH REMAINS ACROSS THE SERN US. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT MOISTURE LOCALLY WITH TEMPS WARMING. GFS HAS BEEN MIGRATING TOWARD THE ECM SOLN SHOWING AN UPPER LOW PINCHING OFF THE BASE OF AN UPPER TROUGH NEAR THE MID WEST ON THU AND MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE MS RIVER VALLEY TO NEAR SE TEXAS BEFORE STALLING A FEW DAYS. THIS WILL BRING A COLD FRONT TO THE REGION BY FRI. GFS INDICATES ENOUGH MOISTURE POOL NEAR THE FRONT TO GENERATE TSTMS ALONG THE BOUNDARY ACROSS NRN TEXAS ON THU. COULD SEE SOME OF THESE MAKE IT INTO THE REGION THU NIGHT A WITH A DECENT NRLY MID-UPR LVL FLOW. IT NOT THE ACTUAL FRONT WILL BRING PRECIP CHCS ON FRI WITH HELP OF VORTICITY ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LARGE UPPER LOW. GIVEN UNIMPRESSIVE MOISTURE FIELDS...WILL KEEP POPS AT 20 PERCENT THESE PERIODS FOR NOW. WILL DECREASE TEMPS AS UPR LOW WILL LIKELY HELP USHER COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION. COULD BE INTERESTING LATER IN THE PERIOD IF THIS LOW DECIDES TO RETROGRADE FURTHER WEST UNDER THE RIDGE TO THE NORTH...BUT THE GFS IS NOT INDICATING THIS ATTM AND WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY BEYOND SAT AS WE REMAIN ON THE RELATIVELY DRY AND SUBSIDENT SIDE OF THE LOW. SAT MAY BE DRY AS WELL...BUT WILL LEAVE THE SLT CHC FOR NOW BASED ON UNCERTAINTY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS CORPUS CHRISTI 66 85 69 87 69 / 20 10 05 05 05 VICTORIA 63 85 67 86 67 / 40 10 05 05 05 LAREDO 67 93 73 96 72 / 10 10 05 05 05 ALICE 64 89 68 90 73 / 20 10 05 05 05 ROCKPORT 69 82 72 84 73 / 30 10 05 05 05 COTULLA 64 90 68 92 69 / 10 10 05 05 05 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && 89/TMT...SHORT-TERM 88/MJG...LONG-TERM
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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
349 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2005
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..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1214 PM WATER SPOUT 5 NE FULTON 28.12N 96.98W
05/16/2005 ARANSAS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
1215 PM TORNADO 5 NE FULTON 28.12N 96.98W
05/16/2005 ARANSAS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUBLIC AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TORNADO NEAR GOOSE
ISLAND STATE PARK.
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76SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 414 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2005 TXZ234-162215- VICTORIA- 414 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR VICTORIA COUNTY... AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VICTORIA...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TM
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tank battery near Ragsdale Road in eastern Victoria County. The tank was destroyed and flames were sent 100 feet into the air. The time of 1900 CST was roughly estimated from media reports.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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