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 Sep 11, 9:40 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1040 AM CDT SUN SEP 11 2005 .UPDATE...NO MAJOR UPDATES ARE NEEDED TO THE INHERITED FORECAST. UNLIKE YESTERDAY...AXIS OF THE DEEPEST TROPICAL MOISTURE HAS SITUATED ITSELF ACROSS S TX...AS OPPOSED TO YESTERDAY WHERE IT WAS OVER THE GULF WATERS. AN AREA OF GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...AS WELL AS A SFC THETA-E BOUNDARY...REMAINS SITUATED ALONG THE COAST. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM PORT ARANSAS UP INTO REFUGIO COUNTY. WITH MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE AXIS SITUATED IN THIS AREA AND NOT MOVING MUCH...ALONG WITH DEEP LAYER SRLY FLOW...TRAINING OF STORMS HAS BECOME AN ISSUE RESULTING IN A FEW FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. ALSO...GIVEN TROPICAL NATURE OF AIRMASS AND CLOUD TOPS COOLING TO -70 TO -74 DEG C...HEAVY 1HR RAINFALL RATES WILL OCCUR IN THIS AREA. LIKE THE CURRENT GFS RUNS HANDLING OF THE QPF FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. WONT BE MAKING TOO MANY CHANGES TO POPS. TEMPS ON THE OTHER HAND ARE GOING TO ONCE AGAIN BE VERY TRICKY FROM VICTORIA DOWN THROUGH CORPUS CHRISTI...BENEATH THE CLOUDS AND RAIN. MAY LOWER HIGHS A FEW DEGREES IN THIS AREA. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RWS/TSTMS WILL CONT THRU AT LEAST 18Z FROM VCT TO RAS. IFR CONDS WILL OCCUR IN THE STRONGEST STORMS... CURRENTLY ACROSS REFUGIO...ARANSAS AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE...SCT RWS/TSTMS WILL CONT TO DEVELOP HEADING INTO THE AFTN. && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && JR...SHORT-TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 600 AM CDT SUN SEP 11 2005 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-112100- 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 SUN SEP 11 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. THE MAIN IMPACT FROM THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE IS A SLIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 91/86
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1130 AM CDT SUN SEP 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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1115 AM FLASH FLOOD ROCKPORT 28.04N 97.05W
09/11/2005 ARANSAS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL AREA ROADWAYS
BEGINNING TO FLOOD. MOST NOTABLE WAS THE STATE HIGHWAY 35
BYPASS AT MARKET STREET.
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RUNYENThe Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:14 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a 14-year-old girl carrying an umbrella in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Flour Bluff off of Graham Road. The girl suffered minor injuries to her hand as well as ringing in her ears and a headache.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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