Heavy tropical downpours fell across southern Refugio, central San Patricio and west-central Nueces counties. Flooding was reported as well as one tornado.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Heavy tropical downpours fell across southern Refugio, central San Patricio and west-central Nueces counties. Flooding was reported as well as one tornado.
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 25, 8:34 AM CST, 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
934 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2007
.UPDATE...SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM
WL CONTINUE THIS AFTN...AND COMBINE WITH COPIOUS MSTR AND
INCREASING INSTABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SCT/NUMEROUS CONVECTION
THIS AFTN. WL RETAIN THE FFA OWING TO HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE
DEVELOPMENT OF A SFC TROUGH OVR THE CWFA WHICH COULD RESULT IN
TRAINING ECHOES/WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ACRS SEVERAL COUNTIES.
SEA HGTS TO REMAIN WELL BELOW THE SCEC THRESHOLD.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 87 74 87 75 88 / 70 60 80 50 60
VICTORIA 87 73 85 74 86 / 60 40 80 60 70
LAREDO 84 75 91 75 91 / 90 80 50 60 60
ALICE 85 73 88 74 89 / 80 70 70 40 60
ROCKPORT 87 77 86 80 87 / 60 50 80 60 60
COTULLA 83 72 88 74 88 / 90 80 50 60 60
KINGSVILLE 88 74 88 74 89 / 70 70 80 40 60
NAVY CORPUS 87 78 85 80 88 / 60 50 80 50 60
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
DUVAL...JIM WELLS...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...WEBB.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...
KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...VICTORIA.
GM...NONE.
&&
WC/87...SHORT TERMHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 545 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2007 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-261045- 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- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 545 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTHWEST OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL INTERACT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER SOUTH TEXAS TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS TODAY AND REMAIN OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE COASTAL PLAINS AND THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND BRUSH COUNTRY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF AND LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MEANDER ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE FINALLY DRIFTING WEST INTO MEXICO OVER THE WEEKEND. THE LOW WILL INTERACT WITH A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED...AND AT TIMES NUMEROUS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS WITH A THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SCATTERED 1 TO 2 INCH AND LOCALIZED 3 TO 6 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE RAINFALL TOTALS WILL ADD UP THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK LEADING TO AN INCREASING THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. SEVERAL RIVERS IN THE AREA REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE DUE TO RECORD RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE RIVER FLOOD SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TMT/MJG
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:54 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An EF-0 tornado touched down over open country, near Hwy 188 northeast of Taft.
Two to four inches of rainfall resulted in U.S. 77 southbound flooded with several feet of water, just south of Odem.
Two to three inches of rain led to numerous road closures in Robstown and stranded motorists. In addition one home was evacuated on Perkins Street due to the flooding.
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