Scattered thunderstorms and a tropical atmosphere produced very heavy rainfall and flooding across portions of the southern Coastal Bend.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms and a tropical atmosphere produced very heavy rainfall and flooding across portions of the southern Coastal Bend.
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 26, 9:15 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1015 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007
...CORRECTION FOR MARINE DISCUSSION...
.UPDATE...ANOTHER WET DAY IN STORE AS ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS LOOK
VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED
TO REMAIN WEST OF THE REGION...JUST WSW OF THE TX BIG BEND.
SOUTHERLY WINDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
DRAW DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS S TX. CURRENT FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR ENTIRE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WILL LIKELY
BE EXTENDED THROUGH FRI WHEN AFTERNOON PACKAGE IS ISSUED TODAY.
LATEST 12Z SOUNDING FROM CRP SHOWS PWS OF NEARLY 2.25 INCHES...DEEP
SOUTHERLY FLOW OF 10-15 KTS...WITH SFC WINDS BACKED TO ESE.
THUS...COULD AGAIN SEE ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS AND TROPICAL FUNNELS
TODAY. MODELS APPEAR TO BE TARGETING THE ENE 1/3 OF THE CWA FOR
HIGHEST QPF...ESPECIALLY COASTAL COUNTIES FROM CC BAY TO VCT.
CURRENT FORECAST ALREADY HAS CAT POPS IN THIS REGION...WHICH LOOKS
GOOD FOR NOW. GIVEN MODERATE INSTABILITY AND HIGH PWS...ANY
DAYTIME HEATING WILL DESTABILIZE ATMOSPHERE...CAUSING ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS/TSTMS FURTHER INLAND.
CONTINUING TO MONITOR FLASH FLOOD THREAT...WHICH IS CURRENTLY
HIGHEST OVER BEE...JIM WELLS...WESTERN KLEBERG...CALHOUN...ARANSAS
AND REFUGIO COUNTIES.
&&
.MARINE...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST. EXPECT SCT-
NUMEROUS SHOWERS/TSTMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...AND
POSSIBLY DECREASE A LITTLE AS INSTABILITY INCREASES OVER THE LAND
BY MID AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...TROPICAL WAVE IS COMING UP FROM THE
SOUTH...WHICH WILL INCREASE SHOWERS/TSTMS AGAIN LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT THROUGH FRI. WILL KEEP SCEC CONDITIONS GOING TODAY...
ESPECIALLY FOR OFFSHORE WATERS...AS THE TROPICAL WAVE AND ASSOCIATED
CONVECTION MOVE NORTHWARD.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 86 75 88 77 90 / 80 70 70 50 50
VICTORIA 84 74 86 76 89 / 90 80 80 50 60
LAREDO 90 75 93 78 95 / 70 50 50 60 60
ALICE 87 73 89 76 92 / 80 60 70 50 60
ROCKPORT 85 78 87 78 89 / 90 80 80 50 50
COTULLA 85 73 89 73 91 / 70 50 50 60 60
KINGSVILLE 87 75 89 76 91 / 80 60 70 50 50
NAVY CORPUS 86 78 88 79 89 / 80 70 70 50 50
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...
KLEBERG...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...
REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...VICTORIA...WEBB.
GM...NONE.
&&
RM/33...SHORT TERM
WC/87...LONG TERMHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 600 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-271100- 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- 600 AM CDT THU JUL 26 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 TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DRIFT WEST INTO MEXICO OVER THE WEEKEND. THE LOW WILL INTERACT WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND 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 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SUNDAY. 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. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY WORSEN THE RIVER FLOOD SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TMT/TM
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:13 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two to four inches of rain fell across eastern Jim Wells county. Westbound Hwy 44 was closed from Bentonville to Hwy 359, with water flowing over the road. San Felipe Creek was also reported flooded in the Rancho Alegre area.
Between 2 and 4 inches of rain fell across western Kleberg county. Most city streets in Kingsville became flooded and impassable, with several cars stranded in the high water.|
Between 3 and 5 inches of rain led to widespread flash flooding of roads in and around Corpus Christi. Numerous cars became stalled. Five water rescues were reported. Some of the major flooding occurred along Interstate 37 near Annaville, where the interstate was closed with several feet of water flowing over it. Hwy 286 (N.P.I.D.) at Leopard and Bates was closed with many feet of water over it. Several other secondary streets throughout the city were flooded.|
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 58596, 58594, 58593.