Thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall trained southwest to northeast across the central sections of Goliad and Victoria counties. A band of 3 to 6 inches of rain fell over a 3 hour period from southwest Goliad to northeast Victoria county, resulting in flash flooding.
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Thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall trained southwest to northeast across the central sections of Goliad and Victoria counties. A band of 3 to 6 inches of rain fell over a 3 hour period from southwest Goliad to northeast Victoria county, resulting in flash flooding. 3.22 of rain fell at the Victoria Regional Airport establishing a new daily rainfall record for this date.
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 Mar 31, 3:23 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 423 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 .SHORT-TERM (TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)...WILL KEEP IT BRIEF DUE TO ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA. LONG TRACK SUPERCELLS THAT CAME ACROSS SRN EWX CWA HAVE MOVED INTO NRN CRP CWA AHEAD OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...AND MAY BE SHOWING SIGNS OF MERGING INTO A LINE. MAIN THREAT THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE NE CWA. IN ADDITION...0-1KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES ARE SUPPORTIVE OF ROTATING STORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT. TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE NE AND NRN CWA THRU 10 AM. FARTHER S AND W...OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND COLD FRONT WILL MERGE LATER THIS MORNING ACROSS THE SE CWA...AND COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR SCATTERED TYPE CONVECTION. BUT BY THAT TIME H85 FLOW WILL BE VEERING TOWARDS THE SW. WILL KEEP HIGH END CHC POPS GOING ACROSS THE S FOR THE TIME BEING. FRONT WILL CLEAR THE COAST LATER IN THE DAY AND WILL SEE CLEARING BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND A COOLER NIGHT...WITH TEMPS ACTUALLY AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMS. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. STILL LOOKS DRY FOR SUNDAY AS SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR AND AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE RIDGE WILL BE IN PLACE. PRECIPITABLE WATER INCREASES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TO AROUND 1.7 INCHES BY MONDAY AS AN ENERGETIC SUBTROPICAL JET MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST OUT OF MEXICO IN ADVANCE OF A SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER NORTHERN MEXICO. IT LOOKS LIKE MONDAY MAY SEE A BETTER CHANCE FOR RAIN THAN TUESDAY WITH THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS. GFS/ECMWF/CAN ARE ON TRACK WITH THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT INTO SOUTH TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY. THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES WITH THE MODELS BY FRIDAY WITH THE ECMWF SHOWING A STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. GFS SHOWS MOISTURE RETURNING ALSO BUT WITH A WEAKER SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER NORTHERN MEXICO. CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AND WILL PUT IN TOKEN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR NOW. WILL SEE COOLER TEMPS ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 75 59 82 68 81 / 50 10 10 10 30 VICTORIA 73 53 82 65 80 / 70 10 10 10 40 LAREDO 81 62 90 70 88 / 20 0 10 20 20 ALICE 77 57 85 67 83 / 50 10 10 10 30 ROCKPORT 74 60 80 69 79 / 60 10 10 10 30 COTULLA 79 54 86 66 84 / 20 0 10 10 20 KINGSVILLE 78 58 85 68 83 / 50 10 10 10 30 NAVY CORPUS 75 61 80 70 79 / 50 10 10 10 30 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && JR/76...SHORT TERM TMT/89...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 506 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 GMZ235-255-TXZ231>234-245>247-011000- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR- COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 506 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS MORNING. GMZ230-250-270-275-TXZ229-230-239>244-011000- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 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-WEBB-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES- SAN PATRICIO- 506 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JR/TMT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 430 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 TXZ232-233-311030- BEE-GOLIAD- 430 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING BEE AND GOLIAD COUNTIES... AT 425 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF PETTUS...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENEDY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. JR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 531 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 TXZ233-234-311130- GOLIAD-VICTORIA- 531 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES... AT 524 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOLIAD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF FANNIN...VICTORIA AND DACOSTA. JR
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:45 UTC.
3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds broke several large tree limbs across the north side of Victoria. A few fences were also blown over.
Flash flooding of a low water crossing along U.S. 59 was reported roughly 10 miles southwest of Goliad. U.S. 59 was reduced to one lane. Law enforcement reported one vehicle was swept off the road, but the driver was able to escape unharmed.|
Flash flooding was reported in Fannin, with water entering a few homes and a business along U.S. 59.|
Flooding was reported on many roads in the city of Victoria, including Navarro at Rio Grande, Ben Wilson St. near the University of Houston-Victoria and the Laurent Street underpass.|
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