Lightning from thunderstorms also caused damage to a power substation in the northern part of the county.
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Lightning from thunderstorms also caused damage to a power substation in the northern part of the county.
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 Nov 24, 10:31 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1031 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2007
.UPDATE...THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTN/EVE SHOULD BE
RELATIVELY QUIET. WE WL ACTUALLY BE IN A LULL BEFORE THE MAIN PCPN
SHIELD ARRIVES LATER TNT AROUND 06Z. ONLY WK ISENTROPIC LIFT IS
EXPECTED DURING THIS PD WITH ONLY LIGHT RAIN EXPECTED. THE LAST
OF THE CONVECTION IS NEARLY OVER WITH ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHEAST
AREAS. AS A RESULT...WL LOWER POPS SIGNFICANTLY FOR THE 18Z-06Z
TIMEFRAME. WL BUMP UP POPS FOR THE 06Z-18Z TIMEFRAME AS THIS IS
WHEN THE BULK OF THE PCPN ASSCTD WITH THE STRONG CLOSED LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WL AFFECT US.
WK COLD AIR ADVECTION AND THICK CLOUD CVR WL KEEP TEMPS AT OR EVEN
SLIGHTLY BELOW THEIR CURRENT LVLS. WL ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.
&&
.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS MAY BRIEFLY TRANSITION TO
MVFR CONDITIONS DURING THE 21Z-03Z TIMEFRAME. HOWEVER...MOST AREAS
WL REMAIN GENERALLY IN THE IFR RANGE GIVEN THE VERY STABLE
CONDITIONS AND POOR MIXING CONDITIONS. AREAS OF PCPN-INDUCED FOG
WITH VSBYS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 MILES WL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT
THE AFTN.
&&
.MARINE...A 1010 MB SFC LOW NEAR BUOY 42019 WL TRACK NEWD THIS
AFTN. THIS WL ALLOW N/NE FLOW TO OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE
COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTN/EVE. SEAS WL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTN.
WL MAINTAIN THE CURRENT SMALL CRAFT ADVY FOR ONLY THE OFFSHORE
WATERS THROUGH THIS EVE BASED UPON THE CURRENT AND EXPECTED SEAS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 53 45 50 43 67 / 40 80 90 20 10
VICTORIA 52 42 48 40 67 / 70 80 90 20 10
LAREDO 51 41 48 40 70 / 20 80 70 10 10
ALICE 51 43 49 42 69 / 30 80 80 10 10
ROCKPORT 54 45 50 43 69 / 50 80 90 20 10
COTULLA 49 41 47 39 69 / 20 80 70 0 10
KINGSVILLE 53 44 50 43 69 / 30 80 80 10 10
NAVY CORPUS 54 46 52 47 69 / 40 80 90 20 10
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60
NM...WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60
NM.
&&
MBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
810 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 AM TSTM WND DMG MAGNOLIA BEACH 28.51N 96.52W
11/24/2007 CALHOUN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEBRIS ALONG NORTH OCEAN DRIVE, TXDOT BARRICADES KNOCKED
OVER, DAMAGE TO A PORCH, TRAILER FLIPPED OVER
&&
KRRThe Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a transmission and distributing line near the intersection of F.M. 2143 and Highway 172. Eight spans of primary wire were destroyed along with insulators. Puncture holes in the cooling fans also occurred. Power was knocked out to the Olivia and Port Alto communities.
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