Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell near and north of Alice, resulting in flash flooding.
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Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell near and north of Alice, resulting in flash flooding.
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 1, 8:52 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 952 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2007 .UPDATE...MODELS SHOW WEAK Q/V CONVERGENCE MAINLY ACROSS WRN ZONES OVERNIGHT ASSOC W/ UPR LOW TO HE NORTH. DIURNAL CONVECTION SEEMS TO BE CONVERGING ACROSS SWRN COS FROM ALI TO LRD. WILL KEEP HIGH POPS (60-70%) GOING THESE AREAS THROUGH 6Z THEN TAPER OFF AFTER THAT. HOWEVER...DID KEEP CHC POPS FOR LINGERING STRATIFORM PRECIP AND CHC OF A TSTM ALONG OUTFLOWS FLOATING AROUND OUT WEST OVERNIGHT GIVEN THE WEAK UPR SUPPORT. EXPECT LAND BREEZE TO FOCUS TSTMS OVER THE GULF WATERS AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. WEAK WIND FIELDS AND LACK OF ERLY STEERING FLOW SUGGESTS MOS POPS WELL INTO THE CHC CAT ARE TO HIGH FOR TH COASTAL BEND AS I EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY TO REMAIN OVER THE WATERS. WILL THEREFORE JUST SHOW 20-30 POPS ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND FOR LATE NIGHT CONVECTION W/ HIGHER END SCT POPS CONFINED TO THE WATERS. TEMPS FORECAST LOOKS FINE AND NO CHANGES THERE. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL LINGER MAINLY WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 281 AND ALONG THE U.S. ROUTE 59 CORRIDOR THROUGH 06Z WHERE BEST SFC CONVERGENCE EXISTS. EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 281...CONVECTION HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO WANE. CONVECTION WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 281 SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AFTER 06Z...BUT STRATIFORM LIGHT RAIN MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WILL UPDATE LRD TAF TO INDICATE THIS TREND. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL DEBRIS CLOUDINESS ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS WITH GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. SHOULD SEE SCT TO NUM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING MAINLY AFTER 16Z SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. HEAVY RAINS RESULTING IN MVFR/IFR CONDS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR IN MANY OF THESE TROPICAL DOWNPOURS SUNDAY AFTN AND EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 319 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2007/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...CONVECTION HAS TAKEN A BIT LONGER TO GET GOING EACH DAY THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS AS CLOUD COVER HAS BEEN SLOWER TO DIMINISH. BUT BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER AND TEMPERATURES REACHING THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE HAVE LED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS/T-STORMS FROM THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY EAST- SOUTHEAST TO VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION WITH MOVEMENT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS LEADING TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EVENING HOURS ESPECIALLY OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS NEARER TO THE MID/UPPER TROUGH AXIS. EXPECT A REPEAT PERFORMANCE LATER TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND T-STORMS FORMING OVER THE GULF WATERS OVERNIGHT. THE MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS WILL REMAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST INTO THE HILL COUNTRY SUNDAY NIGHT. WATER VAPOR SHOWS THE UPPER LEVEL (25H) CIRCULATION DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH INTO COAHUILA. THIS UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY THEN MOVE NORTHWEST INTO THE TEXAS BIG BEND. THIS WILL KEEP A FAVORABLE DIVERGENT FLOW ALOFT OVER THE REGION. SURFACE FEATURE THAT SHOULD PROVIDE SOME FOCUS IS THE INVERTED TROUGH AXIS THAT WILL BE MOVING INLAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GFS/NAM SHOW A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. WILL SHOW HIGHER POPS OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT WHERE BETTER ATMOSPHERIC LIFT WILL BE WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WITH THE JET STREAK. AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OUTSIDE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS/T-STORMS THAT WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. MVFR CIGS/IFR VSBYS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE TSTMS AND HEAVIER SHOWERS. LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO PATCHY FOG OVER THE COASTAL BEND WITH MVFR VSBYS OVER THE INLAND COASTAL PLAINS. SCATTERED/NUMEROUS SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR AN INVERTED TROUGH AXIS THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL BEND SUNDAY. MVFR CIGS/IFR VSBYS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. MARINE...WEAK NORTHEAST FLOW WILL VEER TO SOUTHEAST AS AN INVERTED TROUGH AXIS MOVES INTO THE GULF WATERS OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED/NUMEROUS SHOWERS/T-STORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THIS AXIS OVERNIGHT WITH ACTIVITY SLOWLY MOVING INLAND DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. WINDS AND SEAS BENIGN EXCEPT WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS. LONG-TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...MONDAY STILL LOOKS TO BE WETTEST DAY IN THE LONG-TERM WITH DEEP MOISTURE FIELDS AND PWATS 2.2 TO 2.4 INCHES. MODELS PROG LARGE SCALE DIFFLUENCE ALOFT ALONG WITH A SHORT WAVE MOVG NWD IN SLY FLOW. NAM AND GFS DIFFER WITH PLACEMENT OF MID LEVEL LOW AND RIDGE...WITH THE GFS SHOWING THE LOW FARTHER TO THE NW WHILE THE NAM IS MUCH CLOSER AND MORE N...AND AT THE SFC THE GFS SHOWS A SFC TO LOW LEVEL INVERTED TROF FARTHER W THAN THE NAM...WHICH PLACES THE MAIN FOCUS/HIGHER PRECIP AMOUNTS OVR THE W CWA ON MON...WHILE THE NAM SHOWS HIGHER PRECIP AMOUNTS ACROSS THE E AND OFFSHORE. AS A RESULT...HAVE LEFT THE BROADBRUSHED LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA ON MON. TUE IS A TRANSITIONAL DAY WITH THE UPPER LOW LIFTING TO THE N AND NE AND A RIDGE BLDG ACROSS THE GULF WITH DRIER MID LEVELS FILTERING ACROSS S TX. A GRADUAL DRYING AND WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE TUE THRU FRI WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH A MID LEVEL TROF JUST W OF S TX. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 73 87 74 88 74 / 30 70 50 70 30 VICTORIA 71 87 72 88 73 / 20 70 50 70 30 LAREDO 75 87 75 90 76 / 70 70 70 70 50 ALICE 72 88 73 89 73 / 60 70 60 70 30 ROCKPORT 73 87 76 88 76 / 30 70 50 70 30 COTULLA 69 88 71 89 72 / 40 70 70 70 50 KINGSVILLE 72 87 73 88 74 / 30 70 50 70 30 NAVY CORPUS 76 86 77 88 77 / 30 70 50 70 30 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && MJG...SHORT TERM SCC...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 517 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2007 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-021100- 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- 517 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2007 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 ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS. ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED FLOODING ESPECIALLY OF LOW LYING AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1 INCH OR LESS WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF AROUND 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN ANY PERSISTENT AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM. RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AFTER SUNSET...LINGERING THE LONGEST OVER AREAS NEAR THE RIO GRANDE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED DAILY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH MONDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1/2 TO 1 INCH...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE TUESDAY. ONLY SEA BREEZE CONVECTION ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GW
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:22 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff dispatcher reported stalled vehicles in the city limits of Alice in high water.|
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