A tropical funnel briefly touched down as a tornado over open country just north of the city of Goliad.
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A tropical funnel briefly touched down as a tornado over open country just north of the city of Goliad.
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 4, 1:51 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 251 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2007 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...A WEAKENING CYCLONIC SHEAR AXIS WILL DRIFT ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT WHILE A 250HPA TUTT CYCLONE ENTERS MEXICO WEDNESDAY. A S/SW LOWER TROPOSPHERIC FLOW WILL GRADUALLY WARM 700HPA TEMPERATURES ABOVE +10C AND LOWER PWATS THROUGH THE PERIOD. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO ABATE EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. NOCTURNAL COASTAL CONVERGENCE AND WHAT IS LEFT OF THE CYCLONIC SHEAR AXIS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION LATE TONIGHT OVER FAR EAST AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CWA. LINGERING COASTAL CONVERGENCE/SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY/DIABATIC HEATING WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA WITH SOME SPILLOVER INTO THE FAR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES WEDNESDAY. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST IN THE MORNING WHEN SURFACE CONVERGENCE IS MAXIMIZED AND THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW IS STILL RELATIVELY SHALLOW. OVERNIGHT/MORNING STRATUS WILL BE PROMINENT OVER FAVORED INLAND LOCATIONS WITH ENHANCEMENT FROM THE LOW-LEVEL JET. ONLY MINOR TWEAKS WERE APPLIED TO THE PREVIOUS TEMPERATURE GRIDS. LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CWA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH SUFFICIENT MIXING. && .AVIATION...VFR CIGS WILL PREVAIL INTO THE EVENING HOURS(ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE COAST). MVFR CIGS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 08Z ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND PERSIST UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON(EXCEPT ALONG THE COAST AND INVOF OF LRD). LOCALIZED IFR VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF SUNRISE AROUND VCT. VFR CONDITIONS WILL THEN PREVAIL THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...EXCEPT VFR CIGS WILL HOLD FROM COT TO VCT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WITH MVFR CIGS AND MVFR/IFR VSBYS WILL END EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN RE-DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST LATE TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING ALONG AND NORTH OF A COT-RKP LINE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. && .MARINE...NEARNESS OF THE LOW-LEVEL JET WILL RESULT IN SCEC CONDITONS ACROSS THE NEARSHORE WATERS TONIGHT. THE SOUTHERN BAYS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SCEC CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO SUFFICIENT MIXING. THE AXIS OF THE LOW-LEVEL JET WILL BE CLOSER TO THE WATERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL RESULT IN SCEC/MARGINAL LOW- END SCA CONDITIONS(PRIMARILY OVER THE NEARSHORE/OFFSHORE WATERS). && .LONG-TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...MID/UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BLD ACROSS TX ON THU...RESULTING IN A DRIER/SUBSIDENT AIRMASS. PRECIPITABLE WATER IS PROGD TO RANGE FROM 1.5 ACROSS THE SW CWA TO NEAR 2 INCHES FOR THE NE CWA THRU THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. THUS...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL STILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR ISOL TO SCT CONVECTION...MAINLY NE CWA ALONG THE SEA BREEZE EACH AFTERNOON. THE GFS PROGS THE HIGH TO SHIFT SLIGHTLY W RESULTING IN A NLY FLOW ALOFT BY SAT. A WEAK SHORT WAVE IS PROGD TO ROUND THE ERN SIDE OF THE HIGH PROVIDING SOME WEAK UPPER SUPPORT FOR THE WEEKEND...HOWEVER AM EXPECTING ONLY ISOL CONVECTION GIVEN LIMITED MOISTURE. THE HIGH BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN THRU THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH INCREASING MOISTURE/PWATS...ESPECIALLY ERN CWA. THEREFORE AM EXPECTING SCT DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION. OVERALL VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO EXTENDED FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 77 92 78 90 77 / 10 20 10 20 10 VICTORIA 75 90 76 89 76 / 20 50 10 30 20 LAREDO 78 96 79 98 80 / 20 10 10 10 10 ALICE 76 93 76 93 76 / 10 10 10 20 10 ROCKPORT 81 90 80 90 81 / 30 40 10 30 10 COTULLA 75 94 76 94 75 / 30 20 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 76 92 77 93 77 / 10 10 10 20 10 NAVY CORPUS 81 90 81 89 81 / 20 30 10 20 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && BB/85...SHORT TERM TE/81...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 206 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2007 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-051015- 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- 206 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MOSTLY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. RAIN CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER TEXAS. STILL...THERE IS AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TM/GW/BB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1139 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2007 TXZ232>234-245>247-041845- ARANSAS-BEE-CALHOUN-GOLIAD-REFUGIO-VICTORIA- 1139 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2007 A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED 3 MILES NORTH OF PORT LAVACA AT 1135 AM THIS MORNING AND MOVING NORTH. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION. MOST OF THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AND SHOULD NOT REACH THE GROUND. HOWEVER...YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT A FUNNEL DOES REACH THE GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. BB
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A picture was taken of a tornado that formed just briefly off of Highway 183 and F.M. 622, 3 miles north of Goliad. The tornado remained over open country and produced no damage. The time of the picture and tornado was not exactly known.|
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