Between 2 and 3 inches of rainfall in and around Robstown resulted in minor flooding of some roadways, which forced some closures.
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Between 2 and 3 inches of rainfall in and around Robstown resulted in minor flooding of some roadways, which forced some closures.
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 Aug 22, 9:21 AM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1021 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 .DISCUSSION...CONCUR WITH THE GFS/NAM THAT THE QUASI-STATIONARY UPPER LOW TO THE WEST WL PROVIDE UPPER FORCING FOR MAINLY THE CNTRL/WRN CWFA TDA. EXPECT THE SFC TROUGH...WITH AXIS JUST WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE...TO PERSIST. WL RETAIN HIGH POPS OVR THE WRN CWFA TDA. WL DECIDE LATER ON THE ISSUE OF A FFA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 446 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...MAIN CONCERN IS POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING...MAINLY OUT WEST ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. PWATS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO ABOVE 2 INCHES...BEING AS HIGH AS AROUND 2.5 INCHES DURING THE PERIOD. NOT ONLY WILL THE UPPER LOW BE MORE PROXIMATE TO THE WESTERN AREAS...BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE UPSLOPE FLOW INTO OLD MEXICO...WITH STORMS MOVING EAST ALONG THICKNESS PATTERN. MAIN CONCERN WILL MAINLY BE IN MEXICO AND NORTH OF THE AREA (IF LOW REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY WHICH H20 IS SHOWING SOMEWHAT)...BUT THAT COULD CHANGE IN A HURRY. ALSO..SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR EAST HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL BE (ALTHOUGH FEEL SOME AREAS WILL GET MORE THAN A COUPLE OF INCHES). GIVEN PWATS...WILL SEE SOME HEAVY RAIN THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND... SO DID MENTION THIS IN THE FORECAST. AT THIS TIME...THINK FLOODING POTENTIAL OVER THE EASTERN AREAS WILL BE LIMITED...AS STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE AND TRAINING POTENTIAL NOT THAT STRONG. OUT WEST...THAT COULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY. AFTER COORDINATING WITH EWX...WILL HOLD OFF ON FFA FOR NOW BUT DID MENTION IN SPS AND HIGHLIGHTED WEBB COUNTY/LAREDO AREA FOR GREATEST CONCERN AND WILL INFORM DAY SHIFT. HIGH CHANCE POPS EAST TO CATEGORICAL POPS WEST TODAY... DIMINISHING TONIGHT EXCEPT OUT WEST DUE TO AFOREMENTIONED EFFECTS. KEEP POPS 50 PERCENT OR HIGHER INLAND AREAS ON SATURDAY TOO...WHICH MAY HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED DEPENDING ON CHANGES IN FORECAST MOVEMENT OF UPPER LOW/MOISTURE...OR POTENTIAL FOR ANYTHING ORGANIZED MOVING ACROSS OVERNIGHT. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR DAYTIME HIGHS THE NEXT TWO DAYS WITH NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AT NIGHT GIVEN HIGH MOISTURE FIELDS. LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT FRIDAY)...00Z MODELS HAVE COME IN WETTER OVER THE FIRST PART OF THE LONG TERM...PARTICULARLY OUT WEST. THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW SATURDAY NIGHT WILL REMAIN ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO...JUST SOUTH OF THE BIG BEND. VERY MOIST/TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH PWS OF 2.25-2.5. SATURDAY NIGHT COULD TURN OUT TO BE A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT OUT ACROSS THE WESTERN FOUR COUNTIES...AS MODELS GOOD PROG H85 THETA-E ADVECTION UP THE RIO GRANDE...GOOD OMEGA FIELD...AND WEAKLY DIVERGENT UPPER LEVEL PATTERN EAST OF THE LOW INTERACTING WITH THIS EXTREMELY MOIST AIRMASS. IN ADDITION...A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE CWA SUNDAY MORNING (PARTIALLY AS A RESULT OF FAY) AND WILL SERVE AS AN ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS IN AN UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN MENTIONED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA...WHERE FIELDS MENTIONED ABOVE ARE BEST. SUNDAY NIGHT THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WORKS FURTHER SOUTH...AND MAY ACTUALLY END UP SOUTH OF THE CWA...WHILE THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW WEAKENS AND BACKS OFF TO THE EAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN MAINLY DIURNAL TYPE CONVECTION MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...DRIVEN BY MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES AND WEAK SEA-BREEZE CONVERGENCE COLLIDING WITH A WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW BOTH DAYS. DRIER AIR DOES WORK INTO THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA MONDAY AND TUESDAY...HOWEVER PWS AROUND 2 INCHES WILL STILL RESIDE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA. WILL KEEP POPS HIGHEST OUT ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA MONDAY. AN ONSHORE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL RESUME WEDNESDAY WITH 2 INCH PWS RETURNING BACK ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CWA. CONVECTION WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OVER LAND WILL REMAIN DIURNAL ALONG THE SEA-BREEZE... AND NOCTURNAL OVER THE GULF IN WEAK TO MODERATE COASTAL CONVERGENCE ZONE. MARINE (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...WEAK TO MODEATE ONSHORE FLOW WITH MAINLY SCATTERED CONVECTION WITH WINDS/SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 89 77 87 75 90 / 70 40 60 30 50 VICTORIA 91 75 90 73 92 / 60 30 60 30 40 LAREDO 87 76 85 76 90 / 90 90 80 70 60 ALICE 89 76 87 74 90 / 80 50 60 40 50 ROCKPORT 89 79 88 77 90 / 50 30 60 30 40 COTULLA 89 74 86 73 90 / 70 80 80 70 60 KINGSVILLE 90 76 88 74 90 / 80 50 60 40 50 NAVY CORPUS 88 79 87 78 89 / 60 30 60 30 40 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && WC/87...SHORT TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 534 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-231100- 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- 534 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS...ESPECIALLY OVER WEBB AND LA SALLE COUNTIES AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE RIO GRANDE INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO. EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WET SOILS OR IMPERVIOUS GROUNDS (SUCH AS THE CITY OF LAREDO) COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. AT THIS TIME...NO LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH COPIOUS TROPICAL MOISTURE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... PRODUCING LIKELY RAINFALL AND PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE MAIN CONCERN FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACROSS WEBB...LA SALLE...MCMULLEN AND DUVAL COUNTIES. SCATTERED PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY ACROSS THESE WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTH TEXAS BEFORE TAPERING OFF MIDWEEK. BEGINNING TODAY THROUGH MONDAY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND BRUSH COUNTRY... WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THESE AMOUNTS COULD EASILY SATURATE SOILS...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLOODING. SOME OF THIS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHEN THE DANGERS FOR FLOODING ARE GREATEST AS WATER LEVELS AT NIGHT ARE HARD TO DETERMINE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF LAREDO...SHOULD BEGIN MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR THIS POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT. A FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. GW/JR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1153 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 TXZ240>242-221800- DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG- 1153 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED OVER JIM WELLS COUNTY... AROUND 1127 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER JIM WELLS COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF PREMONT. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... WITH THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE FUNNEL CLOUDS...ARE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST DUVAL COUNTY AND CENTRAL TO WESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF ANY FUNNEL CLOUDS REACH THE GROUND. 87
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1234 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 TXZ243-244-221815- NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- 1234 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES... AT 1227 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROBSTOWN...MOVING NORTH AT 19 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ROBSTOWN BY 1240 PM CDT. EDROY BY 110 PM CDT. 5 MILES WEST OF ODEM BY 115 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL TOTALS APPROACHING AROUND 2 INCHES ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AND THIS COULD CAUSE SOME URBAN AND SMALL SMALL STREAM FLOODING. MJG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1234 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 TXZ243-244-221815- NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- 1234 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES... AT 1227 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROBSTOWN...MOVING NORTH AT 19 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ROBSTOWN BY 1240 PM CDT. EDROY BY 110 PM CDT. 5 MILES WEST OF ODEM BY 115 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL TOTALS APPROACHING AROUND 2 INCHES ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AND THIS COULD CAUSE SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. MJG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding forced some road closures in and around Robstown.
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