Thunderstorms across the Victoria Crossroads and northern Coastal Bend produced isolated pockets of heavy rainfall. One storm became severe briefly over the city of Victoria.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Thunderstorms across the Victoria Crossroads and northern Coastal Bend produced isolated pockets of heavy rainfall. One storm became severe briefly over the city of Victoria.
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 Apr 27, 4:08 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
508 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...CONVECTION FIRING
ALONG LOW LEVEL FORCING AND ASSISTED BY DAYTIME HEATING AND UPPER
JET. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH BY MID EVENING AS JET EXITS AND
DAYTIME HEATING ENDS. THUNDER SHOULD BE LIMITED TO NORTH OF CORPUS
CHRISTI AS STRONG CAP (ALBEIT WEAKENING) REMAINS AND IS SORT OF
INDICATED BY LIGHTNING TRENDS. HAVE INCREASED POPS FOR LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND PUSHED POPS UP A BIT EARLY THIS EVENING FARTHER
SOUTH AS LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS STRONG MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF
BOUNDARY. ORGANIZED LINE WILL HAVE TROUBLE REACHING THE SOUTHERN
COAST AS LOW LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION IS NEGATIVE AND CAP IS STRONG
AND DAYTIME HEATING DIMINISHING. STILL...RAISED POPS A BIT FARTHER
SOUTH GIVEN STRONG SURFACE FORCING. AFTER THIS EVENING...THINGS
SHOULD QUIET DOWN AND REMAIN SO AS WEAK UPPER RIDGING BEGINS TO
OCCUR. WITH MAIN CONCERN ON TUESDAY WILL BE THE WIND. ONCE WINDS
DIE DOWN TUESDAY EVENING THINGS SHOULD BE QUIET...WITH CLOUDS
REMAINING OVER AREA WITH HIGH MOISTURE FIELDS BUT CAPPED
ENVIRONMENT AND LACK OF UPPER SUPPORT.
&&
.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT
EARLY IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD IN MAINTAINING A WEAKENING UPPER LOW
OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. RECENT MODEL RUNS HAVE TRENDED TOWARD
KEEPING BEST DYNAMICS AND MOISTURE WELL NORTH OF THE
AREA...INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN A DRY FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK.
TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK...MODEL AGREEMENT WANES AS MODELS BRING A
WAVE THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TOWARD SOUTH TEXAS. FLOW
GENERALLY BECOMES DIFFLUENT ALOFT...BUT MODELS ARE QUITE FAR APART
ON THE TIMING OF LOW LEVEL FEATURES...LEADING TO LARGE DIFFERENCES
IN TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF POTENTIAL PRECIPITATION. FOR THE
MOMENT...THE GFS APPEARS TO BE COMING AROUND CLOSER TO THE ECMWF
SOLUTION OF INCREASED FORCING LATE IN THE WEEKEND. HARD TO PICK A
WINNER AMONG THE MODELS THIS FAR AWAY...SO HAVE TRENDED GENERALLY
HIGHER WITH PRECIPITATION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AND WILL LET
FUTURE SHIFTS NAIL TOWN TIMING A BIT BETTER WHEN A HIGHER
CONFIDENCE FORECAST CAN BE MADE.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMALS THROUGH THE EXTENDED
FORECAST...WITH WEBB COUNTY FLIRTING WITH TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT FROM THE
END OF THE WEEK THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. GIVEN ONGOING DROUGHT AND
CORRESPONDINGLY DRIER SOIL MOISTURE...WENT A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER
WHERE THERE WAS ANY DOUBT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 74 86 74 86 74 / 20 10 10 10 10
VICTORIA 71 87 70 86 71 / 30 10 10 10 10
LAREDO 76 99 76 96 75 / 10 10 10 10 10
ALICE 73 91 72 91 72 / 20 10 10 10 10
ROCKPORT 74 84 75 84 74 / 20 10 10 10 10
COTULLA 71 93 73 92 72 / 10 10 10 10 10
KINGSVILLE 74 88 73 89 74 / 20 10 10 10 10
NAVY CORPUS 75 84 75 83 75 / 20 10 10 10 10
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: 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.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT
ARANSAS.
&&
GW/86...SHORT TERM
JV/71...LONG TERMHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 437 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>232-239>246-281200- 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-WEBB-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG- NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO- 437 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTH OF A CORPUS CHRISTI TO ALICE LINE...WITH THE MAIN CONCERN GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE GULF WATERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN BAYS THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE WESTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DUE TO BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED PERIODICALLY FOR THE BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TXZ233-234-247-281200- GOLIAD-VICTORIA-CALHOUN- 437 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM FOR GOLIAD...VICTORIA AND CALHOUN COUNTIES. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH MID EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BY EARLY THIS EVENING. GW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 532 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009 TXZ233-234-272300- GOLIAD-VICTORIA- 532 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES... AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCHROEDER...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOLIAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JAR
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:34 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Measured by the Victoria Regional Airport ASOS. In addition, small tree branches were broken and few power lines pulled downed, but poles not broken, in the city of Victoria.
A CoCoRaHS observer in Austwell recorded 3.91 inches of rainfall.
Lightning struck the Victoria 911 call center. A backup system was used until the main system came back online at 4 AM.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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