A severe thunderstorm produced a microburst just south of the Corpus Christi International Airport.
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A severe thunderstorm produced a microburst just south of the Corpus Christi International Airport.
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 28, 2:37 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 337 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...STREAMLINE DATA REVEAL AN UPPER TROUGH OVER CENTRAL TEXAS MOVG TOWARD THE SOUTH. MSAS DATA REVEALS AN APPROXIMATELY E-W QUASI-STATIONARY BNDRY NEAR THE NRN EDGE OF THE CWFA. GOES SOUNDER DEPICTS SIGNIFICANT MSTR OVR THE REGION. NAM/GFS PROG THE UPPER TROUGH TO ENTER THE CWFA TNGT/SAT YET ASSOCIATED WITH Q-VECTOR DIVERGENCE. NEVERTHELESS... ISOLD CONVECTION ALREADY DEVELOPING OVR PORTIONS OF THE CWFA/LOCATIONS NORTH. FCSTG 30% POPS OVER THE NRN CWFA WITH LOWER VALUES ELSEWEHERE FOR THIS EVENING. ANTICIPATE THAT THE PROBABILITY OF ACTIVITY WL DECREASE AFTERWARD OWING TO INCREASING CIN. YET...WL RETAIN LOW POPS OVR THE NRN CWFA OVERNIGHT OWING TO THE UPPER TROUGH. EXPECT ADDITIONAL CONVECTION SAT OWING TO THE UPPER TROUGH/SFC BNDRY. BY SAT NGT...THE 500MB TROUGH AXIS IS PROGD TO MOVE EAST OF THE CWFA. THUS...WL MAINTAIN DRY CONDITIONS. EXPECT ONSHORE FLOW TO REMAIN BELOW SCEC/SCA OWING TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE BNDRY. PATCHY FOG COULD OCCUR OVERNIGHT OVR LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE PCPN THIS EVENING...YET NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO ADD TO FCST. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...SOUTH TEXAS WILL BE ON THE BACK SIDE OF A MID/UPR LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SYNOPTIC SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY CONVECTION FROM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH THE MOISTURE FIELDS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE 12Z GFS KEEPS THE DEEPEST MOISTURE WELL SOUTH OF THE REGION INTO MEXICO THROUGH THE EXTENDED WHEREAS THE LATEST ECMWF IS A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH WITH THE MOISTURE INTO THE THE BRO CWA. AT THE SAME TIME...THE SUBTROPICAL JET IS PROGGED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK...THEN WEAKEN/DISSIPATE ACROSS THE REGION BY FRIDAY. FOR NOW WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH THURSDAY...BUT ONLY FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE DEEPEST MOISTURE AND WEAK UPPER SUPPORT. KEPT THE FORECAST DRY FOR FRIDAY GIVEN THE WEAK UPPER SUPPORT AND A MID-LEVEL RIDGE MOVING INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL READINGS GIVEN THE INCREASED MOISTURE AND CLOUD COVER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 77 97 76 97 75 / 10 20 10 10 10 VICTORIA 75 97 74 98 72 / 30 20 10 10 10 LAREDO 77 104 78 105 79 / 20 10 10 10 10 ALICE 76 102 75 103 75 / 20 20 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 79 92 79 94 79 / 10 20 10 10 10 COTULLA 75 101 75 102 74 / 30 10 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 77 100 76 98 76 / 10 20 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 78 91 78 94 78 / 10 20 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && WC/87...SHORT TERM TM/95...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 547 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-291100- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 547 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES TODAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF A LINE FROM CORPUS CHRISTI TO BEEVILLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RG/KRR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 426 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 TXZ242>244-282230- KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- 426 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING KLEBERG...NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES... AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLARKWOOD...OR NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TE
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power poles snapped from microburst along CR 43 and CR 53, as well as CR 43 and FM 2444.
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