Precipitation, from a decaying and elevated shower over Corpus Christi, fell through a strong low-level jet beneath the cap, and induced a small-scale wake low. Winds briefly gusted between 60 and 70 mph, localized to just the central and south side of Corpus Christi.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Precipitation, from a decaying and elevated shower over Corpus Christi, fell through a strong low-level jet beneath the cap, and induced a small-scale wake low. Winds briefly gusted between 60 and 70 mph, localized to just the central and south side of Corpus Christi.
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 22, 10:48 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1148 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
.DISCUSSION...PLEASE SEE THE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW FOR MORE
DETAILS.
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.AVIATION...A MOIST ONSHORE FLOW WL PERSIST TNT AHEAD OF LOW
PRESSURE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. AS A RESULT...WIDESPREAD MVFR
STRATUS WL CONTINUE THROUGH 13-19Z ACROSS SOUTH TX. BRIEF IFR
CEILINGS WL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 09Z AND 15Z. HOWEVER A RAPID
CLEARING IS EXPECTED FROM WEST TO EAST DURING FRIDAY
MORNING...BEGINNING JUST AFTER SUNRISE ACROSS THE LRD AREA. DRIER
CONDITIONS AND LESS WIND WL PREVAIL ON FRIDAY AS A DRYLINE STALLS
NEAR ALICE. A RETURN TO MVFR/IFR CEILINGS WL OCCUR BY 03Z TMW
EVENING AS ONSHORE FLOW RE-INTENSIFIES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 71 86 67 86 56 / 10 10 20 10 0
VICTORIA 69 85 63 84 55 / 10 10 40 20 0
LAREDO 71 95 67 91 63 / 10 10 20 10 0
ALICE 70 90 65 88 56 / 10 10 20 10 0
ROCKPORT 71 84 69 85 61 / 10 10 30 20 0
COTULLA 68 90 59 89 52 / 10 10 40 10 0
KINGSVILLE 72 91 68 88 55 / 10 10 20 10 0
NAVY CORPUS 72 82 70 85 63 / 10 10 20 10 0
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT
20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP
CHANNEL OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: 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.
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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph. Estiamted winds of up to 70 mph at Ennis Joslin Rd. and Hwy 358. Medium to large tree limbs blown down on Christie St. and on south side of city.
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