Between 1-3 inches of rainfall occurred across northern Jim Wells, southern Live Oak, and Bee counties during the afternoon of the 3rd of February. Grounds were saturated across South Texas, and eventually a slow rise of flood waters was observed, resulting in inundation of fields, rural roadways, and creeks.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Between 1-3 inches of rainfall occurred across northern Jim Wells, southern Live Oak, and Bee counties during the afternoon of the 3rd of February.
Grounds were saturated across South Texas, and eventually a slow rise of flood waters was observed, resulting in inundation of fields, rural roadways, and creeks. This occurred several hours after the heavy rainfall had fallen.
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 Feb 3, 4:12 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
412 PM CST WED FEB 3 2010
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...THE SURFACE LOW
OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT EAST-NORTHEAST
INTO THE OFFSHORE WATERS TONIGHT. THE 925-85H LOW WEST OF LAREDO
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND BY 12Z
THURSDAY. LOW LEVEL FORCING WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER
TEXAS COAST LATER TONIGHT. AS THE MID/UPPER TROUGH SLOWLY ADVANCES
TOWARD THE REGION...COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPS LEADING TO SLIGHTLY
BETTER ELEVATE CAPE WITH LATEST RADAR SHOWING MORE CONVECTIVE
NATURE. WILL MENTION ISOLATED THUNDER IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT BUT
THINK THE AREAL THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING
WILL MOVE EAST...SO CANCELLED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
THE MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO THE
HIGH PLAINS WITH A SERIES OF IMPULSES MOVING ACROSS IN THE
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES LINGERING
THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY THEN DRIER AIR AND SUBSIDENCE
MOVES IN BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. LOW STRATUS
WILL LINGER OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS THURSDAY WITH CLEARING
POSSIBLE OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY. MAY SEE FOG DEVELOP THURSDAY
NIGHT BUT DID NOT MENTION IN THE WEATHER GRIDS AT THIS POINT.
&&
.MARINE...MARGINAL GALE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE
OFFSHORE WATERS TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW OVER DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS EMERGES INTO THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. KEPT GALE
WARNING GOING FOR OFFSHORE WATERS AS LARGE SEAS OF 13 TO
16 FEET WILL LINGER TONIGHT. SCA CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH
OVER THE BAYS AFTER MIDNIGHT WHILE HIGHER WINDS/SEAS WILL
LINGER OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
&&
.TIDES...WILL CONTINUE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY AS STRONG EAST
WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE GULF WATERS AND LARGE SWELLS LEAD TO
HIGHER TIDE LEVELS AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. TIDE LEVELS
ARE ABOUT A FOOT AND HALF ABOVE NORMAL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
COULD INCREASE TO ABOVE 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS EVENING. WATER
LEVELS WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE 2 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL ESPECIALLY
NEAR BOB HALL PIER.
&&
.LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...CONCUR WITH THE NOGAPS/GFS
WITH RESPECT TO AN UPPER DISTURBANCE PROGD TO MOVE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS/TEXAS MONDAY. IN RESPONSE...RETURN FLOW TO COMMENCE
LATE SATURDAY. ANTICIPATE SCA CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. THE GFS PROGS ISENTROPIC LIFT/LOW
CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS COMMENCING LATE SATURDAY. ANTICIPATE
PCPN TO COMMENCE AFTER 06Z SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY.
GFS SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SHOWERS RATHER THAN THUNDERSTORMS. CONCUR WITH
THE GFS/NOGAPS (RATHER THAN THE SLOWER ECMWF) THAT AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES EAST...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWFA/MSA LATE MONDAY/
EARLY TUESDAY. PCPN SHOULD END AFTER FROPA. SCA CONDITIONS EXPECTED
AFTER FROPA OVER THE MSA AT LEAST THROUGH TUESDAY. THE GFS/ECMWF/
NOGAPS DIVERGE WITH RESPECT TO THE UPPER PATTERN TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY.
THE GFS PROGS WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT/LOW CONDENSATION PRESSURE
DEFICITS WEDNESDAY OVER THE CENTRAL/WESTERN CWFA. YET...NOT
CONFIDENT IN THIS SOLN. WILL SIMPLY MAINTAIN DRY CONDITIONS
WEDNESDAY OVER THE CWFA/MSA.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 56 60 46 69 46 / 100 40 10 10 10
VICTORIA 51 55 43 65 43 / 100 40 10 10 10
LAREDO 52 65 49 75 49 / 60 10 10 10 10
ALICE 53 61 46 71 45 / 90 30 10 10 10
ROCKPORT 55 60 46 64 46 / 100 50 10 10 10
COTULLA 48 60 43 73 44 / 70 20 10 10 10
KINGSVILLE 55 61 46 71 46 / 100 40 10 10 10
NAVY CORPUS 57 60 48 67 48 / 100 40 10 10 10
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ARANSAS...CALHOUN...KLEBERG...NUECES...
REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY 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.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 2 AM CST THURSDAY 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.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM CST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS...
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY 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.
&&
TMT/89...SHORT TERM
WC/87...LONG TERMHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 606 AM CST WED FEB 3 2010 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-041200- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- 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- 606 AM CST WED FEB 3 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE EAST OF A KINGSVILLE TO MATHIS TO BEEVILLE LINE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITHIN THIS AREA WITH AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. TIDES WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE HIGHER TIDES AND INCOMING LARGE SWELLS WILL MEAN THAT THE WATER WILL REACH THE DUNES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A GALE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO STRONG EAST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 KNOTS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE COASTAL WATERS DUE TO EAST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 KNOTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STRONG BUT SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL MAINTAIN RAIN INTO THURSDAY...HOWEVER A SURFACE LOW WILL BE EXITING THE AREA ALONG WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ON THURSDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT THEN AGAIN BY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES OFFSHORE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MB/TE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reported standing over the roadway one mile north of the U.S. 281 and FM 624 intersection. Flooding of this road, creeks, and lowland fields were observed several hours after the heavy rainfall had ended.
East and westbound lanes of SH 359 was reported with standing water over the roadway from Skidmore to Tynan. Standing water was reported over the north and southbound lanes of U.S. 181 from Skidmore to San Patricio. FM 1349 was closed from FM 797 to U.S. 59 due to water over both the north and southbound lanes. Flooding of these roads, creeks, and lowland fields were observed several hours after the heavy rainfall had ended.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 214190, 214196.