Scattered thunderstorms moved northward across the Brush Country during the afternoon. Damaging winds occurred with a thunderstorm north of Choke Canyon Reservoir in the community of Whitsett.
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Scattered thunderstorms moved northward across the Brush Country during the afternoon. Damaging winds occurred with a thunderstorm north of Choke Canyon Reservoir in the community of Whitsett.
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 Jul 1, 1:47 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 247 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE MID/UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SHIFTS FURTHER WEST OF THE REGION...ALONG WITH THE LOSS OF DAY TIME HEATING. CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO HANG AROUND OVERNIGHT...LEADING TO WARMER AND MORE MUGGY CONDITIONS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOMORROW...TEMPERATURES WILL WARMER AS A DRIER AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE REGION. WILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WEST...MAINLY FOR LEFT OVER MOISTURE ACROSS THAT REGION AND POSSIBLE SEA-BREEZE INTERACTION. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...UPPER RIDGE WILL AGAIN BECOME THE MORE DOMINANT WX FEATURE THIS WEEK. SOUTH TEXAS WILL BE UNDER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PRECIPICE OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WHICH WILL BECOME CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THERE WILL BE SOME WEAKNESS ON THE SOUTHEAST PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE WHICH WILL LEND TO LIMITED CHANCES OF NOCTURNAL ISOLATED STREAMERS AND WEAK BUT ISOLD PULSE SEABREEZE SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 DURING THE WORKWEEK. PUT IN 20 POPS STARTING THIS MIDWEEK FOR THE MARINE AREAS AND VCT CROSSROADS REGION WHERE PWATS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY ARE JUST BELOW TWO IN THE NE PORTION OF THE CWA. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK PWAT VALUES LINGER BETWEEN 1.50 AND 1.75 INCHES. 700 MB TEMPS HOVER AROUND 10-11 DEGREES PERHAPS AROUND 9 DEGREES FAR NE CWA WHICH LENDS TO ANEMIC AND LIMITED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND VCT CROSSROADS REGION LATER IN THE WEEK. BY NEXT WEEKEND...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WEAKENS VERY LITTLE AND SHIFTS NORTHWARD ALLOWING ADDITIONAL GULF MOISTURE ADVECTION CREATING A SLIGHTLY DEEPER VERTICAL MOISTURE PROFILE FROM SFC TO 850 MB. VERY MUCH A SEASONAL FORECAST...WITH PERSISTENCE FCST THROUGH THE EXTENDED CYCLE WITH A MODERATE GRADIENT FOR BORDERLINE SCEC CONDITIONS OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS. SCC/70 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 77 93 77 93 76 / 20 10 10 10 10 VICTORIA 75 93 75 94 74 / 20 10 10 10 10 LAREDO 77 98 78 100 78 / 30 20 10 10 10 ALICE 75 95 76 96 75 / 20 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 80 91 80 90 80 / 20 10 10 10 10 COTULLA 75 96 75 98 75 / 30 20 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 76 94 76 95 76 / 20 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 78 91 79 92 79 / 20 10 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && RG/82...SHORT TERM SC/70...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 553 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-021100- 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- 553 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MAINLY IN THE COASTAL BEND AS MORNING STREAMER SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE STORMS. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS BRIEFLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS EARLY IN THE WEEK. THE COMBINATION OF DRY CONDITIONS AND OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MAY LEAD TO AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RISK THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 87/83
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 407 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 TXZ230-231-012200- LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN- 407 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LIVE OAK AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES... AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF CLEGG...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEORGE WEST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 433 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 TXZ229-230-012200- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN- 433 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES... AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF TILDEN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TB
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds broke tree limbs of 6-8 inches in diameter near the community of Whitsett.
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