A weak upper level disturbance combined with a modestly unstable air mass over the coastal plains to produce scattered strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon. The thunderstorms continued over the southern Coastal Bend into the evening hours and moved west into portions of the Brush Country also.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
A weak upper level disturbance combined with a modestly unstable air mass over the coastal plains to produce scattered strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon. The thunderstorms continued over the southern Coastal Bend into the evening hours and moved west into portions of the Brush Country also.
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 29, 11:37 AM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1237 PM CDT MON APR 29 2013 .DISCUSSION...UPDATE FOR 18Z AVIATION BELOW. && .AVIATION...MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. BROKEN BAND OF SHRA HAS DEVELOPED ALREADY FROM NEAR LRD-HBV. ACTIVITY WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE WITH TSRA ALSO POSSIBLE...AND LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE AFTERNOON...IMPACTING ALI AND VCT AND POSSIBLY NQI/CRP. GIVEN INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR...A FEW TSRA COULD BECOME STRONG TO NEAR SEVERE...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. TEMPO MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SHRA/TSTMS...OTHERWISE VFR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1028 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013/ DISCUSSION...MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS STRETCHES FROM THE DEEP SOUTH...WEST INTO THE EWX CWA. A VORTICITY MAX WAS SWINGING THROUGH THE BASE...AND WAS IDENTIFIED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY APPROACHING LA SALLE AND WEBB COUNTIES LATE THIS MORNING. THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ACROSS THE CRP CWA. 12Z CRP SOUNDING REVEALS MOIST AND UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT. THEREFORE DO EXPECT ISOLATED TO POSSIBLE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS INSTABILITY INCREASES AND FORCING FROM VORT INCREASES. THERE IS SOME DRIER AIR THAT WORKS INTO THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT THE EASTERN BRUSH COUNTRY AND COASTAL PLAINS SHOULD REMAIN ADEQUATELY MOIST UNTIL THIS EVENING...AND THIS IS WHERE THE HIGHER POPS ARE LOCATED. CAN NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A STRONGER STORM OR TWO ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. THIS IS WHERE BAND OF HIGHER 40 KT BULK SHEAR RESIDES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 66 83 69 84 69 / 10 20 10 10 10 VICTORIA 64 83 65 84 64 / 10 20 10 10 10 LAREDO 69 92 71 94 70 / 10 10 10 10 10 ALICE 65 87 68 87 68 / 10 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 68 81 69 76 69 / 10 20 10 10 10 COTULLA 64 87 67 91 67 / 20 10 10 10 20 KINGSVILLE 66 86 69 87 69 / 10 20 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 69 79 70 80 70 / 10 20 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && JR/76...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 506 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-292330- 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- 506 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY AND WILL BRING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL AND NEARSHORE WATERS...AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TMT/TE
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:03 UTC.
3 tornado, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several eyewitnesses observed a tornado near the intersection of State Highway 188 and Farm to Market Road 631. The tornado remained over open field and produced no significant damage or injuries.
Local law enforcement reported a brief touchdown 8 miles north of Taft. No damage was reported.
Public reported a tornado about 5 miles north of Quintana.
Coop observer reported quarter sized hail.
COOP observer reported multiple downed tree limbs.
A tree with the diameter of two feet was snapped by the wind at a home in the Clareville subdivision.
Bee County Sheriff's Office reported water over the road on Farm to Market Road 673 near Orangedale.
Public reported county roads north of Agua Dulce near Rancho Banquete were flooded.
Local television station reported Morgan and Baldwin Streets near 19th Street and Crosstown Expressway were flooded.
Spotter reported quarter sized hail on Farm to Market Road 1582 north of Fowlerton.
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