A deep east-southeasterly flow set up over the Gulf of Mexico as a high pressure area remained over the southeast United States. High tropical moisture moved into the Coastal Bend on the morning of July 17th.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
A deep east-southeasterly flow set up over the Gulf of Mexico as a high pressure area remained over the southeast United States. High tropical moisture moved into the Coastal Bend on the morning of July 17th. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms moved across the city of Corpus Christi providing 2 to 3 inches of rainfall. This produced flooding of streets across the city during the early afternoon.
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 17, 8:25 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 925 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 .DISCUSSION...SHAPING UP TO BE A WET DAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. 12Z CRP SOUNDING WAS VERY MOIST REGISTERING 2.3". WV IMAGERY INDICATES A SPOKE OF VORTICITY MOVING IN ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND THIS MORNING. WITH SFC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE CONCENTRATED NEAR THE COAST...EXPECT HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN OVER KLEBERG...NUECES...AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES THIS MORNING...SHIFTING INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SEA BREEZE MOVES GRADUALLY WESTWARD. WILL MAINTAIN THE POP CONFIGURATION AS IS BUT BUMPED QPF AMOUNTS UP A BIT BASED ON LATEST TRENDS. ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...CANNOT RULE OUT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND BRIEF URBAN STREET FLOODING TODAY. THE HEAVIER RAINS WILL SHIFT TO THE BRUSH COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS LATER THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVENING...BEFORE WANING DURING THE LATE EVENING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 87 76 92 76 93 / 70 50 50 20 20 VICTORIA 88 74 95 74 94 / 60 30 30 20 20 LAREDO 89 77 93 76 97 / 70 40 50 20 10 ALICE 87 74 93 74 94 / 70 30 50 20 20 ROCKPORT 87 78 91 78 88 / 70 50 40 20 20 COTULLA 88 73 93 74 96 / 60 40 40 20 10 KINGSVILLE 89 75 92 75 94 / 70 40 50 20 20 NAVY CORPUS 88 78 90 79 89 / 70 50 50 20 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && JM/75...SHORT TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 528 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-181100- 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- 528 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE SOME NUISANCE FLOODING OVER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS...BUT NO AREAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DAILY THROUGH MONDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GW/PZ
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:56 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding occurred on Weber Road from Saratoga Boulevard to past Apollo Road with water nearly a foot deep. The southbound lanes became impassable for small vehicles.
Flooding of streets occurred in many areas across the city of Corpus Christi. Flood waters reached a business on South Alameda.
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