A slow moving upper level low pressure system near the Texas Big Bend interacted with deep tropical moisture along the Rio Grande into the Texas Hill Country. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon over the western Brush Country.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
A slow moving upper level low pressure system near the Texas Big Bend interacted with deep tropical moisture along the Rio Grande into the Texas Hill Country. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon over the western Brush Country. The heavy rainfall led to flash flooding in Webb County.
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 Jun 14, 11:33 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1233 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 .DISCUSSION...UPDATE FOR 18Z AVIATION. && .AVIATION...SCT-NUM SHRAS AND TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNSET ALONG AND WEST OF COT-LRD LINE...WITH ISOLD-SCT COVERAGE EAST OF THIS LINE TO A BEA-NQI LINE. GUSTY AND VARIABLE WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR IN PRECIP. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OUTSIDE OF PRECIP. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1029 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013/ DISCUSSION...BOOSTED POPS WEST OF I-37 TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE. THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO DRIFT NORTH OUT OF NORTHERN COAHUILA INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN TODAY. POOL OF RICH/DEEP MOISTURE EXTENDS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA TODAY...WHILE DRIER AIR IS GRADUALLY TRYING TO WORK INTO THE FAR NORTHEAST CWA. DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE...12Z CRP SOUNDING FAILED AFTER 900MB. HOWEVER...RELYING ON SURROUNDING DATA AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE/UNCAPPED ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA TODAY... LEADING TO AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY OF AT LEAST SCATTERED COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BRUSH COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 93 77 93 78 96 / 20 10 10 10 10 VICTORIA 92 75 94 75 92 / 10 10 10 10 10 LAREDO 94 78 99 80 101 / 50 20 10 10 10 ALICE 93 76 96 76 97 / 30 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 91 80 91 80 91 / 10 10 10 10 10 COTULLA 90 75 97 75 99 / 60 30 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 93 78 94 78 96 / 30 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 90 80 91 79 91 / 20 10 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && JR/76...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 427 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-150000- 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- 427 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. TMT/RH
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 173 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:45 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A motorist was stranded near Las Tiendas Road in rising water up to the roof top of the vehicle near a normally dry creek in western Webb County.
Webb County Sheriff's Office reported water was over the road in several areas in the community of El Cenizo.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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