A weak landspout tornado was witnessed by several people over an open field northeast of Kingsville during the early evening hours.
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A weak landspout tornado was witnessed by several people over an open field northeast of Kingsville during the early evening hours.
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 Oct 18, 2:55 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
355 PM CDT FRI OCT 18 2013
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT)...COLD FRONT APPEARS
TO BE PRETTY WELL ON TRACK WITH TIMING EXPECTED THROUGH THE CWA
BETWEEN 6 AND 12Z. STILL EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO PRECEDE THE FRONT (50/60 POPS EAST). MODEL
GUIDANCE IS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE FRONT TIMING AND
BRINGING AT LEAST SOME PRECIP TO EVERYONE...THOUGH QPF IN THE
WESTERN HALF OR SO OF THE FORECAST AREA IS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF
AN INCH. WHILE JET MAX IS WELL TO THE NORTHEAST...FEEL THE TAIL
END OF THE JET IS CLOSE ENOUGH FOR A FEW STORMS TO DEVELOP...BUT
NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE WEATHER. MESO MODELS NOT REALLY BLOWING
ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT UP...JUST A WEAK LINE OF SHOWERS/STORMS.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT TRICKY WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. THINK WE SHOULD
ONLY DROP INTO THE 60S FOR MOST OF THE AREA POST-FRONTAL. CLOUDS
AND LIGHT RAIN COULD LINGER IN THE MORNING. EXPECT RAIN TO BE OVER
BY NOON...WITH CLOUD COVER THINNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOWS
TOMORROW NIGHT SHOULD BE QUITE A BIT COOLER WITH MAINLY CLEAR
SKIES FOR A LOT OF THE AREA.
&&
.LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...COASTAL TROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND
ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE/WAA WL PROMOTE PCPN DEVELOPMENT BEGINNING LATE
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ACROSS MAINLY THE COASTAL BEND AND
WATERS. WL BUMP UP POPS TO 30-50% FOR THIS AREA. THE FORCING WL
DIMINISH BY MONDAY AFTN AND WL THUS LOWER POPS CORRESPONDINGLY. THE
NEXT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH BY 12Z TUESDAY. OTHER
THAN A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS ASSCTD WITH THIS BOUNDARY...A DRYING
TREND IS EXPECTED TO ENSUE DURING THE DAY ON TUE. NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT ALONG WITH A DECENT SFC RDG AXIS ANCHORED ACROSS THE CWA WL
MAINTAIN A DRY AND PLEASANT FCST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST PD.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT SATURDAY MORNING WILL LEAD
TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW THROUGH THE DAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH THE DAY. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE SATURDAY
NIGHT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 66 76 56 81 67 / 50 30 10 20 40
VICTORIA 60 73 49 79 60 / 60 20 10 10 30
LAREDO 67 73 56 80 66 / 40 20 10 10 20
ALICE 65 76 53 79 65 / 50 30 10 10 30
ROCKPORT 66 75 58 80 68 / 60 30 10 20 40
COTULLA 62 73 52 79 62 / 40 10 10 10 20
KINGSVILLE 67 76 55 81 65 / 50 30 10 20 40
NAVY CORPUS 68 76 61 80 70 / 50 30 10 20 40
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: 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.
&&
PZ/83...SHORT TERM
MB/80...LONG TERMHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 548 AM CDT FRI OCT 18 2013 TXZ229>234-239>247-191100- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 548 AM CDT FRI OCT 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT OVER ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE AREA. ALTHOUGH NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT...SOME STRONG STORMS COULD PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL AND/OR WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR EARLY MORNING NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY...ALTHOUGH ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-191100- 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- 548 AM CDT FRI OCT 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE GULF WATERS. ALTHOUGH NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...SOME STRONG STORMS COULD PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL AND/OR WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY MORNING. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...AND MAY OCCUR OVER THE COASTAL WATERS ON TUESDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON MONDAY...ALTHOUGH ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GW/LK
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:52 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak landspout tornado was witnessed by a Texas State Trooper and other motorists that moved over an open field for about a minute.
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