A weak upper level low moved across south Texas on September 2nd. Deep atmospheric moisture was in place across the region.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
A weak upper level low moved across south Texas on September 2nd. Deep atmospheric moisture was in place across the region. Scattered thunderstorms formed along the sea breeze boundary during the early afternoon. A thunderstorm in western Nueces County produced winds that blew down a power pole.
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 Sep 2, 11:27 AM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1227 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2013 .DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION SECTION FOR 18Z TAFS. && .AVIATION...ISOLATED CONVECTION DEVELOPING NEAR THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER LAREDO AT THIS TIME. EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INLAND MOVING SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY. MVFR CEILINGS/VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS CONVECTION ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. BUT COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN ISOLATED...SO HAVE ONLY MENTIONS SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY AT CRP/VCT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL MONITOR IF NEED FOR UPGRADE ON TSRA CHANCES. OUTSIDE OF THE CONVECTION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH ONLY PATCHY FOG IN THE VICTORIA AREA AROUND DAYBREAK TUESDAY PROVIDING MAINLY MVFR VSBYS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1018 AM CDT MON SEP 2 2013/ DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS AT THIS TIME. 12Z CRP SOUNDING SHOWED STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING AS 50H TEMPERATURES COOLED AROUND 5 DEGREES SINCE SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE LOW NEARBY THIS MORNING. WITH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE IN THE UPPER 80S...ISOLATED CONVECTION HAS FORMED ALONG THE COASTAL CONVERGENCE ZONE. EXPECT ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL BE A THREAT ALONG THE DEVELOPING SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. WILL BROADEN THE AREA OF SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS REST OF THIS MORNING...AND THEN WESTWARD INTO THE BRUSH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY. 14Z RAPID REFRESH MODEL SHOWS THERE COULD BE A HIGHER THREAT FOR STORMS TO ORGANIZE ON THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LOW DRIFTS WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE. WITH THE UPPER LOW IN THE AREA...INSTABILITY WILL BE A BIT HIGHER WITH CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 2500-3000 J/KG. LATEST LAPS/MSAS SHOW LIFTED INDEX VALUES -9 TO -10 DEGREES OVER THE COASTAL BEND AT THIS TIME. THERE COULD BE AN ISOLATED STRONG TO EVEN PULSE SEVERE STORM WITH THIS AMOUNT OF CAPE OVER THE AREA EVEN THOUGH SHEAR IS VERY LIMITED. WILL UPDATE HWO TO REFLECT ISOLATED THREAT FOR STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. WILL MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS THIS AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 98 76 97 77 97 / 20 10 10 10 20 VICTORIA 97 73 97 75 97 / 20 10 20 10 20 LAREDO 102 78 100 77 100 / 10 20 10 10 10 ALICE 100 75 100 74 99 / 20 10 10 10 20 ROCKPORT 93 78 93 79 92 / 20 10 20 10 20 COTULLA 101 75 100 75 100 / 10 20 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 99 75 99 76 97 / 20 10 10 10 20 NAVY CORPUS 92 79 92 79 91 / 20 10 10 10 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && TMT/89...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1104 AM CDT MON SEP 2 2013 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-030000- 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- 1104 AM CDT MON SEP 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND TONIGHT OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS INTO THE BRUSH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES OVER PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA AREA...AS WELL AS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS DURING THE WEEK...THOUGH AREA-WIDE THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TMT/GW/LK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 137 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2013 TXZ246-021915- REFUGIO- 137 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING REFUGIO COUNTY... AT 132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR QUINTANA...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF REFUGIO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TMT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 158 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2013 TXZ243-022000- NUECES- 158 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING WESTERN NUECES COUNTY... AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROBSTOWN TO CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS ACROSS WESTERN NUECES COUNTY. JR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 207 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2013 TXZ244-022000- SAN PATRICIO- 207 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING WESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY... AT 201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SINTON TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MATHIS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS ACROSS WESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. JR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 210 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2013 TXZ233-022000- GOLIAD- 210 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING GOLIAD COUNTY... AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLANCONIA...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOLIAD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A power pole was blown down on to Farm to Market Road 665 near Petronila.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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