Thunderstorms developed over La Salle County near a slow moving frontal boundary. Deep moisture was over the region and a weak upper level disturbance approached during the early morning hours of July 18th.
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Thunderstorms developed over La Salle County near a slow moving frontal boundary. Deep moisture was over the region and a weak upper level disturbance approached during the early morning hours of July 18th. The thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall that led to flooding across parts of La Salle 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 Jul 18, 4:04 AM CST, 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 504 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...A VERY WEAK ALMOST STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED NORTH OF THE CWA. WITH ADDITIONAL AIDE FROM MID LEVEL VORT MAX...ENOUGH LIFT COMBINED WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...WITH STORMS BEGINNING TO ENTER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. MODELS CONTINUE TO KEEP THE MAIN BOUNDARY NORTH OF THE REGION...WHILE CONVECTION CONTINUES AS THE VORT MAX BREAKS OFF THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND SLOWLY MOVES OFF TO THE WEST. MAIN CONCERN WOULD BE HEAVY RAINS AS PWATS ARE PROG TO REACH 2.3 INCHES...WITH WEAK STEERING FLOW PRODUCING SLOW MOVING STORMS. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE AS H85 FLOW REMAINS GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. EXPECTING DEVELOPMENT TO FILL IN OVER THE WESTERN LOCATIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING HOURS...WITH DAYTIME HEATING ADDING TO THE INSTABILITY ALLOWING FOR STORMS TO FILL OUT ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS. STABILIZATION SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THE BOUNDARY WASHES OUT AND THE MAIN UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES WEST OF THE AREA. KNOCKED TEMPERATURES DOWN TODAY WITH THE EXPECTATION OF THICKER CLOUD COVERAGE AND RAINFALL. CONTINUED SLIGHT TO CHANCE POPS ON SATURDAY AS MOISTURE LINGERS WITH A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES FOLLOW A TYPICAL DIURNAL TREND WITH SHOWERS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN TRANSITIONING TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MID DAY AND MOVING INLAND WITH THE SEA BREEZE. && .SHORT TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...A WEAK MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BRUSH COUNTRY SATURDAY EVENING WITH POSSIBLY A WEAK SHEAR AXIS REMAINING OVER THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS FOR SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE IN THIS AREA FOR A LINGERING SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION OVER THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY SATURDAY EVENING. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE WATERS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION POSSIBLE FOR THE VICTORIA AREA ON SUNDAY. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. DRIER AIR AT 85H WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE MOVES TO THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY AND A TUTT LOW MOVES INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL PLAINS TO MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WEDNESDAY EXCEPT FOR THE FAR WEST COUNTIES. THE TUTT LOW MOVES INTO NORTHERN MEXICO ON THURSDAY AND THE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES LOWER SOME...SO NO MENTION OF RAIN CHANCES ON THURSDAY. WENT A FEW DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE EACH DAY WITH THE WARMEST DAYS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 93 79 94 80 96 / 40 20 30 10 10 VICTORIA 90 77 94 77 96 / 60 20 30 10 20 LAREDO 98 79 101 80 104 / 40 30 20 20 10 ALICE 94 79 98 79 100 / 50 10 30 10 10 ROCKPORT 89 79 90 82 92 / 40 20 30 10 20 COTULLA 94 77 98 77 102 / 60 20 20 20 10 KINGSVILLE 95 79 98 79 99 / 40 10 30 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 90 80 90 82 92 / 30 20 30 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && CB/85...SHORT TERM TMT/89...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 536 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014 TXZ229>234-239>247-191045- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 536 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM IS POSSIBLE WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED AND MAY LEAD TO ISOLATED LOCATIONS OF FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SATURDAY WITH ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY. HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS EACH AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS MAY FLIRT WITH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE OVER THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-191045- 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- 536 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SATURDAY WITH ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. CB/TMT
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:58 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding was reported on Farm to Market Road 133 west of Artesia Wells.
Water covered the road on Farm to Market Road 469 south of Los Angeles.
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