A band of showers and thunderstorms were localized over the downtown and bay front areas of Corpus Christi on the evening of October 11th. Heavy rainfall amounts between 3 to 5 inches occurred.
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A band of showers and thunderstorms were localized over the downtown and bay front areas of Corpus Christi on the evening of October 11th. Heavy rainfall amounts between 3 to 5 inches occurred. This produced flooding of roads in the downtown area with water depth up to a foot in places. Some damage occurred to motorcycles at the American Bank Center where Bike Fest was being held.
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 11, 5:40 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 640 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014 .DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION. && .AVIATION...STALLED OUT WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS CURRENTLY STRETCHING FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH A WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS LARGELY CEASED AS OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS HAS STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. MESOSCALE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE BOUNDARY WILL SAG JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT...BRINGING NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO ALL TERMINALS OVERNIGHT. THE SLIGHT DEWPOINT DROP ASSOCIATED WITH BEING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY SHOULD KEEP FOG OUT OF THE FORECAST...SO PRIMARY AVIATION CONCERN IS MVFR CIGS. SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL RETURN AND PUSH THE BOUNDARY BACK NORTH OF THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON TOMORROW. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 407 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...LAPS THETA-E DATA DEPICTS THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY DRAPED ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. ADDITIONAL SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED BUT SHOULD MAINLY BISECT THE CWA AS A COASTAL TROUGH REMAINS TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION. A GENERAL EASTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION AS A RESULT. RAIN CHANCES DO REMAIN THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN LOCATIONS WHERE A UNSTABLE CONDITIONS CONTINUE. HOWEVER THE AREA SHOULD SEE A GRADUAL DIMINISHING TREND THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. FOR EARLY SUNDAY...CUT BACK ON POPS INLAND AS INSTABILITY IS LACKING...WITH SLIGHT TO CHANCE POPS BACK IN THE FORECAST FOR THE AFTERNOON WITH HEATING. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...DID COOL OVERNIGHT TEMPS FURTHER MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN LOCATIONS IN RELATION TO THE BOUNDARY AND DRIER AIR. OTHERWISE...ANOTHER WARM DAY IS EXPECTED SUNDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S ACROSS THE REGION. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...EXPECT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT TO MOVE ACRS THE CWA/MSA MONDAY. ALTHOUGH MSTR REMAINS A LIMITING FACTOR TO CONVECTION... ESPECIALLY OVER THE CNTRL/WRN CWA (GFS/NAM DETERMINISTIC PWAT VALUES)...SREF QPF PROBABILITIES REMAIN SIGNIFICANT OVER MUCH OF THE CWA/MSA. WL FCST ISOLD (FAR WRN CWA) TO SCT (CNTRL/ERN CWA) CONVECTION OVER THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. NAM/GFS/ECMWF/GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE TIMING OF THE FRONT (OVER THE CNTRL CWA AROUND 18Z MONDAY THEN OFFSHORE AROUND 23Z MONDAY.) CONCUR WITH HPC QPF WITH REGARD TO PCPN AMOUNTS. COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT. COOLEST WEDNESDAY MORNING OWING STG RADIATIONAL COOLING EXPECTED (PROXIMITY OF THE SFC RIDGE AXIS/DRY ATMOSPHERE.) TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN DEPICTS THE FOREGOING UPPER SYSTEM TO MOVE SLOWLY NEWD ACRS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/MIDWEST WHILE A QUASI-ZONAL UPPER PATTERN DEVELOPS OVER THE CNTRL/WRN CONUS. THIS SUGGESTS A RTN TO ONSHORE FLOW. YET...GFS DETERMINISTIC MAINTAINS VERY LOW PWAT VALUES DRG THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PERIOD. THUS...NO PCPN EXPECTED AFTER MONDAY. MARINE...ANTICIPATE SCA CONDITIONS BEFORE THE FRONTAL PASSAGE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND THEN ONCE AGAIN AFTER THE FROPA MONDAY NIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 72 89 76 86 61 / 20 30 10 40 10 VICTORIA 68 87 73 84 55 / 30 30 10 50 10 LAREDO 74 92 74 86 60 / 20 10 10 20 10 ALICE 71 91 74 86 59 / 30 20 10 30 10 ROCKPORT 74 85 79 82 63 / 20 30 10 40 10 COTULLA 69 89 71 86 55 / 20 10 10 20 10 KINGSVILLE 72 90 76 87 60 / 20 20 10 40 10 NAVY CORPUS 75 87 78 83 67 / 20 30 10 40 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && IB/90...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 524 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-121030- 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- 524 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TE/TB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 210 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014 TXZ232-233-246-112000- BEE-GOLIAD-REFUGIO- 210 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING BEE...GOLIAD AND REFUGIO COUNTIES... AT 207 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLANCONIA...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF REFUGIO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BLAYLOCK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 350 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014 TXZ243-112130- NUECES- 350 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NUECES COUNTY... AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DRISCOLL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ROBSTOWN BY 425 PM CDT. 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANNAVILLE BY 430 PM CDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BLAYLOCK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 505 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014 TXZ243-112300- NUECES- 505 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NUECES COUNTY... AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY NEAR NAVAL AIR STATION CABANISS FIELD...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORPUS CHRISTI...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BLAYLOCK
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:11 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter reported very heavy rain in the downtown area near Concrete Street. Water was up to 1 foot in depth at Interstate 37 and downtown with cars stalled.
Public reported flood waters were deep enough to prevent fire trucks from reaching the downtown area at Crosstown Expressway and Leopard Street.
Public reported flooding occurred near American Bank Center where Bike Fest was being held. Flood waters were deep enough to cause some damage to motorcycles outside.
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