A region of deep moisture was over the lower and middle Texas coast on the morning of October 18th. A band of showers and thunderstorms moved northward along the coast and trained over the southern portions of the metropolitan area of the city of Corpus Christi during the afternoon.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
A region of deep moisture was over the lower and middle Texas coast on the morning of October 18th. A band of showers and thunderstorms moved northward along the coast and trained over the southern portions of the metropolitan area of the city of Corpus Christi during the afternoon. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches produced flooding of roads on the south and west side of the city of Corpus Christi.
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, 11:50 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1250 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2014 .DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION BELOW FOR 18Z TAF UPDATE. && .AVIATION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO PUSH FURTHER WEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE BOUNCING BETWEEN VFR AND MVFR CRITERIA WITH THE CONVECTION MAINLY AROUND KCRP AND KALI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...MOVING WEST TO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS LATE THIS EVENING/TONIGHT. VSBYS WILL BE REDUCED TO MVFR CRITERIA AS WELL WITH ANY RAINFALL OR BR WITH THIS ACTIVITY. EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS LIFTING BACK TO VFR LEVELS BY EARLY/MID MORNING SUNDAY. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LIGHT OUT OF THE EAST SOUTHEAST...THOUGH MAY SEE SOME MODERATE GUSTS WITH ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 72 85 69 84 68 / 20 20 10 20 10 VICTORIA 66 86 65 86 64 / 10 10 10 10 10 LAREDO 73 87 67 85 67 / 30 30 20 20 20 ALICE 70 86 68 84 67 / 20 20 20 20 10 ROCKPORT 73 85 71 84 71 / 20 10 10 10 10 COTULLA 69 85 65 86 65 / 30 30 10 20 10 KINGSVILLE 71 86 69 84 68 / 20 20 20 20 20 NAVY CORPUS 74 84 73 84 72 / 20 20 10 20 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && LK/84...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 514 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2014 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-190000- 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- 514 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2014 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 LATER TODAY OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS AND COASTAL WATERS AND EXTENDING WEST INTO THE BRUSH COUNTRY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY INTO THE COASTAL BEND. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MAINLY OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND INTO THE BRUSH COUNTRY MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS DUE TO HIGH SEAS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS. THERE IS A RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DUE TO THE COMBINED INFLUENCE OF LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND PERSISTENT MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS IN THE SURF ZONE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TMT/IB
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:15 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Some roads within a mile radius of Staples Street and Saratoga Street were impassable with water depth up to a foot and a half.
Leopard Street underpass at North Padre Island Drive was flooded and impassable.
Flood waters made Interstate 37 impassable near Corn Products Road.
Flood waters made the westbound lanes of Interstate 37 impassable near Clarkwood Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 546560, 546561, 546562, 546563.