Large area of showers and thunderstorms over the Gulf of Mexico moved inland across the Coastal Bend during the afternoon. This caused some minor flooding in the Ingleside area.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Large area of showers and thunderstorms over the Gulf of Mexico moved inland across the Coastal Bend during the afternoon. This caused some minor flooding in the Ingleside area.
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 20, 11:42 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1242 PM CDT MON OCT 20 2014 .DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW FOR THE 18Z TAFS. && .AVIATION...ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND HAS LEAD TO PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS FOR THE CRP TAF SITE. RADAR INDICATED THAT ISOLD TO SCT CONVECTION IS INCREASING FARTHER WEST TOWARD ALI AND LRD. PREVAILING CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY BE VFR WITH PERIODS OF MVFR...POSSIBLY IFR...CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR CRP...ALI AND LRD. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING...BUT MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS A LOW STRATUS DECK AND PATCHY LIGHT FOG DVLP. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO PUSH FARTHER S INTO THE CWA ON TUE RESULTING IN ONLY A SLIGHT CHC OF PRECIP ACROSS THE SRN AREAS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL ACROSS S TX BY MID MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON ON TUE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 855 AM CDT MON OCT 20 2014/ DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SHRA'S CURRENTLY MOVG ONSHORE FROM NEAR BAFFIN BAY TO JUST NORTH OF ROCKPORT THIS MORNING. THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING WITH LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWING THE BETTER CAPE AND LEAST CIN VALUES ALONG THE COAST SOUTHWARD TO BRO'S AREA. THE INSTABILITY IS PROGD TO INCREASE FARTHER W THRU THE AFTERNOON. HAVE INCREASED POPS BY A CATEGORY FOR REFUGIO...ARANSAS AND CALHOUN COUNTIES. UPDATES WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 634 AM CDT MON OCT 20 2014/ DISCUSSION...UPDATE FOR 12Z AVIATION. AVIATION...LOW CONFIDENCE TAF FORECAST. MVFR TO BRIEF IFR VSBYS AT BEGINNING OF TAF PERIOD AT KVCT/KALI WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO VFR BY MID MRNG. VFR AT KCRP/KLRD TO START THE DAY WITH TEMPO MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE THRU MID MRNG AT KLRD. ALL TERMINALS SHOULD BE VFR BY MID/LATE MRNG WITH VFR THEN PREVAILING THRU THE AFTN. HOWEVER...ISO TO SCT SHRA MAY IMPACT KCRP AND KALI THIS AFTN WITH TEMPO MVFR TO EVEN IFR VSBYS/CIGS POSSIBLE IF PRECIP IS HEAVY ENOUGH. TIMING IS UNCERTAIN...BUT ATTM FEEL THAT MAIN THREAT TO TERMINALS WILL BE DRNG MIDDAY/AFTN HRS. KLRD SHOULD REMAIN DRY MOST OF THE DAY WITH CHANCES OF SHRA OCCRNG MID/LATE AFTN AND INTO EARLY EVENING. KVCT XPCTD TO REMAIN DRY. OVERNIGHT...PRECIP DISSIPATES WITH VFR PREVAILING UNTIL LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD WHEN MVFR VSBYS DVLP...PRIMARILY AT KLRD/KVCT/KALI. NERLY WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS BECOMING MORE ERLY AND SLIGHTLY STRONGER THRU THE TAF PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 84 70 86 66 84 / 40 10 20 10 10 VICTORIA 86 62 87 60 84 / 10 10 10 10 10 LAREDO 85 71 87 67 86 / 40 20 20 20 20 ALICE 85 69 88 65 86 / 50 10 20 20 10 ROCKPORT 85 70 86 69 84 / 30 10 10 10 10 COTULLA 85 68 86 63 86 / 20 10 20 10 10 KINGSVILLE 85 70 87 66 85 / 50 10 20 20 10 NAVY CORPUS 85 73 85 71 83 / 40 10 20 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && TE/81...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 521 AM CDT MON OCT 20 2014 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-211030- 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- 521 AM CDT MON OCT 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS AND BRUSH COUNTRY. LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING MAY OCCUR UNDER THE HEAVIER SHOWERS...BUT WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED TODAY. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST TODAY ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS DUE TO HIGH SEAS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 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. RH/TMT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding near the high school in Ingleside. The water depth was less than half of a foot.
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