Localized band of tropical showers and thunderstorms persisted over the community of Odem. Heavy rainfall amounts up to 5 inches occurred.
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Localized band of tropical showers and thunderstorms persisted over the community of Odem. Heavy rainfall amounts up to 5 inches occurred. This produced flooding of streets within the community.
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 5, 10:42 AM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1142 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 .DISCUSSION...ONLY MADE MINOR EDITS TO THE FORECAST THIS MORNING MAINLY TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST TRENDS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE REMAINS SUFFICIENT ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. COVERAGE IS A LITTLE BETTER WEST OF THE BORDER WHERE AREA OF VORTICITY IS LOCATED. LATEST HRRR HAS THIS HANDLED WELL MOVING THIS AREA OF SHOWERS TO NNW AND WEAKENING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WILL LEAVE THE 20 TO 30 POPS AS IS FOR NOW. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 627 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014/ DISCUSSION...NOTE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. AVIATION...MVFR CEILINGS EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FRIDAY. MVFR VISIBILITIES MAY OCCUR NEAR ISOLD/SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DRG THE MID MORNING/AFTN PERIOD TODAY. LGT ONSHORE FLOW THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW BY LATE AFTN. PREDOMINATE VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AREAWIDE BY AROUND 03Z SATURDAY. COMBINATION OF MVFR VSBY/CEILINGS ANTICIPATED AFTER 09Z SATURDAY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 425 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE NEAR THE RIO GRANDE WL CONTRIBUTE TO ADDITIONAL AT LEAST ISOLD CONVECTION OVER THE WRN CWA TODAY. OTHERWISE...THE COMBINATION OF MSTR (RECENT GOES SOUNDER PWAT VALUES/DETERMINISTIC GFS/NAM PWAT VALUES DRG THE PERIOD) AND INSTABILITY WL CONTRIBUTE TO NOCTURAL/DIURNAL ISOLD/SCT CONVECTION OVER THE CWA/MSA DRG THE PERIOD. RECENT SEA STATE (BUOYS 42019/42020) CONSISTENT WITH A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALTHOUGH WW3 DETERMINISTIC OUTPUT IS CONSISTENT WITH A LOW RISK. ANTICIPATE A MODERATE RISK TODAY AND A LOW RISK SUNDAY. EXPECT TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE COAST TO REMAIN BELOW 2FT MSL (TAMUCC ASTRONOMICAL/NEURAL NETWORK OUTPUT.) MAX HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED AROUND 100F OR LESS TODAY AND 105F OR LESS SATURDAY. LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...A MID LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE SRN PORTIONS OF TX THROUGH THE EXTENDED. MODERATE MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS S TX SAT NIGHT ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS WITH REDVLPMNT ACROSS THE WATERS EARLY SUN MORNING. THE SEA BREEZE SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD BE FAIRLY ACTIVE AS A WEAK EMBEDDED DISTURBANCE TRACKS W AROUND THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH...THUS KEPT THE 30 POPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA. EACH DAY WILL BE A LITTLE DRIER LEADING TO LESS ACTIVITY ON MON AND NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIP TUE/WED. EACH DAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY HOTTER AS WELL ALONG WITH INCREASING SUNSHINE. BY THU BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS SHOW A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO CENTRAL TX WITH MOISTURE INCREASING AHEAD OF IT ACROSS S TX. THE MODELS DIFFER ONLY A LITTLE WITH REGARDS TO TIMING OF THE FRONTAL BDRY AND PRECIP AMOUNTS OVER THE CWA ON THU...THEREFORE KEPT A SLIGHT CHC ACROSS THE NRN CWA THEN ALL OF S TX THU NIGHT. THE MODELS THEN PROG THE BDRY TO SLOWLY DRIFT INTO S TX THROUGH FRI AS IT MODIFIES ALONG WITH INCREASING RAIN CHCS. IF MODEL SOLNS CONT TO SHOW THIS TREND...POPS MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 91 77 91 76 92 / 30 10 30 10 30 VICTORIA 93 75 94 74 94 / 30 10 30 10 30 LAREDO 93 77 97 78 99 / 30 20 20 20 20 ALICE 92 75 94 74 95 / 30 10 30 10 30 ROCKPORT 88 79 88 77 92 / 30 10 30 10 20 COTULLA 95 76 96 75 98 / 20 20 20 20 20 KINGSVILLE 92 76 93 75 93 / 30 10 30 10 30 NAVY CORPUS 88 80 88 78 91 / 30 10 30 20 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && TB/78...SHORT TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 551 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-061100- 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- 551 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 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 AREAWIDE TODAY AND PRIMARILY OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 87/81
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall up to 5 inches caused flooding of streets in the community of Odem. Water depth reached up to a foot in places.
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