Showers and thunderstorms were focused along a weak boundary over the region. Locally heavy rainfall produced flash flooding over portions of Jim Wells County during the late afternoon and early afternoon on the 16th.
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Showers and thunderstorms were focused along a weak boundary over the region. Locally heavy rainfall produced flash flooding over portions of Jim Wells County during the late afternoon and early afternoon on the 16th.
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 Aug 16, 5:35 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
635 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
.DISCUSSION...
See 12z TAF discussion below.
&&
.AVIATION...
Expect MVFR CIGS/VSBY's this morning due to SCT/NUM TSRA across
the Coastal Bend. Rain will move inland by mid aftn impacting
terminals from ALI-BEA-VCT and thus should see VFR conditions
develop along the coast (CRP). MVFR CIGS along the Rio Grande will
become VFR this aftn with increasing TSRA. Expect VFR Conditions
most area tonight after showers diminish.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... /Issued 324 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016/
SHORT TERM (Today through Wednesday)...
GOES sounder imagery continues to show deep tropical moisture
draped across the NW Gulf poised to stream into South Texas...with
PWATs around 2.4". This moisture combined with daytime heating, a
persistent mid level trough and upper difluence will result in
numerous showers and thunderstorms Today...some with heavy
rainfall. Due to saturated soil conditions across much of the
inland brush country and northern Coastal Bend and the potential
for additional heavy rain across the coastal and inland
locations...will maintain the Flash Flood Watch through 00z Today.
Shower activity will diminish this evening with the loss of
daytime heating but expected to redevelop over the gulf waters and
immediate coastal areas after midnight through Wed AM. Expect a
little less coverage of showers on Wednesday as moisture decreases
slightly and the mid level trough retreats into the Texas
panhandle. Temperatures will remain below normal in the short term
due to abundant cloud cover and precipitation.
LONG TERM (Wednesday Night through Monday)...
Moisture depth Wednesday night should still be sufficient for
scattered showers to develop across the Gulf waters and move NNW
across the coastal counties late in the night and through mid
morning Thursday. Drier air is then prog to spread across the
Coastal Plains Thursday afternoon...but moisture depth and
instability should be sufficient across the Victoria area to lead to
diurnally driven showers and thunderstorms /more isolated along a
weak seabreeze farther south/. Drier air aloft and strengthening mid
level ridging from the east is then prog to occur Friday through the
weekend resulting in sunnier skies...warmer daytime temps...and
breezier conditions. ECMWF wants to bring a mid level trough and
associated vort maxes to just NW of the CWA over the weekend...and
proximity may be sufficient for at least isolated convection across
NW Brush Country. For now...will carry a dry forecast for the
weekend until greater certainty occurs with potential weekend
disturbance. Have undercut max temps a couple of degrees for late
this week/weekend for the Brush Country and western Coastal Plains
due to saturated soils.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Corpus Christi 87 78 90 76 93 / 70 60 60 30 20
Victoria 87 75 89 75 93 / 70 60 60 20 40
Laredo 90 75 92 76 96 / 60 50 50 30 10
Alice 89 76 91 73 96 / 80 50 50 20 20
Rockport 85 78 88 79 92 / 70 60 60 30 30
Cotulla 86 75 90 76 92 / 70 50 50 30 10
Kingsville 89 77 92 75 95 / 70 50 60 20 20
Navy Corpus 85 79 87 80 91 / 70 60 60 30 30
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...Flash Flood Watch through this evening For the following zones:
Aransas...Bee...Calhoun...Duval...Goliad...Jim Wells...
Kleberg...La Salle...Live Oak...McMullen...Nueces...
Refugio...San Patricio...Victoria...Webb.
GM...None.
&&
JM/75...AVIATIONHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 349 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-170900- 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- 349 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 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 ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...WITH ACTIVITY BECOMING MORE ISOLATED THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING...BUT THE OVERALL FLOODING THREAT WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...RAINFALL REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS AND OBSERVERS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:00 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
County Roads 170 and 146 were closed due to flooding.
County Roads 220 and 221 were closed due to high water.
County Road 211 was closed due to high water.
High water caused culvert to collapse on County Road 137 off of County Road 625 to the southwest of Alice. County Road 461 west of Ben Bolt was closed due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2016
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