Scattered thunderstorms occurred over the Brush Country in advance of a slow moving frontal boundary. The storms were slow moving and produced locally heavy rainfall.
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Scattered thunderstorms occurred over the Brush Country in advance of a slow moving frontal boundary. The storms were slow moving and produced locally heavy rainfall. Flooding occurred across portions of McMullen County during the late evening of the 25th and early morning hours of the 26th.
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 25, 3:21 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 421 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 .SHORT TERM (Tonight through Monday)... An upper level trough positioned over the central plains will continue trekking eastward as a cut off low retrogrades over northern Mexico and the Baja Peninsula overnight and Monday. A cold front draped across central Texas will slowly progress southward into the region Monday. There will be a lull in convection over the Coastal Bend and portions of the Coastal Plains this afternoon and early evening, but expect redevelopment of convection overnight. As the boundary pushes further south anticipate numerous showers and thunderstorms to develop, with the best chances across the Rio Grande Plains early in the period, spreading in coverage late tonight into tomorrow. Higher pwat values over 2 inches will be spread across the region. Deep Pacific moisture is being ushered into the region with the cut off low over northern Mexico, and more low level moisture from the Gulf is also being brought onshore with moderate onshore flow today. Moderate to locally heavy rainfall will be possible at times will some of these storms, but with storm motion moving at current rates, widespread flooding is not expected at this time. Surface winds ahead the frontal boundary will become easterly overnight, gradually becoming northeasterly through the afternoon. Tonight temperatures will be a few degrees cooler than the past couple of days. Highs tomorrow will be somewhat dependent on coverage of rain and timing of the cold front moving into the region. Currently anticipate highs in the low to mid 80s inland, and in the mid to upper 80s along the coast and southern Coastal Bend. && .LONG TERM (Monday Night through Sunday)... Models prog the upper cut off low to continue retrograding westward across Baja CA while the main upper low continues to swing eastward across the plains, with mid/ upper level high pressure in between across S TX. This will lead to sfc high pressure continuing to build across S TX through Monday night and Tue. As a result, sfc winds restrengthen Monday night to moderate levels, mainly across the waters. Models also hint at weak re- enforcing high pressure once again Thu, resulting in a slight increase in sfc winds briefly Thu. A gradual drying will take place with pops decreasing from N to S through Tue. The GFS shows precip continuing along the southern coastal waters through Wed as an upper level short wave tracks south around the eastern periphery of the ridge. Therefore, kept a slight chc across the southern coastal waters through Wed/Wed night, then remove the mention of precip completely by Thu. Expected to remain dry into the weekend then re-introduce pops across the waters next Sun. Temps will be cooler Tue due to the combination of weak to mod CAA and clouds/rain, then a gradual warming through the latter part of the week. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 76 88 72 85 71 / 50 70 50 40 20 Victoria 72 85 68 84 67 / 60 60 40 30 10 Laredo 75 87 68 79 68 / 60 60 60 30 10 Alice 74 88 71 85 69 / 50 60 50 30 10 Rockport 77 88 73 83 73 / 50 60 50 40 20 Cotulla 73 81 67 81 67 / 60 60 50 30 10 Kingsville 75 88 71 85 70 / 50 70 50 40 20 Navy Corpus 78 87 75 84 75 / 50 70 50 40 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && LK/84...SHORT TERM TE/81...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 525 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-261030- 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- 525 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 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 TODAY. WIDEPSREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER, A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AT TIMES WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE TUESDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 85/87
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
337 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016
TXZ243-252100-
NUECES-
337 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN NUECES COUNTY...
AT 336 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER KINGS CROSSING
GOLF COURSE...OR NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
CORPUS CHRISTI COUNTRY CLUB...DOWNTOWN CORPUS CHRISTI...
DRISCOLL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL...COLE PARK...
NAVAL AIR STATION CABANISS FIELD...CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL SOUTH...
CORPUS CHRISTI DEL MAR EAST CAMPUS...CLARKWOOD...
KINGS CROSSING GOLF COURSE...CORPUS CHRISTI DEL MAR WEST CAMPUS...
BAY AREA MEDICAL CENTER AND TULOSO.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2757 9741 2781 9757 2787 9743 2787 9741
2761 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 153DEG 21KT 2767 9740
PZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 618 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 TXZ230-252345- MCMULLEN- 618 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL MCMULLEN COUNTY... AT 617 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF TILDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TILDEN AND CALLIHAM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 2851 9833 2812 9844 2821 9871 2860 9862 TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 204DEG 24KT 2832 9855 PZ
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:37 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff Office reported heavy rain and flooding of roads around Tilden.
Heavy rain caused flooding around Calliham.
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