A severe thunderstorm formed near Victoria in advance of a line of thunderstorms moving southwest along the upper Texas coast. Trees and street signs were blown down in Victoria.
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A severe thunderstorm formed near Victoria in advance of a line of thunderstorms moving southwest along the upper Texas coast. Trees and street signs were blown down in Victoria. Roof damage occurred to a house in eastern Goliad County.
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 Jul 15, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 245 PM CDT Sat Jul 15 2017 .SHORT TERM (Tonight through Sunday night)... Convection is on-going in HGX area and some of the convection to the north and east has the potential to get into the CWFA this evening before finally dying off. Could have a strong storm or two (winds 50 mph or hail generally less than 3/4 inch) between 00Z and 04Z over northern tier of counties before activity dies off (based on shorter range models and instability). Consequently, have increased POPs for this evening over the northern areas. Convection likely to develop offshore overnight with some of it moving inland before weakening, so shifted the higher POPs overnight more toward the coast. For Sunday, plentiful moisture and weakness in the ridge/weak inverted trough near the coast should bring scattered convection to the area, and have gone with at least chance POPs (likely over the Victoria area) for Sunday. Could have locally heavy rainfall as the storms will not be moving very fast and could dump a lot of rain in a short time before dissipating and/or developing elsewhere. PWATs remain AOA 2 inches Sunday night and models keeping some chance POPs around even into the overnight hours. Thus, see no need to argue with chance POPs everywhere Sunday night. CWFA needs rain so as long as heavy rainfall does not get out of control (not expected to as isolated flooding at best) rainfall will be beneficial. Also beneficial is that it will not be as hot (will remain humid obviously) on Sunday. Do not expect the isolated dense inland fog we had for an hour or two this morning given the more clouds (less radiational cooling) and higher moisture, but will have some lower visibilities in the inland areas before sunrise. For overnight lows went a degree or two warmer tonight than lows this morning, but still below guidance south and west since a light land breeze is expected toward morning (which will help bring the very light fog in some areas). Add another degree to the overnight lows for Sunday night from the lows Sunday morning. Going cooler on Sunday than today due to the clouds and rain; overall not a big change to the previous high temperature forecast for Sunday. && .MARINE (Tonight through Sunday night)... Scattered convection expected through the period, mainly overnight and in the morning, developing again Sunday evening/Sunday overnight. Overall winds and seas outside of convection will be light. && .LONG TERM (Monday through Saturday)... The inverted trough axis currently to our east will move through the CWA and northern MX on Monday. Widespread PWATs at or just above 2 inches (associated with the inverted trough) along with some weak forcing both aloft (from the inverted trough) and in the boundary layer (from the seabreeze) will result in scattered to numerous showers and storms on Monday. Convection will tend to linger overnight Monday across the Brush Country due to the proximity to the main circulation center as it moves further into MX. Much drier conditions are expected on Tuesday as ridging aloft builds into the CWA. However, still expect at least isolated convection for at least the northeast and western areas due to lingering moisture. The remainder of the work week will see ridging aloft but will maintain a deep E/SE flow bring in higher pockets of moisture. With the ridge axis not expected to be terribly strong, will maintain at least slight chance pops through the rest of the work week. Rain chances are expected to increase again by Saturday as another inverted trough axis moves across the CWA, bringing with it higher PWATs. Given the expected higher rain chances early in the week, kept temps after Mon close to normal values. Some of the guidance was wanting to raise temps above 105 for portions of the Brush Country by the middle of next week. Just thought this was too warm given the wetter soils and continuing convective chances. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 74 93 75 92 77 / 10 40 30 50 20 Victoria 75 92 75 92 76 / 40 60 30 60 30 Laredo 76 99 76 97 77 / 10 30 30 40 20 Alice 74 96 74 95 74 / 10 40 30 50 20 Rockport 77 91 78 90 80 / 30 50 40 60 30 Cotulla 75 98 75 95 75 / 30 40 30 50 30 Kingsville 74 95 74 95 76 / 10 40 30 50 20 Navy Corpus 79 92 80 90 81 / 20 40 40 50 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && GW/86...SHORT TERM MB/80...LONG TERM
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 551 AM CDT Sat Jul 15 2017 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-161100- 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 Sat Jul 15 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for South Texas and the Middle Texas Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible today and tonight. Severe thunderstorms are not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Isolated thunderstorms will be possible each day through Friday. Severe thunderstorms are not expected at this time. Heat index values of 105 to 109 will be possible at times next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:25 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Report received through social media of wind damage in downtown Victoria. A power pole was blown down and trees were damaged at the intersection of South Navarro Street and East Forrest Street.
Victoria County Sheriff's Office reported wind gusts estimated to around 60 mph in downtown Victoria. Trees and street signs were blown down.
Goliad County Sheriff's Office reported a large tree down on Weise Road.
Damage occurred to the roof of a home near the intersection of Leisure Lane and Sunset Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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