A 35 year old man visiting Padre Island drowned on the afternoon of the 28th. Emergency crews were sent to Beach Marker 230 near Bob Hall Pier.
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A 35 year old man visiting Padre Island drowned on the afternoon of the 28th. Emergency crews were sent to Beach Marker 230 near Bob Hall Pier. The man was transported to Bay Area Hospital in Corpus Christi where he was pronounced dead.
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 May 28, 2:46 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 346 PM CDT Sun May 28 2017 .SHORT TERM (Tonight through Monday)... A weak cold front currently moving into EWX's CWA is progged to stall across South TX tonight and Monday and interact with abundant moisture to produce numerous shra/tsra's. Confidence is high that it will rain some where in the CWA later tonight and Mon, however there remains uncertainty with where the heaviest rainfall will be located. In addition, there is a slight risk of severe storms across the western CWA. Am expecting convection to begin entering the NW CWA sometime between 02Z-06Z with the possibility of severe storms. Then as the convection heads S and SE, the system will become more of a heavy rain event. The highest pops shift east late tonight into early Mon morning with convection becoming more elevated behind the front. The front is progged to stall across S TX through Mon, draped approx from south of LRD to ALI to around or just S of VCT. With low level moisture convergence across the area, continued mod CAPE values, and abundant moisture, rain chances are expected through out the day. However, if the convection tonight becomes more organized with a better push southward and toward the coast, the airmass may become more stabilized by Mon afternoon and dimish rain chances, especially northern and western areas. As a compromise, changed the weather grid from heavy rain to mod rain for Mon afternoon along with lower QPF. There may be localized flooding, but given the high FFG values, and uncertainty as to where the heaviest rainfall will ultimately end up, (some mesoscale models show heaviest rainfall moving into the gulf and others show the precip moving SW into Mex and BRO's CWA) am not expecting widespread flooding at this time. && .LONG TERM (Monday night through Saturday)... Main issue is how to handle the rain chances through the period, as this is not an easy forecast concerning that. What makes it even more challenging is that things have been dry over portions of our area and do not want to excite people with high QPF values especially with the uncertainty after Monday, but the models are going rather wet. Climatology speaking, often when we have an MCS come through in the morning (like the potential on Monday) it takes time for the atmosphere to reload here, especially since it appears that there will be some weak ridging on Tuesday. However, it is not certain an MCS will move across and there could still be enough moisture/boundaries around Monday evening (especially near the coast) where convection can linger. Thus, for Monday night, will go chance POPs all but NW (slight chance where the atmosphere should be more stable) and proximate to ridge. For Tuesday, will maintain chance POPs with the airmass still rather moist but caveat is that the weak upper ridging could have rain more isolated in spots. Looks like another reasonable shot of rain on Wednesday with the approach of an upper low and moisture/PWATs above 1.5 inches. By late Friday the best portion of the upper trough is more north or northeast, and this should begin to limit the rain chances for the upcoming weekend. Not that the forecast will not have rain in, but will low- end POPs for the weekend (20-30 percent). In short, there is a lot of uncertainty in this forecast package with respect to timing of rain, but feel more confident with rain Wednesday through Thursday night, then gradually diminishing chances after that. Plenty of time to adjust this forecast. Concerning temperatures, pretty much went with a blend of consensus raw forecast for highs Tuesday. For lows Monday night and Tuesday night, went with blend of MOS and raw blend (but a bit on the cooler side). Wednesday through Sunday pretty much kept the Superblend due to uncertainty in forecast and in keeping with ISC collaboration techniques. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 77 83 72 85 74 / 60 80 40 40 20 Victoria 74 80 70 86 72 / 70 80 30 40 20 Laredo 74 84 71 87 72 / 80 80 20 40 20 Alice 75 84 69 87 72 / 70 80 30 40 20 Rockport 77 82 74 84 75 / 60 80 40 40 20 Cotulla 73 84 69 87 72 / 80 60 20 30 20 Kingsville 77 85 70 86 73 / 60 80 40 40 20 Navy Corpus 78 81 74 84 76 / 60 80 40 40 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && TE/81...SHORT TERM GW/86...LONG TERM
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 527 AM CDT Sun May 28 2017 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-291030- 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- 527 AM CDT Sun May 28 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for South Texas and the Middle Texas Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Heat index values of 105 to 109 degrees are expected today across the Brush Country and Rio Grande Plains. Thunderstorms chances increase this evening into tonight across South Texas. A few storms could be strong to severe over northwest parts of the area. A heavy rainfall threat may also develop across the region overnight, resulting in localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will be possible across the region Monday, with moderate to heavy rainfall possible with these storms. More scattered thunderstorms are possible across the region through the end of the week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 35 year old man visiting Padre Island drowned in a rip current on the afternoon of the 28th. Emergency crews were sent to Beach Marker 230 near Bob Hall Pier. The man was pronounced dead at Bay Area Hospital in Corpus Christi.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Nueces | 2017-05-28 | 35 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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