Flood wave from heavy rainfall over the upper Nueces River watershed reached Live Oak County by the end of the month. Major flooding occurred from west of Three Rivers to near George West.
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Flood wave from heavy rainfall over the upper Nueces River watershed reached Live Oak County by the end of the month. Major flooding occurred from west of Three Rivers to near George West. Releases from Lake Corpus Christi produced major flooding on the Nueces River downstream from the dam to the Calallen area.
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 Oct 26, 11:10 AM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1210 PM CDT Fri Oct 26 2018 .DISCUSSION... See aviation discussion below for the 18A TAFs. && .AVIATION... CIGs are lifting with LRD now MVFR and the rest of S TX being VFR. VFR conditions are expected through this afternoon and into tonight. Patchy fog is expected to develop late tonight into early Sat morning. This will lead to MVFR...possibly IFR...visibilities. CIGs could also lower to MVFR levels. VFR conditions are then expected by mid morning Sat. Sfc high pressure will keep winds light with a variable direction. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... /Issued 638 AM CDT Fri Oct 26 2018/ DISCUSSION...See Aviation section for 12Z TAFs. AVIATION...Fog has been slow to develop early this morning with patchy dense fog over the southeast part of the Brush Country from HBV-ALI and patchy fog over the inland Coastal Bend. The fog will linger over the coastal plains through 15Z with ALI going from LIFR to IFR. Patchy fog could also develop in VCT area soon MVFR vsbys. An upper level disturbance moving in from the northwest will lead to a region of mid level clouds over south Texas into early evening. This disturbance providing isolated light showers over the western Brush Country this morning. VFR conditions are expected from 14Z Friday through Friday evening. Skies expected to clear out with passage of the upper level trough late this evening. With light winds and clear skies, expect fog will form over most of south Texas with MVFR vsbys prevalent while IFR/LIFR will be possible especially over the inland coastal plains after 08Z Saturday. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... /Issued 440 AM CDT Fri Oct 26 2018/ SHORT TERM (Today through Saturday)... Short wave trough over northwest Mexico will move southeast across northern Mexico today through tonight. An upper level jet will move across south Texas today with the right entrance region providing some lift leading to an increase in mid level clouds. NAM/GFS models show region of higher moisture along the Rio Grande with precipitable water values around 1.5 inches today. Will show slight chance PoPs over the western Brush Country today. Weak surface high pressure will remain over south Texas today into tonight and move into the coastal waters on Saturday. Light winds and high boundary layer moisture will lead to patchy fog over inland area this morning and again late tonight into Saturday morning. Below normal temperatures will be in store for today with cloud cover and light north winds. Highs will be closer to normal on Saturday with more sunshine. As for tides, above normal anomalies with the tide levels continue to show a trend down. Tides have fallen going toward low tide and do not expected the tides to reach advisory levels on the next high tide. Cancelled the Coastal Flood Advisory. MARINE (Today through Saturday)... With surface high pressure ridge will remain from central Texas down into the region today into tonight. This will keep a light north wind over the coastal waters. Seas will be tranquil ranging from 1 to 3 feet. High pressure area will move into the coastal waters on Saturday leading to variable light wind. LONG TERM (Saturday night through Thursday)... Ridging builds in from the west and surface high pressure quickly pushes south through the region and settles in the NW Gulf of Mexico through the weekend. Dry and warming conditions are expected through weekend under mostly sunny skies. Moisture is drawn back northward across South Texas as an area of low pressure develops across the high plains Tuesday as onshore flow increases. A mid level trough is then expected to swing east across the Central Plains, strengthening the low level flow, resulting in an increase in moisture. This trough will also bring a surface cold front mid to late week. Timing of the frontal passage across South Texas still varies from a Wednesday night passage according to ECMWF to a Thursday morning passage according to GFS. Either way, with PWATs expected to increase to near 1.8 inches, showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop ahead and along the boundary Wednesday/Thursday. Drier conditions are expected behind the front. Cooler temperatures will also develop behind the front with highs in the lower 70s. Marine... Generally weak winds will prevail this weekend and early next week over the Middle Texas Coastal Waters. Onshore flow will strengthen Tuesday and Wednesday in advance of the next upper level trough and cold front. A chance of showers and storms may return on Wednesday as the front moves through the area. Borderline SCA conditions will be possible behind the Wednesday night/Thursday frontal passage. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 76 58 83 60 83 / 10 0 0 0 0 Victoria 76 54 82 59 85 / 10 0 0 0 0 Laredo 76 58 83 60 84 / 20 10 0 0 0 Alice 76 57 83 58 85 / 10 10 0 0 0 Rockport 74 61 80 65 81 / 10 0 0 0 0 Cotulla 77 57 83 58 84 / 10 0 0 0 0 Kingsville 77 58 83 59 85 / 10 10 0 0 0 Navy Corpus 74 64 79 66 81 / 10 0 0 0 0 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && TE/81...AVIATION
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 450 AM CDT Fri Oct 26 2018 TXZ229>234-239>247-342>347-442-443-447-271000- La Salle-McMullen-Live Oak-Bee-Goliad-Victoria-Webb-Duval- Jim Wells-Inland Kleberg-Inland Nueces-Inland San Patricio- Coastal Aransas-Inland Refugio-Inland Calhoun-Coastal Kleberg- Coastal Nueces-Coastal San Patricio-Aransas Islands- Coastal Refugio-Coastal Calhoun-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- Calhoun Islands- 450 AM CDT Fri Oct 26 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for South Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-271000- 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- 450 AM CDT Fri Oct 26 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for the Middle Texas Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. TMT/CB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Releases from Wesley Seale Dam pushed the Nueces River into major flood stream downstream from the dam, affecting San Patricio County.
Releases from Wesley Seale Dam pushed the Nueces River into major flood stream downstream from the dam, affecting Jim Wells County.
Releases from Wesley Seale Dam pushed the Nueces River into major flood stream downstream from the dam, affecting Nueces County. West bank residents below Bluntzer were cut off by the flood waters.
Major flooding occurred from west of Three Rivers to near George West. Flow backed up into several minor creeks.
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