Weak showers and thunderstorms across South Texas resulted in multiple reports of a 'cold-air' like funnel cloud over Bee County near Tynan and Skidmore.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Weak showers and thunderstorms across South Texas resulted in multiple reports of a 'cold-air' like funnel cloud over Bee County near Tynan and Skidmore.
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 Feb 15, 3:42 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 342 PM CST Thu Feb 15 2024 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, MARINE... .SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Friday night) Issued at 341 PM CST Thu Feb 15 2024 Key Messages: - Medium to high rain chances tonight through Friday night Southwesterly flow aloft ahead of a trough expected to cross over Central Mexico through the period will continue to inject Pacific moisture into the area. At the lower levels, a developing surface trough will add greater moisture into the region with PWATs forecast to reach near record values tonight into Friday. The combination of the surging moisture across the area and the passage of a few embedded disturbances in the flow aloft will provide for medium to high rain chances areawide from late tonight through Friday night (PoPs 60-90%). Patchy light rain this afternoon will give way to showers overnight from southwest to northeast as the atmosphere becomes saturated. Although some elevated instability will be present, most of the area should not experience convection, and heavy downpours would remain localized. The flooding potential will also be minimal and localized, mostly restricted to urban and poor drainage areas as FFG remains high as opposed to the expected rainfall amounts (FFG: 1.5-4 in/hr vs. Storm total QPF: 1-2 in). Nevertheless, a beneficial rainfall event is in the works through the period. Rain chances will begin to decrease Friday night into Saturday morning as the trough approaches from the west sending an associated frontal boundary across the area. In regards to the temperature forecast, overnight lows will range from the upper 50s to the mid 60s tonight, and in the mid 40s to low 50s tomorrow night. Given the dense cloud cover and the expected rainfall, highs on Friday will struggle to get out of the 60s areawide. Patchy fog may also accompany the rainfall. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday through next Wednesday) Issued at 341 PM CST Thu Feb 15 2024 Key Messages: - Windy Saturday behind cold front Cold front should be through the region by day-break Saturday with strong cold advection infiltrating the area behind it. Max temperatures for the day will be before sunrise with daytime temperatures in some areas potentially only in the 40s. NBM probs of max daytime temperatures below 50 in the Victoria Crossroads and northern Coastal Plains have medium (40-50%) chance of not topping 50 degrees in the afternoon hours. Regardless of the exact temperatures, it'll be a much colder day with winds making it even colder with feels like temps in the low 40s in the Coastal Plains. Speaking of the winds, expect gusts 30 to 40 mph. There is a low (but not no) potential for a wind advisory for some counties in the Plains. Gale force winds gusts are likely over the marine areas. High pressure quickly builds across the region and shifts eastward, but not before giving us a very cool night Saturday night into Sunday morning. Most of the area will be in the lower to mid 30s, but the northern Coastal Plains and Brush Country have a medium (around 50%) chance of dropping briefly below freezing. Low lying areas will have an even higher potential. The rest of the forecast is smooth sailing with onshore flow returning by the end of the weekend, but not really pulling in the high surface moisture until mid-week. Plenty of sunshine and gradually warming temperatures are expected. By the latter half of the week we are probably back into the lower to mid 80s inland. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1143 AM CST Thu Feb 15 2024 Poor aviation conditions will continue across area terminals through the forecast cycle. A mixture of MVFR/IFR conditions is ongoing, and mostly MVFR conditions are expected to persist through early this evening. Overnight, ceilings will drop to LIFR levels as showers begin to roll in from southwest to northeast. Showers and low ceilings can be expected through Friday afternoon at all sites. Winds will be light and variable through the period ahead of an advancing frontal boundary and a developing surface trough. && .MARINE... Issued at 341 PM CST Thu Feb 15 2024 Weak onshore flow tonight and Friday will strengthen to moderate levels and shift offshore Friday night ahead of an approaching boundary. Isolated to scattered showers tonight will become numerous to widespread by Friday morning due to increase moisture and a developing surface trough. Medium to high rain chances will then persist through Friday night. Patchy fog may accompany the rainfall tonight through Friday. A cold front will move off the coast Saturday morning with a strong offshore flow developing in its wake. Wind gusts to Gale force will be possible (50-70% offshore) Saturday. Scattered to numerous showers will end from northwest to southeast behind the cold front as drier air filters across the area through the day Saturday. Winds decrease to weak to moderate levels Sunday and become onshore by Sunday night. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 62 69 48 54 / 80 90 50 40 Victoria 61 67 46 50 / 70 80 30 20 Laredo 60 67 52 56 / 90 80 50 40 Alice 60 69 47 53 / 80 90 50 40 Rockport 61 69 48 54 / 70 90 50 40 Cotulla 60 69 50 56 / 70 70 20 10 Kingsville 62 69 48 54 / 80 90 60 50 Navy Corpus 64 69 50 56 / 80 90 60 50 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && SHORT TERM...ANM/88 LONG TERM....PH/83 AVIATION...ANM
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:22 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Weak showers and thunderstorms across South Texas resulted in multiple reports and pictures of a 'cold-air' like funnel cloud over Bee County near Tynan and Skidmore.
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