HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 556 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE BAYS TODAY
AND ACROSS THE GULF WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT...IN THE WAKE OF THIS
MORNINGS COLD FRONT.
OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/2 OF AN
INCH WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING...AND THEN
TEMPORARILY TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAIN WILL THEN
REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AS A STRONG UPPER
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. THE RAIN WILL BECOME MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY IN SOME SPOTS BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS ON
TUESDAY...WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.
THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL REMAIN
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WILL
RANGE FROM AROUND ONE INCH OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND WESTERN
BRUSH COUNTRY TO OVER 3 INCHES NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST.
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AS THE RAIN WILL LIKELY
OCCUR OVER A LONG TIME PERIOD...HOWEVER SOME MINOR NUISANCE INLAND
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL ALSO
RISE...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 37 WHERE SOME RIVERS OR
CREEKS COULD EXCEED THEIR BANKS.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR
ALL MARINE INTERESTS AND POSSIBLY INTO THURSDAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE
GULF WATERS...AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES INTO TEXAS. FINALLY...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY OVER THE EASTERN AREAS OF SOUTH TEXAS WITH
SEVERE WEATHER NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 445 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009
...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY ALONG WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK...
A STRONG COLD MOVED THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS EARLIER THIS MORNING...
AND WILL USHER IN COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WIND FOR TODAY ALONG
WITH A BRISK NORTH WIND. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY HOLD STEADY IN
THE 50S TODAY...AND EVEN SLOWLY FALL IN SOME AREAS. LIGHT RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING AMOUNTING GENERALLY
FROM A TRACE UP TO 1/2 OF AN INCH.
AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN INCREASING
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR
DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES
ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
IN THE COASTAL BEND. PRECIPITATION WILL END QUICKLY FROM WEST TO
EAST EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. MORNING LOWS ON TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE
UPPER 40S WITH HIGHS ON TUESDAY ONLY IN THE LOW TO MID 50S.
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ARE
GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. LOCAL
AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 4 INCHES ALONG THE COAST. ALL OF THIS RAIN
WILL CAUSE RISES IN RIVERS AND CREEKS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
GUADALUPE RIVER BASIN SOUTH OF VICTORIA AND THE COPANO CREEK.
SINCE THE GUADALUPE RIVER AND COPANO CREEK ARE RUNNING ABOVE
NORMAL...THE RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN THE RIVER AND CREEK REACHING
MINOR FLOOD STAGE BY MID WEEK. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOODING ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND.
CLEARING IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...SETTING UP
NEAR FREEZING CONDITIONS FOR INLAND LOW-LYING AREAS THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY MORNINGS. AREAS NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST COULD DROP INTO
THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S.
TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER EVENT. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEB SITE
FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI.
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