Through 11 am...scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop and increase through the morning as a cold front pushes into the region. Showers are developing across an east to West Line over the coastal Bend. Showers and thunderstorms are strongest over Aransas...Calhoun...and Refugio counties. Residents can expect moderate rainfall with a few lightning strikes to last another two hours. Total rainfall amounts may reach one quarter of an inch.
Forecast for Aransas
Updated: 3:47 am CST on November 24, 2009
Today
Windy. Patchy fog early in the morning. Showers and thunderstorms likely through the day. Highs in the lower 70s. Light southeast winds becoming north increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
Partly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Cooler. Lows in the mid 40s inland...in the lower 50s coast. North winds 10 to 20 mph becoming 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued an
* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for... extreme south central Aransas County in south Texas... central Nueces County in south Texas... this includes the cities of... Port Aransas... Corpus Christi International Airport... Robstown... Corpus Christi... southeastern San Patricio County in south Texas...
* until 1045 am CST
* at 942 am CST Doppler radar indicated an area of showers and thunderstorms developing with locally heavy rainfall from near Robstown to corpus chrsiti to Port Aransas. The showers were moving southeast at 15 mph. Rainfall amounts of 1/2 to 2 inches can be expected.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause elevated levels on small creeks and streams... and ponding of water in urban areas... highways... streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage areas and low lying spots.