WWUS41 KCRP 262044 PSHCRP PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT...HURRICANE BRET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 200 PM CDT THU AUG 24 1999 A. HIGHEST WINDS NWSO CORPUS CHRISTI CRP... HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND: 39 KNOTS AT TWO TIMES: FROM 050 DEGREES AT 0326 UTC 8/23/99 FROM 140 DEGREES AT 1124 UTC 8/23/99 PEAK GUST: 48 KNOTS FROM 090 DEGREES AT 0550 UTC ON 8/23/99 ASOS ROCKPORT RKP... HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND: 34 KNOTS FROM 140 DEGREES AT 1506 UTC 8/23/99 PEAK GUST: 41 KNOTS FROM 140 DEGREES AT 1506 UTC 8/23/99 ASOS VICTORIA VCT... HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND: 22 KNOTS FROM 170 DEGREES AT 1811 UTC 8/24/99 PEAK GUST: 28 KNOTS FROM 170 DEGREES AT 1810 UTC 8/24/99 ASOS ALICE ALI... HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND: 39 KNOTS FROM 140 DEGREES AT 1748 UTC 8/23/99 PEAK GUST: 48 KNOTS FROM 140 DEGREES AT 1747 UTC 8/23/99 ASOS COTULLA COT... HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND: 33 KNOTS FROM 060 DEGREES AT 2332 UTC 8/23/99 PEAK GUST: 40 KNOTS FROM 060 DEGREES AT 8/23/99 2026 UTC ASOS KINGSVILLE NQI... HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND: 35 KNOTS FROM 020 DEGREES AT 8/22/99 1843 UTC PEAK WIND: 44 KNOTS FROM 020 DEGREES AT 8/22/99 1844 UTC ASOS MCMULLEN TARGET (KINGSVILLE) PEAK WIND : 38 KNOTS FROM THE 080 DEGREES AT 2124 UTC 8/22/99 2124 UTC CMAN PORT ARANSAS PTAT2 HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND: 41 KNOTS FROM 050 DEGREES AT 8/23/99 2200 UTC OTHER MEASURED PEAK WIND GUSTS: ARANSAS PASS...57 KNOTS FROM NE AT 2115 UTC 8/23/99 B. LOWEST PRESSURE NWSO CORPUS CHRISTI CRP...1002.4 MILLIBARS (29.60 INCHES) AT TWO TIMES: 0322 UTC 8/23/99 1112 UTC 8/23/99 ASOS ROCKPORT RKP...1006.4 MILLIBARS (29.72 INCHES) AT 2228 UTC 8/22/99 ASOS VICTORIA VCT...1008.8 MILLIBARS (29.79 INCHES) AT 0900 UTC 8/23/99 ASOS NAS KINGSVILLE NQI... 1001.7 MILLIBARS (29.58 INCHES) ASOS ALICE ALI.....998.3 MILLIBARS (29.48 INCHES) AT 1217 UTC 8/23/99 ASOS COTULLA COT...1006.4 MILLIBARS(29.72 INCHES) AT 8/23/99 1753 UTC C. RAINFALL ASOS NWSO CORPUS CHRISTI CRP 1 HOUR: 1.07 INCHES FROM 8/22/99 2300 UTC TO 8/23/99 0000 UTC 6 HOUR: 2.90 INCHES FROM 8/22/99 2200 UTC TO 8/23/99 0400 UTC 12 HOUR: 3.75 INCHES FROM 8/22/99 1600 UTC TO 8/23/99 0400 UTC 24 HOUR: 5.18 INCHES FROM 8/22/99 1600 UTC TO 8/23/99 1600 UTC ASOS VICTORIA VCT... 6 HOUR: 0.51 INCHES FROM 1800-2400 UTC 8/23/99 12 HOUR: 0.69 INCHES FROM 1200-2400 UTC 8/23/99 24 HOUR: 0.69 INCHES ENDING 0000-0000 UTC 8/23/99 TO 8/24/99 ASOS ROCKPORT RKP... 6 HOUR: 0.80 INCHES FROM 0000-0600 UTC 8/23/99 12 HOUR: 1.58 INCHES FROM 1800-0600 UTC 8/23/99 TO 8/24/99 24 HOUR: 2.29 INCHES FROM 0600-0600 UTC 8/23/99 TO 8/24/99 ASOS ALICE ALI... 1 HOUR: 0.95 INCHES 0400-0500 UTC 8/24/99 6 HOUR: 2.11 INCHES 0000-0600 UTC 8/24/99 12 HOUR: 2.38 INCHES 1200-0000 UTC 8/23/99 TO 8/24/99 24 HOUR: 3.97 INCHES 0600-0600 UTC 8/23/99 TO 8/24/99 ASOS COTULLA COT 24 HOUR ENDING 0600 UTC 8/24/99: 3.95 INCHES 24 HOUR ENDING 0600 UTC 8/25/99: 0.32 INCHES ASOS KINGSVILLE NQI... 24 HOUR ENDING 0600 UTC 8/23/99: 2.57 INCHES 24 HOUR ENDING 0600 UTC 8/24/99: 0.52 INCHES STORM TOTALS FROM OTHER LOCATIONS: 24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDING 1200 UTC ENDING 8/23/99 1200 UTC... CONCEPCION...................7.38 FOWLERTON....................1.70 GEORGE WEST..................1.70 POINT COMFORT................0.21 PORTLAND.....................6.47 ROBSTOWN.....................5.36 SINTON.......................4.31 TILDEN 9 S...................0.98 TILDEN 4SSE..................0.58 VICTORIA CP&L................0.05 ALICE THD....................3.00 24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDING 1200 UTC ENDING 8/24/99 1200 UTC... BENAVIDES....................5.10 CALLIHAM.....................2.00 CONCEPCION 3 S...............0.26 CORPUS CHRISTI BAY FRONT.....3.30 FREER........................2.68 FOWLERTON....................2.37 GEORGE WEST..................3.60 PADRE ISLAND NATL SEASHORE...1.94 PORTLAND.....................1.48 ROBSTOWN.....................1.57 ROCKPORT.....................1.40 SINTON.......................1.15 TILDEN 9 S...................2.21 TILDEN 4 SSE.................2.72 THREE RIVERS.................2.32 VICTORIA CP&L................0.47 OTHER RAINFALL REPORTS (STORM TOTAL) ARANSAS PASS...12.60 D. STORM TIDES... MAXIMUM STORM TIDE LEVELS: BOB HALL PIER: 2.6 FEET AT 0800 UTC 8/23/99 ROCKPORT: 1.8 FEET AT 1200 UTC 8/23/99 E. BEACH EROSION... SAN PATRICIO COUNTY...VERY MINOR BEACH EROSION REPORTED. NUECES COUNTY...CORPUS CHRISTI NORTH BEACH LOST 20 TO 40 CUBIC FEET OF BEACH IN SOME PLACES. LITTLE OR NO BEACH EROSION ON BARRIER ISLANDS. KLEBERG...MINOR BEACH EROSION REPORTED ALONG THE NATIONAL SEASHORE ON NORTH PADRE ISLAND. SOME PIERS WERE DESTROYED ON RIVIERA BEACH ON THE TIP OF BAFFIN BAY. FOR NORTH PADRE ISLAND SOUTH OF BAFFIN BAY...SEE REPORT BELOW UNDER OTHER STORM EFFECTS. NO SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION REPORTED IN ARANSAS...CALHOUN AND REFUGIO COUNTIES. F. FLOODING... COASTAL FLOODING...NO SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED. FLASH FLOODING...WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WAS OBSERVED OVER ARANSAS...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...NUECES...BEE...LIVE OAK AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. BANDS OF RAIN WERE LESS NUMEROUS FURTHER WEST...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF MCMULLEN AND WEBB COUNTIES. RIVER FLOODING...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED TO SPREAD WESTWARD TO THE LAREDO AND COTULLA AREAS AS BRET PROGRESSED INLAND. HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE UPPER NUECES AND RIO GRANDE BASIN WILL LIKELY LEAD MINOR FLOODING DOWNSTREAM. THE ARANSAS RIVER (AT SKIDMORE) AND OSO CREEK NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI REACHED FLOOD STAGE RAPIDLY AND ARE CURRENTLY FALLING. G. TORNADOES... ARANSAS COUNTY 8/22/99 2145 UTC...A TORNADO DESTROYED A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE...A BARN AND A SHED. ALSO...SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED. KLEBERG COUNTY 8/22/99 2245 UTC...TORNADO IN KINGSVILLE. MINOR DAMAGE AND A FEW POWER LINES DOWN. JIM WELLS COUNTY 08/23/99 0020 UTC....TORNADO IN ALICE. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE. H. STORM EFFECTS... FATALITIES: NONE. EVACUATIONS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE ISSUED BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS FOR SEVERAL COASTAL COUNTIES. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF COUNTIES AND AN APPROXIMATION (ACTUAL NUMBERS AND/OR PERCENTAGE) OF THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO EVACUATED: SAN PATRICIO..........35,000-40,000 (50-60%) KLEBERG...............17,500 ARANSAS...............15,000 (70%) CALHOUN...............8,000-9,000 (30-40%) NUECES................70,000-100,000 NAS CORPUS CHRISTI....5,300 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN EVACUATED US COAST GUARD .......300 DAMAGE AMOUNTS: IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA...DAMAGE TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 400,000 AND 500,000 DOLLARS. OVERALL DAMAGE AMOUNTS IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA TOTALED ABOUT ONE MILLION DOLLARS WITH THE NAVAL AIR STATION IN CRP ALSO REPORTING AN ADDITIONAL ONE MILLION IN DAMAGES. NO DOLLAR AMOUNT ON DAMAGE FROM THE KINGSVILLE AREA WAS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. OTHER EFFECTS...BRET PRODUCED 12 NEW CUTS ACROSS PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE WHERE WATERS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NOW CONNECT TO THE LAGUNA MADRE. ABOUT 29 MILES SOUTH OF THE NATIONAL SEASHORE HEADQUARTERS...SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR BEACH EROSION BEGINS AND CONTINUES TO THE PORT MANSFIELD PASS. THE FIRST MAJOR CUT IS AT MILE MARKER 40 AND IS ABOUT 150 FEET ACROSS WITH WATER ESTIMATED AT THREE TO FIVE FEET DEEP. FURTHER SOUTH NEAR MILE MARKER 50 AND CLOSE TO WHERE THE EYE CAME ASHORE...THE LARGEST CUT IS SO WIDE THAT AIRCREWS FLYING OVER THE AREA INITIALLY MISTOOK THE LARGE CUT AS THE MANSFIELD PASS. ABOUT 20 MILES EITHER SIDE OF WHERE THE EYE CAME ASHORE...DAMAGE SURVEY TEAMS REPORTED THE DUNES WERE SHEARED IN HALF. NNNN