000 ACUS74 KCRP 172249 PSHCRP PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT...HURRICANE CLAUDETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 600 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2002 A. HIGHEST WINDS CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...ASOS...CRP PEAK GUST...240 DEGREES 34 KNOTS AT 2018 UTC JUL 15 2003 2 MINUTE....230 DEGREES 27 KNOTS AT 2058 UTC JUL 15 2003 CORPUS CHRISTI NAVAL AIR STATION...ASOS...NGP PEAK GUST...200 DEGREES 36 KNOTS AT 2141 UTC JUL 15 2003 2 MINUTE....230 DEGREES 27 KNOTS AT 2115 UTC JUL 15 2003 ARANSAS COUNTY AIRPORT...ROCKPORT TEXAS..ASOS...RKP PEAK GUST...250 DEGREES 36 KNOTS AT 1800 UTC JUL 15 2003 2 MINUTE....250 DEGREES 27 KNOTS AT 1810 UTC JUL 15 2003 VICTORIA REGIONAL AIRPORT...VICTORIA TEXAS...ASOS...VCT PEAK GUST...050 DEGREES 72 KNOTS AT 1817 UTC JUL 15 2003 2 MINUTE....040 DEGREES 54 KNOTS AT 1818 UTC JUL 15 2003 ALICE REGIONAL AIRPORT...ALICE TEXAS...ASOS...ALI PEAK GUST...270 DEGREES 35 KNOTS AT 2103 UTC JUL 15 2003 2 MINUTE....250 DEGREES 27 KNOTS AT 2222 UTC JUL 15 2003 COTULLA REGIONAL AIRPORT...COTULLA TEXAS...ASOS...COT PEAK GUST...330 DEGREES 46 KNOTS AT 0222 UTC JUL 16 2003 2 MINUTE....330 DEGREES 36 KNOTS AT 0246 UTC JUL 16 2003 ORANGE GROVE TEXAS...ASOS PEAK GUST...250 DEGREES 35 KNOTS AT 2245 UTC JUL 15 2003 2 MINUTE....250 DEGREES 29 KNOTS AT 2306 UTC JUL 15 2003 MCMULLEN COUNTY (APPROX 15 MILES NNW OF FREER TX)...ASOS... PEAK GUST...300 DEGREES 53 KNOTS AT 0218 UTC JUL 16 2003 2 MINUTE....250 DEGREES 29 KNOTS AT 0218 UTC JUL 16 2003 KINGSVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION...ASOS...NQI PEAK GUST...300 DEGREES 33 KNOTS AT 2103 UTC JUL 15 2003 2 MINUTE....250 DEGREES 29 KNOTS AT 2117 UTC JUL 15 2003 RAWS DATA SITES (WIND GUSTS AND TIMES ONLY)... ARANSAS TEXAS...........64 KNOTS AT 1857 UTC JUL 15 2003 3 N GEORGE WEST TEXAS...55 KNOTS AT 2218 UTC JUL 15 2003 MATAGORDA TEXAS.........65 KN0TS AT 1800 UTC JUL 15 2003 4 NE VICTORIA TEXAS.....71 KNOTS AT 1830 UTC JUL 15 2003 PORT ARANSAS CMAN...PTAT2 PEAK GUST...190 DEGREES 38 KNOTS AT 2000 UTC JUL15 2003 BUOY 42019...90 MILES EAST OF PORT ARANSAS PEAK GUST....260 DEGREES AT 60 KNOTS AT 1100 UTC JUL 15 2003 BUOY 42020...45 NM SOUTHEAST OF BAFFIN BAY PEAK GUST....280 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS AT 1300 UTC JUL 15 2003 TEXAS COASTAL OCEANIC OBSERVING NETWORK...TCOON (PROVIDED BY THE DIVISION OF NEARSHORE RESEARCH TEXAS A&M CORPUS CHRISTI) PORT OCONNOR..330 DEGREES AT 70 KNOTS AT 1500 UTC JUL 15 2003 NWS STATION (17 SE OF PORT ARANSAS) .....230 DEGREES AT 45 KNOTS AT 1900 UTC JUL 15 2003 PORT ARANSAS...220 DEGREES AT 34 KNOTS AT 1900 UTC JUL 15 2003 INGLESIDE......210 DEGREES AT 39 KNOTS AT 1900 UTC JUL 15 2003 BOB HALL PIER..200 DEGREES AT 37 KNOTS AT 2300 UTC JUL 15 2003 BIRD ISLAND....130 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS AT 1900 UTC JUL 15 2003 ALSO PEAK WIND 190 DEGREES AT 35 KNOTS AT 0800 UTC JUL 16 2003 BAFFIN BAY.....180 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS AT 0400 UTC JUL 15 MISCELLANEOUS WIND REPORTS... POINT COMFORT TEXAS...SUSTAINED WINDS AT 70 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 87 KNOTS AT FORMOSA PLANT AT 1645 UTC JULY 15 2003 PORT LAVACA TEXAS.....SUSTAINED WINDS 76 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 87 KNOTS. LONG MOTT TEXAS.......68 KNOTS SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 83 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHEAST 1827 UTC JUL 15 2003 BLOOMINGTON TX........6O KNOTS SUSTAINED WIND AT APPROX 1800 UTC CHOKE CANYON TEXAS....71 KNOTS (NO TIME GIVEN) B. LOWEST PRESSURE ARANSAS COUNTY AIRPORT...ROCKPORT TEXAS..ASOS...RKP 999.7 MILLIBARS AT 1800 UTC JUL 15 2003 CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...ASOS...CRP 1004.2 MILLIBARS AT 2031 UTC JUL 15 2003 ALICE REGIONAL AIRPORT...ASOS...ALI 1003.3 MILLIBARS AT 2242 UTC JUL 15 2003 COTULLA REGIONAL AIRPORT...ASOS...COT 997.9 MILLIBARS AT 0146 UTC JUL 15 2003 PORT ARANSAS CMAN...PTAT2 1003.8 MILLIBARS AT 2000 UTC JUL 15 2003 BUOY 42019...90 MILES EAST OF PORT ARANSAS 990.2 MILLIBARS AT 1100 UTC JUL 15 2003 BUOY 42020... 1007.1 MILLIBARS AT 1300 UTC JUL 15 2003 TEXAS COASTAL OCEANIC OBSERVING NETWORK...TCOON NWS OFFSHORE PLATFORM 1002.8 MILLIBARS ON 1730 UTC JUL 15 2003 C. RAINFALL ARANSAS COUNTY AIRPORT...ROCKPORT TEXAS..ASOS...RKP 1 HOUR...0.50 INCHES ENDING AT 1800 UTC JUL 15 2003 6 HOUR...1.39 INCHES ENDING AT 0000 UTC JUL 15 2003 24 HOUR...2.01 INCHES ENDING AT 1200 UTC JUL 15 2003 CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...ASOS...CRP 1 HOUR...0.15 INCHES ENDING AT 1900 UTC JUL 15 2003 6 HOUR...0.34 INCHES ENDING AT 2200 UTC JUL 15 2003 24 HOUR...0.38 INCHES ENDING AT 1200 UTC JUL 16 2002 ALICE REGIONAL AIRPORT...ASOS...ALI 1 HOUR...0.10 INCHES ENDING AT 2200 UTC JUL 15 2003 6 HOUR...0.36 INCHES ENDING AT 0200 UTC JUL 15 2003 24 HOUR...0.36 INCHES ENDING AT 1200 UTC JUL 16 2003 COTULLA REGIONAL AIRPORT...ASOS...RKP 1 HOUR...0.89 INCHES ENDING AT 0800 UTC JUL 15 2003 6 HOUR...1.45 INCHES ENDING AT 1200 UTC JUL 16 2003 24 HOUR...1.81 INCHES ENDING AT 1200 UTC JUL 16 2003 24 HOUR RAINFALL METAR/OBSERVER TOTALS (ENDING 12Z JUL 16 2003) NAVY CORPUS (NGP).................................0.65 LAREDO (LRD)......................................0.16 BENAVIDES (BVDT2).................................0.21 CALLIHAM (CALT2)..................................2.00 CORPUS CHRISTI 6 SOUTH (CHCT2)....................0.37 ENCINAL (ENCT2)...................................1.40 FOWLERTON (FWTT2).................................3.48 GEORGE WEST (GEWT2)...............................2.31 GOLIAD 1 SE (GLIT2)...............................3.01 PORTLAND (PTLT2)..................................2.40 REFUGIO 3 SW (RFGT2)..............................5.11 REFUGIO 2 NW (RFOT2)..............................5.63 ROBSTOWN (ROBT2)..................................0.72 SINTON (SNNT2)....................................1.19 TILDEN 9 SOUTH (TILT2)............................3.30 TILDEN 4 SSE (TINT2)..............................6.50 AS OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 5 TO 8 INCHES BETWEEN BAYSIDE AND PAWNEE. BETWEEN SKIDMORE AND WOODSBORO...8 TO 10 INCHES WERE ESTIMATED. D. STORM SURGE/TIDES COASTAL FLOODING BEGAN ON SUNDAY EVENING JULY 13 AS LARGE SWELLS BROUGHT WATER TO THE DUNES AT PADRE ISLAND. ON THE EVENING OF MONDAY JULY 16...APPROXIMATELY 12 HOURS PRIOR TO THE LANDFALL OF CLAUDETTE...HIGH SWELLS OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS BROUGHT TIDE LEVELS TO 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT OCONNOR. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WAS OBSERVED PRIOR TO LANDFALL. JUST PRIOR TO LANDFALL...STORM SURGE IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH ASTRONAUMICAL TIDES WAS 5 FEET AT PORT OCONNOR...AND 3 TO 4 FEET FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR. TIDES WERE 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS. ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS HAVE BEEN LOWERING AFTER LANDFALL...TIDES REMAINED 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. E. BEACH EROSION A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM OBSERVED MINOR BEACH EROSION NEAR MAGNOLIA BEACH IN CALHOUN COUNTY. F. FLOODING... NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS REPORTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL. AFTER LANDFALL...TORRENTIAL RAINS FELL OVER MOST OF BEE AND NORTHERN GOLIAD COUNTIES. WIDESPREAD INLAND FLOODING WAS OBSERVED OVER BEE COUNTY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR... RAINFALL WAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER BEE... NORTHERN GOLIAD...AND EXTREME NORTHERN MCMULLEN COUNTIES. A DEEP MOIST ENVIRONMENT CONTINUED OVER SOUTH TEXAS AS CLAUDETTE MOVED INTO FAR WEST TEXAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS HAD RESULTED IN TORRENTIAL RAINS AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND. G. TORNADOES... A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN PORT LAVACA. THE TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES IN THE AREA. H. STORM EFFECTS... FATALITIES...NO DEATHS WERE REPORTED RELATED TO THE LANDFALL OF CLAUDETTE. ONE DEATH WAS REPORTED IN VICTORIA TEXAS AS A TREE LIMB FELL ON A 33 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WAS SURVEYING DAMAGE TO HER PROPERTY. EVACUATIONS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS RECOMMENDED EVACUATIONS FOR ARANSAS COUNTY. EVACUATIONS WERE RECOMMENDED FOR PORT ARANSAS AS WELL. INJURIES...NO SIGNIFICANT INJURIES REPORTED. DAMAGE...A SPORADIC DAMAGE PATH WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE TRACK OF CLAUDETTE THROUGH CALHOUN...VICTORIA...GOLIAD AND BEE COUNTIES. ROOF DAMAGE...UPROOTED TREES AND DOWNED POWER POLES WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE PATH. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN PORT ALTO TEXAS. THE DOWNED POWER POLES RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT POWER OUTAGES IN PORT LAVACA...VICTORIA AND GOLIAD TEXAS. IN SOME OF THESE AREAS... POWER MAY NOT BE RESTORED FOR ANOTHER WEEK. TWO HANGARS WERE DAMAGED AT VICTORIA REGIONAL AIRPORT. ALSO...SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO THE FACILITY CONTAINING THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTING EQUIPMENT NEAR VICTORIA. THIS INCLUDED ROOF DAMAGE... FLOODING...AND SNAPPED CABLES. THE VICTORIA NOAA WEATHER RADIO WILL REMAIN OFF THE AIR INDEFINITELY. ADDITIONAL WIND DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED OVER LIVE OAK AND MCMULLEN COUNTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF CLAUDETTE. ROOF DAMAGE...NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WERE OBSERVED GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS AND TILDEN. SEVERAL TRAILERS WERE ALSO DESTROYED. $$ AP