POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE ALEX

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

204 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2010

NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE ARE PRELIMINARY....AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES

AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.

THIS REPORT INCLUDES EVENTS OCCURRING WHEN WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS

WERE IN EFFECT FOR ALEX.

A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS

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METAR OBSERVATIONS...

NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES

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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/

LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME

DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)

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KALI-ALICE INTERNATIONAL

28.85 -96.91 9999.0 040/024 30/1640 040/030 30/1646

KLRD-LAREDO INTERNATIONAL

27.54 -99.46 9999.0 050/024 30/2233 040/034 30/2230

KCOT-COTULLA

28.43 -99.23 9999.0 080/027 30/2020 080/043 30/2009

KBEA-BEEVILLE

28.49 -97.87 1008.7 30/2203 040/021 30/1945 040/030 30/1945

KNQI-NAS KINGSVILLE

27.52 -97.87 9999.0 010/025 01/0327 070/035 30/2150

KRKP-ROCKPORT

28.03 -97.05 9999.0 999/028 30/2254 999/040 30/2300

KPKV-PORT LAVACA

28.69 -96.81 1008.4 30/2210 040/021 30/2130 040/030 30/2150 I

CABINISS FIELD

27.70 -97.43 0.0 080/028 30/0916 080/040 30/0915

MCMULLEN TARGET RANGE

28.11 -98.43 0.0 050/021 30/1945 040/037 30/1944

WALDRON

27.38 -97.19 0.0 050/026 01/0325 080/038 30/2113

NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN

MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN

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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/

LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME

DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)

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B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS...

NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN

BOB HALL PIER NOS

27.58 -97.22 9999.0 080/039 30/1542 080/047 30/1542

BAFFIN BAY TOON

27.29 -97.40 0.0 060/036 30/2206 050/056 30/2212

SOUTH BIRD ISLAND TCOON

27.48 -97.32 0.0 080/035 30/2206 080/049 30/2206

PORT OCONNOR TCOON

28.44 -96.40 0.0 080/034 30/2200 080/042 30/2200

INGLESIDE TCOON

27.82 -97.20 0.0 060/022 30/2206 060/030 30/2306

PACKERY CHANNEL TCOON

27.63 -97.24 0.0 080/035 30/1548 050/049 30/1830

SEA DRIFT TCOON

28.40 -96.71 0.0 020/019 30/2106 020/030 30/0936

ROCKPORT NOS

28.02 -97.05 0.0 080/028 30/2254 080/040 30/2300

NUECES DELTA WATERSHED TCOON

BUOY 42020

26.96 -96.69 0.0 090/033 30/2055 090/043 01/0350

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C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 1200 UTC JUN 29 UNTIL 1200 UTC JUN 02

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CITY/TOWN COUNTY ID RAINFALL

LAT LON (IN)

28.37 -96.69

1 SE BISHOP NUECES -NU-13 8.28

27.58 -97.79

ALICE JIM WELLS -ALI 8.19

27.75 -98.06

4 ESE ODEM SAN PATRICIO -SP-10 7.43

27.92 -97.53

3 S WOODSBORO REFUGIO -RF-3 6.73

28.19 -97.31

3 NW MATHIS SAN PATRICIO -SP-8 6.81

28.12 -97.86

3 S WOODSBORO REFUGIO -RF-3 6.73

28.19 -97.31

6 S BEEVILLE BEE -BEE-3 6.55

28.32 -97.75

3 SE KAMAY CALHOUN -CLH-6 6.54

28.58 -96.70

1 N ROCKPORT ARANSAS -AR-5 6.22

28.05 -97.05

3 W INEZ VICTORIA 5.87

28.88 -96.78

3 S KINGSVILLE KLEBERG -KL-9 5.76

27.46 -97.86

2 SSE LAREDO WEBB -WB-2 5.74

27.51 -99.48

KINGSVILLE KLEBERG -NQI 5.73

27.91 -97.17

1 ENE BISHOP NUECES -NU-22 4.97

27.59 -97.78

D. INLAND FLOODING...

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NUECES...MANY COUNTY ROADS WERE FLOODED AND CLOSED IN WESTERN

NUECES COUNTY DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF 5 TO 8

WERE ALSO OUT OF THEIR BANKS BUT NO ROADWAYS WERE IMPACTED.

NUECES COUNTY PARK AND SENIOR CENTER IN ROBSTOWN WERE ALSO

CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STANDING WATER WAS OBSERVED IN FARM

FIELDS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NUECES COUNTY.

SAN PATRICIO...STATE HIGHWAY 188 WAS FLOODED AND CLOSED IN SAN

PATRICIO COUNTY NORTH OF SINTON DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE

ORDER OF 5 TO 8 INCHES BETWEEN JUL 1-2. SEVERAL OTHER COUNTY

ROADS WERE FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. SEVERAL CREEKS WERE

ALSO OUT OF THEIR BANKS INCLUDING CHILTIPIN CREEK.

JIM WELLS...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF 8 TO

12 INCHES WERE OBSERVED ACROSS JIM WELLS COUNTY BETWEEN JUL

1-2. MANY ROADS WERE FLOODED AND CLOSED NEAR ORANGE

GROVE...BEN BOLT AND PREMONT. A FLOOD WAVE WAS OBSERVED IN

AGUA DULCE CREEK FLOODING COUNTY ROADS FROM WEST OF ORANGE

GROVE TO BANQUETE. STANDING WATER WAS OBSERVED IN FARM FIELDS

AND RANCH PROPERTY ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY.

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OR LOCATION (FT) (FT) TIME EROSION

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NUECES G BOB HALL PIER 3.89 4.76 30/1712 MINOR

NUECES PORT ARANSAS 2.97 3.05 30/2342 MINOR

NUECES PACKERY CHANNEL 2.93 2.81 01/0112 MINOR

TIDE WAS REPORTED AS NEGATIVE SO THAT IS WHY THE STORM TIDE IS LOWER THAN THE

STORM SURGE.

A LOT OF MISSING DATA SO STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE MAY BE HIGHER

ARANSAS ROCKPORT 2.30 2.43 01/1824 MINOR

ARANSAS COPANO BAY 2.40 2.59 01/1200 MINOR

CALHOUN SEA DRIFT 2.63 2.70 01/1154 MINOR

CALHOUN PORT OCONNOR 3.11 3.34 30/2012 MINOR

F. TORNADOES...

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(DIST)CITY/TOWN COUNTY DATE/ EF SCALE

LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL TIME(UTC) (IF KNOWN)

DESCRIPTION

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11 SW TIVOLI REFUGIO 30/1646 EF0

28.31 -97.01

A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED IN AN OPEN FIELD NORTHWEST OF THE ARANSAS WILDLIFE

REFUGE BY PARK OFFICIALS. A NWS STORM SURVEY INDICATED THE TORNADO WAS

ESTIMATED TO BE ON THE GROUND FOR 7 MILES AS IT MOVED WEST-SOUTHWEST OVER

OPEN COUNTRY, JUST NORTH OF FM 774.

9 WNW ROBSTOWN NUECES 30/1930 EF0

27.79 -97.66

A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND EVIDENCE OF A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN ALONG FM

28.37 -97.28

ARANSAS COUNTY RECEIVED PUBLIC REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR BAYSIDE.

1 NE HOLIDAY BEACH ARANSAS 01/0241 EF0

28.13 -96.98

A NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST OUTSIDE OF GOOSE

ISLAND STATE PARK AND MOVED SOUTHWEST INTO THE PARK. MEDIUM TO LARGE TREE

LIMBS WERE SNAPPED ALONG A PATH ROUGHLY 1/2 MILE.

2 S ROCKPORT ARANSAS 01/1420 EF0

28.01 -97.05

CITIZEN AND FIRE OFFICAL REPORT OF A TORNADO WHICH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AT

THE INTERSECTION OF 9TH STREET AND BUSINESS 35. WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT OF THE

KIMCO BUSINESS.

G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY...

PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEA SHORE WAS FLOODED AND CLOSED DUE TO HIGH TIDES

NUECES 0 0 0

MOST BEACHES WERE FLOODED AND CLOSED ALONG MUSTANG ISLAND FROM PORT ARANSAS

TO CORPUS CHRISTI DUE TO HIGH TIDES. THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI REMOVED 180

TRASH CANS...PORTABLE REST ROOM FACILITIES AND LIFE GUARD STANDS FROM THE

BEACH PRIOR TO CLOSING THE BEACH.

CALHOUN 0 0 0

OCEAN DRIVE FROM MAGNOLIA BEACH TO INDIANOLA WAS FLOODED AND CLOSED.

INDIANOLA WAS COMPLETELY CUT OFF AND THE ONLY FISHING STORE IN INDIANOLA HAD

4 INCHES OF WATER IN THE BUILDING. ONLY MINOR DAMAGES.

SAN PATRICIO 2 0 0

AT 527 PM JULY 3 A VEHICLE WAS FOUND OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 21 OLD SAN PATRICIO

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I-Incomplete Data

E-Estimated