485 FPUS74 KCRP 102145 NOWCRP SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 445 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-110000- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND... INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 445 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014 .NOW... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH AND WEST...ENCOMPASSING MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS BY EARLY EVENING. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE BRUSH COUNTRY...WHERE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED. THROUGH 7 PM CDT...EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN AND NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH...TO A HALF OF AN INCH. HOWEVER...ANY THUNDERSTORM IS EASILY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OVER A HALF OF AN INCH OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE. $$