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Special Weather Statement, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 2, 2015Kleberg County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2015, 1:21 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2015, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2015, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX

County Kleberg County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 2, 12:51 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 12:51 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1251 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

.DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION BELOW FOR 18Z TAF UPDATE.

&&

.AVIATION...MVFR CIGS HAVE DISSIPATED OVER SOUTH TEXAS...WITH
MAINLY A MIX OF SCATTERED CU AND CIRRUS SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION.
MODERATE SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE
GRADUALLY RELAXING THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORM WILL SLOWLY TRACK NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN COASTAL
BEND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND COULD BRIEFLY IMPACT THESE
TERMINALS. VFR WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TO LATE TONIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING BEFORE LOW MVFR DECK FILL INTO THE REGION. OVER LRD EXPECT
MVFR DECK TO CLEAR BY MID/LATE MORNING. ALI/CRP/VCT WILL SLOWLY
RISE...BUT REMAIN AT THE HIGH END OF MVFR THROUGH THE LATE
MORNING.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    76  92  77  92  77  /  10  10  10  20  10
VICTORIA          75  92  76  92  77  /  10  10  10  30  10
LAREDO            77  99  76  98  77  /  10  10  10  10  10
ALICE             75  95  75  95  76  /  10  10  10  10  10
ROCKPORT          80  91  80  91  80  /  10  10  10  30  10
COTULLA           75  97  75  96  76  /  10  10  10  10  10
KINGSVILLE        76  94  77  94  77  /  10  10  10  20  10
NAVY CORPUS       79  90  80  90  80  /  10  10  10  20  10

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

LK/84...AVIATION

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:04 AM CDT, 9 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
404 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-030000-
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-
404 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS
TODAY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES MAY REACH AND/OR BRIEFLY EXCEED 105 DEGREES
OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND NEXT WORK WEEK.

THE RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES MAY BECOME ELEVATED
OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WORK WEEK.

THE FIRE DANGER THREAT MAY BRIEFLY BECOME ELEVATED EACH AFTERNOON
NEXT WEEK ACROSS PRIMARILY THE BRUSH COUNTRY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TMT/RH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:28 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1228 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

TXZ240>243-021900-
NUECES-DUVAL-KLEBERG-JIM WELLS-
1228 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NUECES...
SOUTHWESTERN JIM WELLS...KLEBERG AND EASTERN DUVAL COUNTIES...

AT 1226 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR EL COYOTE RANCH AIRPORT TO ARMSTRONG TO 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CHARLES R. JOHNSON AIRPORT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...KINGSVILLE...FALFURRIAS...BENAVIDES...DRISCOLL...
BISHOP...CRUZ CALLE...LA GLORIA...MALAQUITE BEACH...KINGS CROSSING
GOLF COURSE...LA COLONIA PARK...PALITO BLANCO...MUSTANG ISLAND STATE
PARK...SAN JOSE...RAMIREZ...PADRE ISLES COUNTRY CLUB...WALDRON
FIELD...CONCEPCION...ROSITA AND PADRE BALLI PARK.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 2726 9845 2789 9851 2771 9834 2767 9732
      2763 9735 2772 9714 2771 9714 2728 9735
      2728 9736 2753 9728 2753 9729 2747 9788
      2740 9747 2749 9840 2721 9797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 174DEG 36KT 2688 9819 2693 9778 2672 9751

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
121 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

TXZ242-243-021900-
NUECES-KLEBERG-
121 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHWESTERN NUECES AND CENTRAL
KLEBERG COUNTIES...

AT 119 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
KINGSVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
KINGSVILLE... MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE STORM WILL APPROACH THE
CORPUS CHRISTI AREA AROUND 145PM.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...KINGSVILLE...DRISCOLL...BISHOP...KINGS CROSSING GOLF
COURSE...RICARDO...KINGSVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION...PETRONILA AND
CHAPMAN RANCH.

LAT...LON 2730 9752 2745 9749 2745 9750 2746 9754
      2741 9755 2740 9751 2733 9758 2732 9758
      2736 9763 2732 9762 2733 9766 2743 9774
      2734 9769 2739 9795 2776 9785 2769 9738
      2730 9748 2729 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 186DEG 28KT 2744 9768

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	92 min
Jul 2, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		90 min
Jul 2, 1:49 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		116 min
Jul 2, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio	35 min
Jul 2, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio	26 min
Jul 2, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak	61 min
Jul 2, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	45 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.