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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 21, 2026Goliad County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2026, 8:10 AM CDT for Goliad County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2026, 8:10 AM CDT (13:10 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2026, 11:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Goliad County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 366 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 3.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at May 21, 6:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 2:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
239 AM CDT Thu May 21 2026

TXZ239>241-210815-
Jim Wells TX-Webb TX-Duval TX-
239 AM CDT Thu May 21 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN DUVAL...SOUTHEASTERN
WEBB AND SOUTHWESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTIES THROUGH 315 AM CDT...

At 239 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 11 miles northeast of
Oilton to 8 miles northeast of Bruni to 6 miles north of Jim Hogg
County Airport to South Fork Estates to 6 miles east of
Thompsonville. Movement was east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Concepcion, Ramirez, Realitos, Rios, Cruz Calle, and Bruni.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 2726 9851 2727 9852 2734 9852 2734 9855
      2736 9856 2736 9859 2734 9859 2734 9862
      2736 9863 2735 9880 2727 9880 2727 9890
      2743 9886 2754 9889 2768 9900 2762 9849
      2739 9822 2726 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 291DEG 42KT 2762 9888 2754 9876 2743 9870 2726
9870 2721 9882

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

EMF

Special weather statement, May 21, 4:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
451 AM CDT Thu May 21 2026

TXZ241>244-342-343-442-211045-
Jim Wells TX-Inland Nueces TX-Inland San Patricio TX-
Kleberg Islands TX-Coastal Nueces TX-Coastal Kleberg TX-
Inland Kleberg TX-
451 AM CDT Thu May 21 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NUECES...SOUTHWESTERN SAN
PATRICIO...NORTHERN JIM WELLS AND CENTRAL KLEBERG COUNTIES THROUGH
545 AM CDT...

At 450 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Alfred to near Bishop to 7 miles southeast of
Riviera Beach. Movement was east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Corpus Christi, Kingsville, Alice, Robstown, Driscoll, Corpus Christi
International Airport, Bishop, Orange Grove, San Patricio, Edroy,
Banquete, Tecalote, Clarkwood, Annaville, Calallen, Kingsville Naval
Air Station, Riviera Beach, South Texas Botanical Gardens,
Alfred-South La Paloma, and Bluntzer.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 37 between mile markers 10 and 31.
 US Highway 281 between mile markers 662 and 668.
 US Highway 77 between mile markers 658 and 694.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 2724 9763 2728 9765 2726 9772 2752 9788
      2790 9815 2807 9774 2766 9740 2732 9725
      2724 9728 2724 9735 2728 9735 2727 9737
      2724 9737 2724 9740 2726 9745 2725 9749
      2724 9749 2724 9750 2723 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0950Z 255DEG 19KT 2788 9797 2757 9775 2724 9757

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

EMF

Special weather statement, May 21, 5:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 21, 6:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 7:57 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

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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
May 20, 11:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Hogg	33 min
May 21, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	25 min
May 21, 1:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	2 hr
May 21, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	36 min
May 21, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg	41 min
May 21, 3:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Duval, Webb	3 hr
May 21, 3:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg	27 min
May 21, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces	46 min
May 21, 3:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	3 hr
May 21, 4:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces	3 hr
May 21, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	54 min
May 21, 5:08 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		97 min
May 21, 5:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio	3 hr
May 21, 5:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	44 min
May 21, 5:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	3 hr
May 21, 6:06 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		114 min
May 21, 6:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio	50 min
May 21, 6:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio	118 min
May 21, 6:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas	52 min
May 21, 7:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	3 hr
May 21, 7:22 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		83 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.