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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 14, 2026, 4:56 PM CST for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2026, 4:56 PM CST (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2026, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 325 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 14, 2:56 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 2:56 PM CST, 2 hours before
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Special weather statement, Feb 14, 3:56 PM CST, 1 hour before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
356 PM CST Sat Feb 14 2026
TXZ239-142230-
Webb TX-
356 PM CST Sat Feb 14 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY THROUGH
430 PM CST...
At 356 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles northwest of Columbia Bridge, or 34 miles west of Encinal,
moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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...
Ranchos Penitas West, Las Tiendas, and Columbia Bridge.
This includes US Highway 83 near mile marker 684.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 2797 9951 2766 9960 2772 9976 2773 9977
2773 9979 2778 9982 2776 9984 2779 9985
2780 9988 2784 9988 2788 9991 2789 9989
2791 9990 2794 9994 2795 9994
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 281DEG 43KT 2788 9990
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
EMFSpecial weather statement, Feb 14, 4:32 PM CST, 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
432 PM CST Sat Feb 14 2026
TXZ229>231-239>241-243-244-142330-
Live Oak TX-Jim Wells TX-Inland Nueces TX-Inland San Patricio TX-
McMullen TX-Webb TX-Duval TX-La Salle TX-
432 PM CST Sat Feb 14 2026
...GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT DUVAL...NORTHWESTERN NUECES...WEBB...
WEST CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO...SOUTHEASTERN LA SALLE...MCMULLEN...
NORTHERN JIM WELLS AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM CST...
At 431 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong outflow extending
from near Oakville to 11 miles southwest of Simmons to 11 miles
south of Fort Ewell Site to 6 miles southwest of Columbia Bridge.
Movement was south at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Laredo, Alice, San Diego, Freer, George West, Three Rivers,
Benavides, Tilden, Choke Canyon, Rio Bravo, El Cenizo, Orange Grove,
Lake City, Midway, United South High School, Banquete, Aguilares,
Calliham, Sandia, and Doctors Hospital Of Laredo.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 between mile markers 1 and 38.
Interstate 37 between mile markers 55 and 82.
US Highway 281 between mile markers 618 and 676.
US Highway 59 between mile markers 716 and 824.
US Highway 83 between mile markers 686 and 734.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 2726 9949 2730 9949 2731 9954 2741 9949
2749 9948 2750 9953 2757 9951 2761 9955
2760 9958 2764 9960 2763 9964 2766 9967
2766 9971 2777 9981 2777 9983 2867 9821
2783 9772 2727 9923 2727 9933 2732 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 343DEG 46KT 2842 9805 2827 9837 2798 9902 2763
9978
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
EMFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 11:21 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 22 hr | |
| Feb 14, 3:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 34 min |
| Feb 14, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 13 min |
| Feb 14, 4:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb | 58 min |
| Feb 14, 5:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 28 min |
| Feb 14, 5:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 25 min |
| Feb 14, 5:50 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 115 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.