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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 19, 2026Aransas County, Calhoun County, Refugio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2026, 4:03 AM CDT for Aransas County, Calhoun County, Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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: May 19, 2026, 4:03 AM CDT (09:03 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2026, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Refugio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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: 3329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 May 19, 3:37 AM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:37 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 10:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1020 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

TXZ239-190415-
Webb TX-
1020 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN WEBB COUNTY THROUGH
1115 PM CDT...

At 1020 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles south of Chupadera Ranch Airport, or 35 miles south of El
Indio, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny 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...
Chupadera Ranch Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2820 10017 2820 9964 2798 9996 2800 9999
      2803 10001 2807 10002 2809 10005 2810 10005
      2812 10007 2815 10008 2817 10014 2817 10016
      2818 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 227DEG 20KT 2802 10014

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

AE

Special weather statement, May 19, 1:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 2:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 2:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 3:40 AM CDT, 23 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 18, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Dimmit	55 min
May 18, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	43 min
May 18, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	La Salle, Webb	42 min
May 18, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	24 min
May 18, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, La Salle, Webb	64 min
May 19, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CRP	Duval, Webb	25 min
May 19, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CRP	Duval, McMullen, Webb	34 min
May 19, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb	42 min
May 19, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	59 min
May 19, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio	47 min
May 19, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee, Live Oak, Refugio	61 min
May 19, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
May 19, 2:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	63 min
May 19, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio	29 min
May 19, 3:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Refugio, San Patricio	3 hr
May 19, 3:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas	35 min
May 19, 4:10 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		65 min
May 19, 5:09 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		96 min
May 19, 6:21 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	9 hr

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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.