Texas, 2007

Hail in Texas, April 1, 2007

April 1, 2007 · NWS CRP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An isolated thunderstorm produced small hail across portions of Corpus Christi.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.

An isolated thunderstorm produced small hail across portions of Corpus Christi.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 31, 7:33 PM CST, 8 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 7:33 PM CST, 8 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
833 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

.UPDATE...THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER JET STREAK AND SFC FORCING
FROM A BNDRY (EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY OVERNIGHT BASED
ON THE GFS/NAM) WL RESULT IN AT LEAST ISOLD CONVECTION OVR THE
OFFSHORE WATERS OVERNIGHT. DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE.
DRYING ALOFT (DEPICTED IN THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY) WL CONTRIBUTE
TO A THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE CONSISTENT WITH RADIATION FOG
OVERNIGHT...OVR THE CNTRL/ERN CWFA. CURRENT FCST TEMPS FOR TNGT
REASONABLE. 42019 AND 42002 BUOYS IN THE SCEC/SCA CATEGORIES
RESPECTIVELY. YET BASED ON EXPECTED SFC WIND AND WAVE PERIODS...
THESE WAVES ARE MAINLY SWELL AND EXPECT DECAY OVERNIGHT. WL FCST
SCEC CONDITIONS OVR THE OFFSHORE WATERS OVERNIGHT...YET EXPECT
SEAS BELOW SCEC CRITERION BY 12Z SUN.

&&

.AVIATION...WEAK COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED RAINFALL HAS PUSHED
OFFSHORE. WET GROUNDS...CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW
FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT OVER THE INLAND AREAS OF THE COASTAL BEND AFTER
08Z. GENERALLY IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY 09Z AND LASTING THRU
14Z AT KALI...KCRP AND KVCT THOUGH CIGS/VIS OCCASIONALLY LOWER.
CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO RAPIDLY IMPROVE AFTER 15Z WITH VFR
CONDITIONS BY 16Z.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    60  83  69  81  70  /   0  10  10  30  20
VICTORIA          55  84  66  80  68  /   0  10  10  40  20
LAREDO            61  90  71  89  72  /   0  10  20  20  20
ALICE             57  85  68  85  69  /   0  10  10  30  20
ROCKPORT          62  81  69  79  70  /   0  10  10  40  20
COTULLA           53  86  67  87  68  /   0  10  10  20  20
KINGSVILLE        57  85  68  84  69  /   0  10  10  30  20
NAVY CORPUS       61  80  69  79  70  /   0  10  10  30  20

&&

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

&&

WC/87...SHORT TERM
MW/98...AVIATION
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 10:49 AM CST, 16 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1149 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-011700-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
1149 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
PUSH OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE
BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
COLD MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY AND
TUESDAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS
TIME. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TM/JR/TMT

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:43 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Nueces

When
April 1, 3:42 AM CST
Where
Nueces County, Corpus Christi
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
27.780, -97.420

Pea to nickle size hail reported thoughout portions of south-central and the downtown areas of Corpus Christi.|

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 34474.