Severe storms developed during the late afternoon and evening hours across the Coastal Bend and Victoria Crossroads.
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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.
The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Severe storms developed during the late afternoon and evening hours across the Coastal Bend and Victoria Crossroads.
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 Jun 3, 1:45 PM CST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 245 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...STORMS TO THE NORTHEAST...TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH BUT AS OF THIS WRITING NOT MUCH OVER THE CWFA EXCEPT CALHOUN/ARANSAS AREA. HOWEVER...STORMS STILL HAVE TIME TO GET GOING THE OUR CWFA AS SEVERAL HOURS OF HEATING TO GO AND ALSO STORMS DEVELOPING IN SAN ANTONIO AREA ALONG FRONT HAVE POTENTIAL TO MOVE SOUTH DURING THE EVENING. ALSO...MODELS (FOR WHAT THEY ARE WORTH)...SHOWING A WEAK JET STREAK COMING DOWN LATER THIS EVENING WHICH COULD/SHOULD HELP KEEP AT LEAST SOME OF THE ACTIVITY GOING DESPITE THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. OVERALL...AM LEANING MORE TOWARD THE GFS FORECAST WHICH IS A BIT WETTER BUT...AS HAS BEEN SEEN DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...HAS ISSUES (SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK AGAIN). THUS...WILL CALL FOR LOW CHANCE POPS MOST LOCATIONS TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER THE NORTHEAST AS JET REMAINS AND BOUNDARY MOVES IN. STILL SOME WEAK MID LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION AND BORDERLINE PWATS DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY...SO HAVE KEPT 20 POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN AREAS. SHOULD BE A QUIET NIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AS UPPER RIDGE BRINGS THE DRIER AIR IN. GENERALLY STAYED ON THE COOL SIDE OF GUIDANCE FOR LOWS TONIGHT BUT THE HIGHER SIDE OF GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS ON THURSDAY. && .MARINE (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...SEAS 2 TO AT MOST 3 FEET WITH WINDS GENERALLY LIGHT (OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTION)...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTH ON THURSDAY...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF RETURN FLOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING NORTH AGAIN TOWARD FRIDAY MORNING. SHOULD BE WELL BELOW SCA. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE LONG TERM. EXPECT UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD OVER SOUTH TEXAS FRIDAY WITH SUBSTANTIAL WARMING IN THE MID LEVELS CAPPING OUR ATMOSPHERE AND KEEPING THINGS DRY. FRI MORNING WILL START OUT COOL DUE TO A WEAK SFC FRONT PUSHING THROUGH HOWEVER WINDS WILL TURN AROUND WHEN THE SEA BREEZE MOVES INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH NO SENSIBLE WEATHER ANTICIPATED. IT WILL BE UNSEASONABLY HOT WITH TEMPERATURES OUT WEST REACHING TRIPLE DIGITS EACH DAY AND LOW/MID 90S ELSEWHERE. THE RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BREAK DOWN WED AS A S/W MOVES ACROSS THE STATE...HOWEVER ALL OF THE DYNAMICS LOOK TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE AREA KEEPING SOUTH TEXAS DRY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 70 93 69 93 73 / 30 20 10 10 0 VICTORIA 68 94 64 94 68 / 40 10 10 10 0 LAREDO 75 101 74 104 76 / 20 20 10 10 0 ALICE 72 100 70 98 72 / 30 20 10 10 0 ROCKPORT 74 91 73 90 76 / 30 10 10 10 0 COTULLA 71 99 69 101 72 / 30 10 10 10 0 KINGSVILLE 69 96 68 96 73 / 30 20 10 10 0 NAVY CORPUS 74 91 74 89 77 / 30 20 10 10 0 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && GW/86...SHORT TERM JM/75...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 448 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-040000- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR- 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- 448 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TMT/RG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 113 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 TXZ247-031915- CALHOUN- 113 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CALHOUN COUNTY... AT 113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF MAGNOLIA BEACH...OR 8 MILES WEST OF PORT OCONNOR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GW
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:49 UTC.
15 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The Aransas Wildlife Refuge reported hail ranging from the size of quarters to golfballs. Multiple funnel clouds and excessive cloud to ground lightning was also reported.
Quarter to golfball size hail reported at Three Rivers Federal Prison.
Several 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs snapped.
Quarter sized hail reported at Port Lavaca Highway and Laurent Street.
Reported at the Victoria Advocate Newspaper.
Nickle size hail reported by Fire Chief.
Nicle size hail reported at Memorial High School.
Nickle size hail repoted by KAVU.
Pea to nickle size hail reported by public.
Quarter size hail reported along U.S. 59.
Quarter size hail reported at Reeves Ranch Rd. and U.S. 59 South.
An EF-0 tornado touched down near the town of Old San Patricio. A NWS survey team estimated winds fo 65-75 mph. The tornado had a path width of 25-50 yards and a path length of just over a half mile. Several large tree limbs were snapped along the path, and a couple of older trees were completely knocked over. Most of the damage was near the corner of Nopal Street and County Road 1664.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2009Warnings in Texas, June 2009
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: 186389, 186392, 186395, 186411, 186404, 186396, 186405, 186408, 186406, 186403, 186407, 186409, 186410, 186412, 186397, 186401, 186402.