Hail, Calhoun
- When
- May 25, 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, 4.4 mi NNE of Fulghums Landing
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 28.425, -96.543
Reported in rural Calhoun county, west of Port O'Connor.
Hail in Texas, May 25, 2009
A severe thunderstorm developed near Port Lavaca and moved southeast through rural Calhoun county, into Espiritu Santo Bay, and across Matagorda Island. The storm showed very strong rotation through rural Calhoun county, producing hail.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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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.
A severe thunderstorm developed near Port Lavaca and moved southeast through rural Calhoun county, into Espiritu Santo Bay, and across Matagorda Island. The storm showed very strong rotation through rural Calhoun county, producing hail.
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 May 25, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 315 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...ISOLD CONVECTION ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING OVR THE COASTAL BEND/VICTORIA CROSSROADS BASED ON CURRENT RADAR/CIN/CAPE TREND. KEEPING POPS LOW DUE TO APPARENT SYNOPTIC SCALE SUBSIDENCE. THE NAM PROGS THE LEFT FRONT QUADRANT OF AN UPPER JET TO ENTER THE CWFA LATER NGT. THUS... RETAINED THE FCST FOR ISOLD CONVECTION DRG THE 06-12Z TUE PERIOD OVR THE SWRN CWFA. THE NAM/GFS PROGS 700-300MB Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE ACRS THE CWFA TUE...YET LOW MODEL CIN VALUES ARE PROGD TO REMAIN OVR THE NRN CWFA. THUS WL RETAIN THE FCST FOR ISOLD CONVECTION OVR THE NRN CWFA FOR TUE AFTN. THE COMBINATION OF UPPER FORCING/AFTN HEATING MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL CONVECTION OVR THE WRN/NERN CWFA TUES EVENING. MODEL SOUNDINGS CONSISTENT WITH AT LEAST PATCHY FOG OVR THE COASTAL BEND/VICTORIA CROSSROADS DRG THE 10-14Z TUE PERIOD. FCST MAX TEMPS TUE ABOVE GUIDANCE. && .AVIATION...PREDOMINATE VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING/TNGT EXCEPT FOR BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS NEAR ISOLD CONVECTION AND MVFR VSBYS OWING TO PATCHY FOG MAINLY 10-14Z TUE. PREDOMINATE VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUE AFTN ESP NEAR ISOLD CONVECTION OVR THE NRN SECTIONS. && .MARINE...INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW EXPECTED DRG THE PERIOD OVR THE COASTAL WATERS (COMBINED WITH NORMAL DIURNAL FLUCTUATIONS OVR THE BAYS) YET WIND/SEA HGTS TO REMAIN BELOW SCA. && .FIRE WEATHER...LOW RH VALUES OVR THE CNTRL/WRN CWFA THIS AFT YET WIND WELL BELOW RED FLAG CRITERION. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY SHOWING A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES TRACKING ACROSS THE REGION THRU THE EXTENDED PERIODS. HOWEVER...THE MODELS HAVE NOT BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE TIMING OR STRENGTH OF THE SHORTWAVES NOR THE TIMING OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. LATEST MODEL SOLNS/GUIDANCE PROG WED TO HAVE THE HIGHEST POPS FROM 50-60 PERCENT. FOR NOW AM NOT GOING ANY HIGHER THAN 40 PERCENT ON WED GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY. YESTERDAYS RUN HAD THE COLD FRONT MOVG INTO THE CWA ON WED...PREVIOUS RUN WAS FRI...TODAYS RUN IS NOW SHOWING THU MORNING. AM THINKING THAT WITH ANY MCS DVLPMNT ON WED COULD PRODUCE AN OUTFLOW BDRY WHICH COULD MIMICK A COLD FRONT. FOR NOW AM LEANING TOWARD THE GFS SOLN FOR WEDS WIND FIELDS WHICH IS GENERALLY AN ELY FLOW. THEN THE ACTUAL FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA THU MORNING WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE NRN CWA. HOWEVER WITH POSSIBLE OUTFLOW BDRIES...THE WINDS WILL BE TRICKY TO FCST WED THRU FRI. AM GOING WITH COOLER TEMPS ON WED THRU FRI BUT THEY ARE DUE MORE TO THE INCREASED MOISTURE/CLOUDS/RAIN RATHER THAN ANY CAA. FOR THU AND FRI POPS AM MAINTAINING THE 20-30 POPS. THE GFS KEEPS SAT DRY AS A WEAK RIDGE BLDS ACROSS THE AREA. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE APPROACHES ON SUN AND MOVES ACROSS ON MON. FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE HAVE KEPT THE SLIGHT CHC FOR SUN-MON TIMEFRAME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 75 95 73 89 71 / 20 10 10 40 30 VICTORIA 70 94 70 88 69 / 20 20 20 40 30 LAREDO 76 103 75 96 76 / 20 10 30 30 30 ALICE 72 99 73 91 72 / 20 10 10 40 30 ROCKPORT 75 86 74 87 74 / 10 10 10 40 30 COTULLA 70 100 71 91 71 / 10 20 30 30 30 KINGSVILLE 74 98 73 91 72 / 20 10 10 40 30 NAVY CORPUS 76 85 75 86 74 / 10 10 10 40 30 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && WC/87...SHORT TERM TE/81...LONG TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 4:12 AM CST, 11 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 512 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2009 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-261030- 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- 512 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. DUE TO THE HIGH INSTABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING NICKLE-SIZED HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. FOR TODAY...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE CONCENTRATED EAST OF A TILDEN TO FREER LINE. FOR TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AFTER SUNSET WILL BE CONFINED WEST OF THE TILDEN TO FREER LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE TO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GW/TM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 2:32 PM CST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 332 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009 TXZ245-247-252130- ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 332 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING ARANSAS AND CALHOUN COUNTIES... AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEADRIFT...OR NEAR THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE ARANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5-10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR. JR
Special weather statement, May 25, 2:41 PM CST, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 341 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009 TXZ247-252145- CALHOUN- 341 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CALHOUN COUNTY... AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MAGNOLIA BEACH...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF PORT LAVACA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT DRIFTS TOWARDS PORT OCONNOR...MATAGORDA ISLAND...AND MATAGORDA ISLAND STATE PARK. IN ADDITION...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. JR
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:16 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 25, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 25, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 25, 2009
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, May 25, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, May 25, 2009
- Flooding in Minnesota, May 25 to 28, 2009
- Funnel Clouds and Heavy Rain in Nebraska, May 25, 2009
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 25 to 26, 2009
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, May 25, 2009
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 2009
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 2009
More
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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: 176947.