Another upper level disturbance interacted with a sea breeze boundary to produce scattered severe thunderstorms over the southern Coastal Bend in the afternoon.
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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.
Another upper level disturbance interacted with a sea breeze boundary to produce scattered severe thunderstorms over the southern Coastal Bend in the afternoon.
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 Sep 19, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 300 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2011 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/ STREAMLINE DATA/MODEL INITIALIZATIONS CLEARLY DEPICT SUBSIDENCE/ MID LEVEL DRYING OVER THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST BEHIND A QUASI- STATIONARY UPPER TROUGH WITH AXIS NEAR THE TEXAS COAST. CONCUR WITH THE NAM/GFS THAT SUBSIDENCE/MID LEVEL DRYING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. IN RESPONSE TO THE FOREGOING UPPER TROUGH...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY...CURRENTLY JUST NORTH OF THE CWA BASED ON MSAS THETA-E...IS PROGD TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACRS THE REGION TONIGHT/TUESDAY. ANTICIPATE ISOLD CONVECTION TO CONTINUE OVER THE ERN CWA LATE THIS AFTN/EARLY EVENING. EXPECT DRYING/ SUBSIDENCE TO PRECLUDE CONVECTION TNGT/TUESDAY OVER LAND. MSTR CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOREGOING FRONT/LESS SUBSIDENCE MAY RESULT IN ISOLD CONVECTION OVER THE WATERS TNGT. WIND/SEAS OVER THE WATERS TO REMAIN WELL BELOW SCA. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...EXTENDED FORECAST IS NOT GETTING ANYMORE CLEAR THAN IT HAS BEEN THE PAST FEW DAYS. MODELS ARE NOW RATHER DRY WEDNESDAY AND MUCH OF THURSDAY WITH PW VALUES WELL BELOW 1.5 INCHES. WITH THE FRONT PUSHING IN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT PWS INCREASE JUST A BIT. HAVE TAKEN PRECIP WORDING OUT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WE MAY BE ABLE TO DEVELOP A FEW STORMS ALONG THE FRONT...BUT NOT LIKING MORE THAN A 20 POP AT THIS POINT. FRONT TIMING/STRENGTH ARE STILL VERY UNCLEAR. UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IS ACTUALLY RATHER SIMILAR BETWEEN MODELS...WITH THE UPPER LOW DEVELOPING IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION. ECMWF AND CANADIAN VERY WEAKLY BRINGING THE LATE WEEK FRONT INTO THE AREA. 12Z GFS STILL PUSHES THE FRONT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT KEEPS NORTHERLY FLOW FOR A MUCH SHORTER PERIOD THAN EARLIER RUNS. HAVE STARTED TO LEAN THE FORECAST THAT WAY AS WELL...AS THIS IS LEANING MORE TOWARD THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN SOLUTIONS. STILL EXPECT WE WILL SEE SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOW AND MID 90S...WITH SOME UPPER 80S NORTHEAST. BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND MODELS DIVERGE SIGNIFICANTLY ONCE AGAIN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 71 92 69 92 72 / 10 10 10 10 10 VICTORIA 66 92 67 94 68 / 10 10 10 10 10 LAREDO 75 98 69 97 74 / 10 10 10 10 10 ALICE 70 94 68 95 70 / 10 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 73 89 72 89 76 / 10 10 10 10 10 COTULLA 68 94 68 96 70 / 10 10 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 71 93 68 94 69 / 10 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 75 88 72 90 77 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && WC/87...SHORT TERM PZ/83...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 506 AM CDT MON SEP 19 2011 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-192200- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- 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- 506 AM CDT MON SEP 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. TMT/TE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 243 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2011 TXZ233-192015- GOLIAD- 243 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING GOLIAD COUNTY... AT 239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF CHARCO...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOLIAD...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARCO BY 305 PM CDT. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 87
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
245 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0541 PM DOWNBURST 3 NE BEN BOLT 27.65N 98.05W
09/17/2011 JIM WELLS TX NWS STORM SURVEY
A NWS SURVEY CONCLUDED A MICROBURST OCCURRED 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BEN BOLT AT 262 COUNTY ROAD 484. MAXIMUM
WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH. A LARGE 40 X 80 FT ROOF
COVERING WAS BLOWN OFF A MOBILE HOME WITH THE DEBRIS
DISTRIBUTED DOWNWIND IN A DIVERGENT PATTERN ABOUT 100
YARDS. THE DEBRIS SEVERED A POWER POLE...PENETRATED THE
ROOF OF A NEIGHBORING HOME AND SPLIT A LARGE TREE.
&&
GWILKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 425 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2011 TXZ232-244-246-192215- BEE-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO- 425 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2011 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS AFFECTING BEE...REFUGIO AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES... AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF BEEVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SKIDMORE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN SAN PATRICIO...SOUTHERN BEE AND SOUTHWESTERN REFUGIO COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. GRANTHAM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 515 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2011 TXZ243-244-192315- NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- 515 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES... AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TAFT TO BLUNTZER... OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TAFT TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROBSTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ODEM...SINTON...EDROY...TAFT...CALALLEN...ANNAVILLE... ROBSTOWN...GREGORY...CLARKWOOD AND PORTLAND...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY OCCUR ALONG A GUST FRONT WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE STORMS...AND 10 TO 15 MINUTES BEFORE ANY RAIN OCCURS. GRANTHAM
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down across County Road 73 near Calallen.
Numerous wires and one power pole was blown down near County Road 44 and County Road 81 west-northwest of Robstown.
A power pole was snapped by high winds between Banquete and Robstown just off Highway 44. Wood fences and a metal shed were also damaged in the area.
Power lines were blown down by high winds in the community of Banquete.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2011
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: 347286, 347287, 347288, 347289.