The temperatures remained well above normal for the month of December across South Texas with very dry conditions continuing for the majority of the region. Isolated areas in the Mid Coast region received slightly above normal rainfall.
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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.
The temperatures remained well above normal for the month of December across South Texas with very dry conditions continuing for the majority of the region. Isolated areas in the Mid Coast region received slightly above normal rainfall. However, the rest of South Texas received below to well below normal rainfall during the month. Rainfall amounts were 1 to 2 inches below normal over the Coastal Bend, eastern Brush Country, and Victoria Crossroads. Only the area from extreme eastern Refugio County into Calhoun County received 1 to 2 inches above normal.
The severe drought persisted over southern portions of the Brush Country east into the Coastal Bend with exceptional drought expanding into Duval and San Patricio counties from the southern Coastal Bend. Extreme drought expanded northward into Live Oak, Bee, and Goliad Counties. The abundant rains from the previous months continued to sustain the northern portions of the Brush Country and the Victoria Crossroads region during the month of December.
Mandatory water restrictions continued during the month for the city of Corpus Christi as the combined lake capacity levels fell below 40 percent. The cities of Victoria and Laredo continued under voluntary water restrictions. Different stages of water restrictions continued for Beeville, Point Comfort, Alice, and King Ranch Santa Gertrudis District.
For the yearly rainfall totals across South Texas, a limited area from southern Victoria County through Calhoun County received above normal rainfall. Elsewhere, below normal to well below normal rainfall fell across the region. Some areas in the Coastal Bend received rainfall amounts of 12 to 18 inches below normal for the year.
The regions of the Coastal Bend suffered through exceptional drought for most of the year. The drought caused agricultural losses of around 277 million dollars for the South Texas region for 2012. The county with the worst loss was Nueces County with agricultural losses around 80 million dollars. Victoria and Calhoun Counties did not suffer any agricultural losses for 2012.
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 Nov 30, 10:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1042 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2012 .DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 6Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION...TRANSITION TO MVFR/IFR CIGS/VSBYS XPCTD OVERNIGHT BEFORE RETURNING TO VFR DURING DAY SAT. LOW CLOUD DECK CURRENTLY DVLPNG ACROSS KCRP/KVCT/KALI WITH DVLPMNT XPCTD LATER TONIGHT AT KLRD. CIGS TO LOWER THROUGH THE NIGHT TO MVFR/IFR LEVELS. IF AREAL COVERAGE OF CLOUD DECK IS DELAYED THEN AREAS OF FG/BR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH VSBYS AT IFR LEVELS. STRATUS/FG/BR TO MIX OUT DURING THE MRNG HRS SAT WITH VFR RETURNING ALL TERMINALS BY MIDDAY THRU AFTN/EVENING. LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT TO BECOME MODERATE AND GUSTY FROM THE SE ON SATURDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 67 81 65 83 63 / 10 10 10 10 10 VICTORIA 63 79 60 82 59 / 20 10 10 10 10 LAREDO 66 84 66 83 64 / 10 10 10 10 10 ALICE 66 84 63 85 60 / 20 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 66 77 66 80 64 / 20 10 10 10 10 COTULLA 63 82 63 82 60 / 10 10 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 66 83 63 84 60 / 20 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 68 77 68 78 65 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && RH/79...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 522 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2012 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-011200- 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- 522 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ON MIDDLE TEXAS GULF BEACHES ON SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JR/PZ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Exceptional drought continued over the western portion of the county.
Exceptional drought continued over the western portion of the county.
Exceptional drought continued over all but the northwestern portion of the county.
Exceptional drought developed over the western portion of the county.
Exceptional drought developed over the southeastern portion of the county.
Extreme drought developed over the southeastern portion of the county.
Extreme drought developed over the western portion of the county.
Extreme drought developed over the county.
Extreme drought continued over the western portion of the county.
Drought developed over the western portion of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 2012
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: 427146, 427148, 427150, 427153, 427156, 427158, 427160, 427162, 427166, 427169.