Strong daytime heating combined with adequate moisture over South Texas to provide moderate instability over the inland Coastal Bend to the Victoria area. A weak upper level disturbance moving into the area from the northeast helped to generate scattered thunderstorms in the early evening.
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Strong daytime heating combined with adequate moisture over South Texas to provide moderate instability over the inland Coastal Bend to the Victoria area. A weak upper level disturbance moving into the area from the northeast helped to generate scattered thunderstorms in the early evening. Some of the thunderstorms produced wind damage near Beeville and Victoria.
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 26, 2:26 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 326 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .DISCUSSION...TWO QUICK HEADS-UP. SPC HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 432 FOR NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES EXCEPT LA SALLE (I.E...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE...GOLIAD AND VICTORIA). WILL ALSO CANCEL HEAT ADVISORY BASED ON HEAT INDICES NOT GETTING THERE AND LIKELY NOT TOO REST OF THE AFTERNOON (AT LEAST FOR TWO HOURS). THAT IS ALL. WILL ISSUE ZFP AND CWF ON TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 255 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...FIRST AND MAIN CONCERN IS CONVECTIVE/SEVERE POTENTIAL LATE THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT. SPC HAS MOST OF AREA IN MESO-SCALE DISCUSSION FOR POSSIBLE WATCH...AND SEEING SOME MODERATE CU FORMING ON VISIBLE. DID MENTION POTENTIAL SEVERE FOR THIS EVENING (FOLLOWING SPC PRETTY MUCH)...WITH BEST CHANCE POPS OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA AREA...AS WEAK DISTURBANCE AND GOOD THETA-E ADVECTION. EXPECTING MOST CONVECTION TO DIE OFF BEFORE MIDNIGHT...BUT DID KEEP A 20 POP FOR THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. DRIER AIR COMES IN ON WEDNESDAY AND NO RAIN EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SHOULD BE A TAD COOLER FOR WEDNESDAY TOO WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES. CONCERNING HEAT ADVISORY...WILL KEEP IT GOING FOR A BIT LONGER BUT WILL LIKELY CANCEL IT EARLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT THINGS HAVE MIXED OUT SO MUCH THAT REPORTING STATIONS ARE NOT GETTING TO 110F ON THE HEAT INDEX. WILL WAIT JUST A BIT MORE. MARINE (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...FLOW BECOMES MORE DEFINITIVELY ONSHORE BY WEDNESDAY...AS WEAK HIGH MOVES INTO WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. MOST OF THE CONVECTION FORECAST SHOULD REMAIN INLAND...HOWEVER SOME COULD GET INTO THE BAYS AND NEARSHORE WATERS MAINLY THIS EVENING. LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...AT 500MB...GFS/ECMWF/GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN PROG/SUGGEST AN UPPER TROUGH/LOW TO MOVE OVER THE CWA/MSA THU THEN MEANDER/DEVELOP OVER THE REGION THROUGH SAT. AFTERWARD...THE FOREGOING MODELS/ENSEMBLE MEAN DIVERGE SOMEWHAT YET ALL GENERALLY DECAY THE SYSTEM DRG THE SUN-MON PERIOD FOLLOWED BY A BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE REGION. AT 200MB...VORTICITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOREGING UPPER LOW BECOMES STRONGEST SAT/SUN SUGGESTING THAT THE LOW DEVELOPS TUTT LOW CHARACTERISTICS. BASED ON THE 500MB PATTERN...COMBINED WITH MSTR (GFS/ECMWF SOUNDINGS/PWATS) AND GFS CAPE/CIN...ANTICIPATE AT LEAST ISOLD CONVECTION FRIDAY/SATURDAY WITH A TRANSITION TO DRY CONDITIONS BY MONDAY. CAVEAT...IF THE LOW IS A TUTT LOW...THE PSN OF THE LOW SUGGEST CONVECTION WOULD BE SUPPRESSED OVER THE CWA SAT/SUN. THUS...WILL FCST ISOLD CONVECTION OVER THE ERN CWA/MSA THURSDAY/ FRIDAY (GFS CIN REMAINS FAIRLY HIGH OVR THE WRN CWA DRG THE AFTN HOURS)...ISOLD CONVECTION AREAWIDE SATURDAY/SUNDAY...THEN NO PCPN MONDAY/TUESDAY. THE LOW POPS IS TO ACCOUNT FOR UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE PSBL CONVECTIVE SUPPRESSION OWING TO A TUTT LOW PSN. THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN WILL PROMOTE PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 75 101 75 95 75 / 20 10 10 10 10 VICTORIA 75 103 74 97 74 / 30 10 10 10 10 LAREDO 80 107 79 103 79 / 20 10 10 10 10 ALICE 75 103 74 99 75 / 20 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 78 97 78 91 78 / 20 10 10 10 10 COTULLA 76 105 74 102 74 / 20 10 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 74 103 74 98 75 / 20 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 77 96 78 90 78 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && GW/86...SHORT TERM WC/87...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 445 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-272145- 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- 445 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAINS AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION. THE MAIN CONCERN FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE LARGE HAIL. ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END BY MIDNIGHT. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE BEACHES OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST DUE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE AFTERNOONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING FOR THE COASTAL PLAINS INTO THE BRUSH COUNTRY. GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAINS AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. TB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 403 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 TXZ230-231-262145- LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN- 403 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LIVE OAK AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES... AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIMMONS...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THREE RIVERS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. CB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 423 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 TXZ231-262215- LIVE OAK- 423 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LIVE OAK COUNTY... AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KARON...OR 8 MILES EAST OF THREE RIVERS... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. CB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 429 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 TXZ231-262215- LIVE OAK- 429 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LIVE OAK COUNTY... AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF GEORGE WEST...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. CB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 449 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 TXZ231-232-262230- BEE-LIVE OAK- 449 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NORTHERN BEE AND NORTHEASTERN LIVE OAK COUNTIES... AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PAWNEE...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF KENEDY... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. CB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 512 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 TXZ231-262300- LIVE OAK- 512 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NORTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY... AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAY POINT...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF THREE RIVERS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. CB
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:20 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel sized hail occurred on Interstate 37 near Whitsett along with winds estimated to be near 50 mph.
Thunderstorm winds blew off metal tin from an old barn. Several tree limbs were blown down also.
Thunderstorm winds blew a porch off of a mobile home. A large tree was blown down also.
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, June 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: 392186, 392183, 392184.