Above normal rainfall occurred over most of the Brush Country and portions of the coastal plains of South Texas during the month of May. This continued the trend of diminishing the severity of the drought over this region.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Above normal rainfall occurred over most of the Brush Country and portions of the coastal plains of South Texas during the month of May. This continued the trend of diminishing the severity of the drought over this region. However, the southern portion of the Brush Country to along the Rio Grande received below normal rainfall for the month. The drought severity held in these areas for the month.
With this amount of rainfall, the drought was reduced to moderate category over the northern Brush Country and central Coastal Bend by the end of the month. The drought status remained in the severe status over southern portions of the Brush Country and Coastal Bend with extreme drought holding over parts of Webb County.
Different stages of water restrictions continued for Beeville, Point Comfort, Alice, and King Ranch Santa Gertrudis District. Voluntary water restrictions were in effect for Laredo, Nueces County, East Riviera, and Mirando City.
Rainfall helped soil moisture over northern portions of the Brush Country. But soil moisture remained short over southern parts of the Brush Country and Coastal Bend.
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 Apr 30, 10:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1142 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 .DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION SECTION FOR 06Z TAFS. && .AVIATION...LOW LEVEL FLOW AND BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE NOT AS HIGH THIS EVENING. STRATOCU LAYER/CEILINGS NOT AS PREVALENT THIS EVENING OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS WITH MVFR CEILINGS LIMITED TO THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS. EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS WILL FORM BUT A BIT LATER AROUND 09Z. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TOWARD THE BRUSH COUNTRY. COULD SEE VSBYS LIMITED TO 3SM IN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. DO NOT EXPECT ACTIVITY AT THIS TIME TO REACH COASTAL PLAINS DUE TO DRIER AIR ADVECTING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. VFR CONDS EXPECTED TO RETURN 15Z-16Z WITH GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED AGAIN THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. SPOTTY MVFR CEILINGS SHOULD RETURN TO THE COASTAL PLAINS AROUND 02Z WEDNESDAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 958 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012/ DISCUSSION...CONVECTION OVER MEXICO CONTINUES TO HOLD TOGETHER AS AREA MOVES TO THE EAST. ISOLATED CONVECTION ALSO DEVELOPING OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY IN ADVANCE OF THIS ACTIVITY. UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS TO LOW END CHANCE FOR THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY AND INSERT SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE EASTERN BRUSH COUNTRY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 827 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012/ DISCUSSION...CONVECTION REMAINS ORGANIZED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO IN ADVANCE OF A MID-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH. MODELS ARE SIMILAR SHOWING THIS VORTICITY MAXIMUM MOVING TOWARD THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY OVERNIGHT. MAIN LIMITING CONCERN IS WHETHER CONVECTIVE INHIBITION INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY OVER REGION ALONG WITH SOME 85H NEGATIVE THETA-E ADVECTION MOVING INTO THE BRUSH COUNTRY OVERNIGHT FROM THE COASTAL PLAINS. 12Z ECMWF/CMC ALONG WITH 00Z WRF-NMM SHOW CONVECTION COULD PERSIST INTO THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 85H SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH 85H THETA-E RIDGE AXIS IN PROXIMITY TO THE RIO GRANDE. ACTIVITY OVER NORTHERN MEXICO NORTH INTO THE TRANS PECOS REGION MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20-25 KNOTS. ACTIVITY MOVING OUT OF THE TEXAS BIG BEND HAS GENERATED A STRONG COLD POOL WITH TEMPERATURES WITH OBSERVATION FROM DRYDEN NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO REPORTING 64 DEGREES BEHIND SQUALL LINE. FOR NOW...WILL INSERT SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE WESTERN COUNTIES. LATEST WRF SIMULATED GOES-R INFRARED IMAGERY SHOWS THE ACTIVITY REACHING THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY AROUND 06Z THEN DISSIPATING. WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH TRENDS AND SEE IF THE COLD POOL CONTINUES TO ADVANCE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DEL RIO AREA. THIS WOULD SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR A FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS WOULD BE HIGHER FOR REACHING THE BRUSH COUNTRY LATER TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH. MARINE...WINDS WILL REMAIN SCEC OVER THE GULF WATERS TONIGHT AND FOR THE SOUTHERN BAYS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 75 87 74 88 73 / 10 10 10 10 10 VICTORIA 73 87 72 86 70 / 10 10 10 10 10 LAREDO 76 95 75 96 72 / 30 10 10 10 10 ALICE 74 91 73 92 72 / 10 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 75 83 76 83 74 / 10 10 10 10 10 COTULLA 72 92 72 93 70 / 30 10 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 75 90 74 91 72 / 10 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 75 82 76 86 73 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && TMT/89...SHORT TERM/AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 544 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-011045- 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- 544 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES TODAY ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS. SWIMMERS AND FISHERMEN SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION BEFORE VENTURING INTO THE WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought diminished to moderate status after heavy rainfall on May 10th.
Drought diminished to moderate status after heavy rainfall on May 10th.
Drought diminished to moderate status after heavy rainfall on May 10th.
Drought diminished to moderate status after heavy rainfall on May 10th.
Drought diminished to moderate status after rainfall received during the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 385914, 385915, 385916, 385917, 385918, 385920, 385921, 385922, 385923, 385924.