Although temperatures remained above normal for the month of February across South Texas, the region north of a line from Encinal to Rockport received beneficial rainfall during the month. The southern portions of the region from the western Brush Country to the southern Coastal Bend received well below normal rainfall for the month.
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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.
Although temperatures remained above normal for the month of February across South Texas, the region north of a line from Encinal to Rockport received beneficial rainfall during the month. The southern portions of the region from the western Brush Country to the southern Coastal Bend received well below normal rainfall for the month.
Some areas in the northern Brush Country and northern Coastal Bend regions received rainfall amounts between 3 and 4 inches. However, the southern portions of the Brush Country and Coastal Bend received between a quarter and a half of an inch of rainfall. The severe to extreme drought persisted over southern portions of the Brush Country eastward into the coastal plains with exceptional drought continuing over the inland portions of the Coastal Bend counties of Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio, and Jim Wells.
Mandatory water restrictions continued during the month for the city of Corpus Christi as the combined lake capacity levels remained below 40 percent. The city of Portland continued under mandatory water restrictions. The cities of Victoria and Laredo remained under voluntary water restrictions. Different stages of water restrictions continued for Beeville, Point Comfort, Alice, and King Ranch Santa Gertrudis District. Water restrictions were implemented for the cities of Taft and Odem during the month.
Areas in exceptional drought across the Coastal Bend were plagued with little to no subsurface soil moisture. Very few farmers fertilized fields since there was very limited soil moisture to sustain a crop. Ranchers continued to supplement feeding of livestock. With most stock tanks dry in Webb County, ranchers had only very lightly stocked herds with some destocking their herds completely.
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 Jan 31, 10:38 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1038 PM CST THU JAN 31 2013 .DISCUSSION...SEE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION...GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT (MAINLY SE) WITH CONTINUED BKN CIRRUS OVER THE AREA. THESE HIGH CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH BY MID MORNING. RETURN FLOW INCREASES ON FRIDAY... WITH WINDS ABOVE 11 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. RETURN FLOW BRINGS MID CLOUDS BACK ALONG THE RIO GRANDE...THEN SPREADS EAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING TIME FRAME FRIDAY. WILL HAVE CIGS BETWEEN 3500-5000 FEET DEVELOPING FROM WEST TO EAST...STARTING LATE AFTERNOON AT KLRD...AND BY THE END OF THE TAF FORECAST AT KALI AND KCRP. THIS MID LEVEL DECK SHOULD STAY OUT OF VICTORIA BEFORE END OF FORECAST PERIOD. OF COURSE...SE WINDS WILL DIMINISH RIGHT AROUND SUNSET. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 741 PM CST THU JAN 31 2013/ DISCUSSION...TONIGHTS TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 8 TO 12 DEGREES WARMER THAN LAST NIGHT. THIS IS DUE TO A COUPLE FACTORS...WEAK RETURN FLOW OFF OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND CANOPY OF CIRROFORM CLOUDS. MADE SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO SFC DEWPOINTS WITH INLAND MOISTURE RECOVERY SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF FORECAST SCHEDULE. OTHERWISE... NO OTHER FCST CHANGES PLANNED THIS EVENING. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 551 PM CST THU JAN 31 2013/ DISCUSSION...SEE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. AVIATION...SEA-BREEZE SEEN ON 88-D WILL BRING WINDS TO SOUTHEAST AT KALI BY 01Z AND AT KLRD BEFORE 04Z. WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...WITH SCT-BKN HIGH CLOUDS. S-SE WINDS INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AT KCRP AND KALI...WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS AT KLRD BY 17Z AND KVCT BY 21Z. 850MB MOISTURE FIELDS SHOW MOISTURE COMING UP FROM DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH BKN CIGS AROUND 4 KFT AT KLRD...MUCH HIGH CIGS AT KALI AND NO CIGS AT KCRP AND KVCT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 346 PM CST THU JAN 31 2013/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)...QUIET WEATHER IN THE SHORT TERM AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA AS WELL AS A GENERAL ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS FURTHER EAST...WITH A SLOW RETURN OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. FOR OVERNIGHT....NOT AS COOL AS TEMPERATURES FROM LAST NIGHT...ALTHOUGH AM STILL EXPECTING INLAND AREAS REMAINING IN THE LOW 40S WITH A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS OVERHEAD. WARMER OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES MORE LIKELY ALONG THE COASTAL LOCATIONS AND ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. FRIDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY...JUST A FEW DEGREES WARMER. FRIDAY NIGHT LOWS SHOULD JUMP INTO THE 50S WITH THE INCREASED SOUTHEAST FLOW. LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...THE EXTENDED WILL BEGIN WITH DEEP TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CONUS WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE WESTERN US. DISTURBANCE WILL DROP TO THE SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE PLAINS ON SATURDAY. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE INTO THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. LITTLE IMPACT IS EXPECTED FROM THIS FRONT EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER AND WINDS SHIFTING TO THE E/NE. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS IN THE 70S WILL CONTINUE EVEN BEHIND THE WEAK FRONT. NO PRECIP IS EXPECTED AS THIS FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. ONSHORE FLOW WILL QUICKLY SET UP BY MONDAY WITH EVEN WARMER CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGHS WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID/UPPER 70S IN THE NORTHEAST TO LOWER/MID 80S ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER SOUTH TEXAS NEXT WEEK DUE A PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW. COULD SEE SOME LIGHT SHOWERS BY THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK AS FAST MOVING DISTURBANCE MOVES TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. HAVE INCLUDED A LOW END 20 POP FOR WEDNESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 45 73 55 77 50 / 0 0 10 10 10 VICTORIA 41 71 49 75 47 / 0 0 10 10 10 LAREDO 51 76 57 78 54 / 0 0 10 10 10 ALICE 45 74 54 78 52 / 0 0 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 48 69 57 71 52 / 0 0 10 10 10 COTULLA 44 75 51 78 51 / 0 0 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 44 73 54 77 51 / 0 0 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 52 70 60 72 56 / 0 0 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && GW/86...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 523 AM CST THU JAN 31 2013 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-011130- 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- 523 AM CST THU JAN 31 2013 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PZ/WC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Exceptional drought continued for the western portion of the county.
Exceptional drought continued for the western portion of the county.
Exceptional drought continued for the western portion of the county.
Exceptional drought continued for the southern portion of the county.
Extreme drought continued for the southern portion of the county.
Extreme drought continued for the western portion of the county.
Extreme drought expanded to all but the northwestern portion of the county.
Extreme drought expanded into the extreme southern portion of the county.
Severe drought continued for the western portion of the county.
Severe drought continued for the extreme western portion of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 2013
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: 436685, 436686, 436687, 436688, 436689, 436690, 436691, 436692, 436693, 436694.