The temperatures remained above normal for the month of January across South Texas with dry conditions continuing for the majority of the region. Isolated areas in the Victoria Crossroads and Mid-Coast regions 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 above normal for the month of January across South Texas with dry conditions continuing for the majority of the region. Isolated areas in the Victoria Crossroads and Mid-Coast regions 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 1 1/2 inches below normal over most of the Coastal Bend and Brush Country. Rainfall amounts were 1 to 3 inches above normal over the northern Victoria Crossroads.
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 fell below 40 percent. The city of Portland implemented mandatory water restrictions. 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.
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 Dec 31, 11:16 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1116 PM CST MON DEC 31 2012 .DISCUSSION...NOTE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION...A TRANSITION TO PREDOMINATE MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH PATCHY LIGHT RAIN/ISOLATED SHOWERS AND FOG DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS FROM NW TO SE DRG THE LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTN HOURS. THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF PCPN MAY INCREASE NEAR THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. A TRANSITION TO VFR CEILINGS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. CAVEAT...THE FRONT MAY MOVE SLOWER THAN ANTICIPATED ABOVE AND THUS MAY PROLONG THE PERIOD OF PCPN/MVFR CONDITIONS OVER SOUTH TX. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 608 PM CST MON DEC 31 2012/ DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR 00Z TAF CYCLE. AVIATION...COLD FRONT TIMING CONTINUES TO BE PROBLEMATIC. PREFRONTAL TROUGH HAS WEAKENED WINDS CONSIDERABLY...AND EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. EXPECT FROPA OUT WEST IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND AT EASTERN TERMINALS CLOSER TO DAYBREAK TUESDAY. A LARGE SHIELD OF LIGHT PRECIP WILL CROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS EVENING...WITH MVFR VSBYS IN LIGHT RAIN AND FOG AND MVFR/IFR CIGS IN LOW STRATUS OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE AFTER FROPA AND SUNRISE...EVENTUALLY BECOMING VFR BY LATE MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME GUSTY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 PM CST MON DEC 31 2012/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...DIFFICULT FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 36 HOURS. COLD FRONT HAS BEEN STALLED IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ALL DAY...CURRENTLY SOUTH OF AMARILLO...BUT NORTH OF CLOVIS. A PRE FRONTAL TROUGH IS A BIT AHEAD OF IT. WITH THE FRONT STILL THIS FAR NORTH...HAVE MADE SOME RELATIVELY BIG CHANGES IN THE FORECAST. SLOWED FRONT DOWN 4-6 HOURS ACROSS THE AREA...NOW PUSHING THROUGH MAINLY BETWEEN 12 AND 18Z. THUS...TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA STAY WARMER OVERNIGHT. THIS MAY ALSO INCREASE CHANCES FOR FOG OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER PERIOD OF TIME WITH WINDS LIGHT ENOUGH TO BE CONDUCIVE TO FOG SHOULD BE RELATIVELY SHORT. SEA FOG IS POSSIBLE THOUGH. SEE MARINE SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION. DIDNT HAVE TO MAKE TOO MANY CHANGES WITH POPS THINK ANY WIDESPREAD PRECIP WILL EXIT SHORTLY BEHIND THE FRONT WITH UPGLIDE INDICATIONS MINIMAL. ECMWF HAS A MAINLY NEUTRAL ISENTROPIC LIFTING PATTERN...BUT OTHER MODELS ARE A MORE CLEAR DOWNGLIDE. HAVE LEFT A 20 POP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TO COVER ANY ISOLATED SHOWERS/RAIN PATCHES...WITH 30S ALONG THE COAST AND HIGHER POPS OFFSHORE. WILL EXPECT CLOUD COVER TO STICK AROUND THROUGH THE DAY...WHICH WILL LIMIT HIGH TEMPS. THINK MOST AREAS WILL ONLY RECOVER A DEGREE OR TWO FROM MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES. HAVE HIGHS IN THE 60S FOR MOST AREAS...AND AROUND 70 RIGHT AT THE COAST...HOWEVER THIS WILL LIKELY BE A MORNING HIGH TEMP JUST AHEAD OF FRONTAL PASSAGE. AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT MOISTURE PUSHES BACK INTO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA AND WILL SEE UPGLIDE RE- DEVELOP...THUS LEADING TO INCREASING POPS ONCE AGAIN. DESPITE CLOUD COVER...MODELS WOULD SUGGEST TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE 40S TUESDAY NIGHT...AND WILL NOT DIVERGE FROM THIS. MARINE...PATCHY TO AREAS OF SEA FOG ARE LIKELY NEARSHORE AND IN THE BAY AREAS TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AT THIS TIME DO NOT EXPECT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...BUT WILL MONITOR FOR THIS. ADDITIONALLY...BEHIND THE FRONT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON/NIGHT. LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...RAIN WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY ALL AREAS...THEN OVER THE EASTERN AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT...AND FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...AS UPPER LEVEL FLOW REMAINS RELATIVELY ACTIVE. UPPER JET DYNAMICS IMPACT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR RAIN...AND COASTAL TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN GULF EARLY WEDNESDAY ALSO ASSISTS RAINFALL. DO NOT EXPECT A LOT OF QPF WITH THIS...WITH HIGHER VALUES NEAR THE COAST AND HIGHEST OFFSHORE. ALSO...HIGHEST POPS WEDNESDAY WILL BE NEAR THE COAST AND OFFSHORE...PROXIMATE TO THE GULF SURFACE TROUGH AND HIGHER MOISTURE. RAIN CHANCES DIMINISH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...AS MOISTURE BECOMES MORE LIMITED. STILL HAVE SOME ENERGY ALOFT IN SOUTHWEST FLOW FOR SOME LIGHT RAIN THURSDAY (MODELS HANDLE MOISTURE AVAILABILITY DIFFERENT WITH ECMWF AND CANADIAN WETTER OUT WEST THAN GFS). BASED ON 850MB TEMPERATURES...COULD NOT RULE OUT A FEW ICE PELLETS WEBB AND LA SALLE COUNTIES THURSDAY IF ANY PRECIPITATION OCCURS (ONLY GOING 20 POPS OUT THERE). A MENTION OF RAIN HAS BEEN ADDED FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AS MODELS NOW SHOWING SOME AGREEMENT ON HANDLING NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...WITH TROUGH DEVELOPING ANOTHER SURFACE COASTAL TROUGH FRIDAY AND PROVIDING UPGLIDE. HOWEVER...UPGLIDE DOES NOT SET UP WELL ENOUGH ON FRIDAY (AND MOISTURE IS NOT ADVECTED ALOFT TIL FRIDAY EVENING) TO WARRANT POPS FRIDAY EXCEPT EXTREME SOUTHERN AREAS. AS UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FRIDAY NIGHT...RAIN CHANCES IMPROVE A BIT MORE (BUT STILL AM NOT GOING TO GO MORE THAN 20 PERCENT AT THIS TIME DUE TO PREVIOUS MODEL INCONSISTENCIES ON UPPER TROUGH AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE). UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED UPGLIDE WITH COASTAL TROUGH (WHICH MOVES A BIT FARTHER NORTH ON SATURDAY MORNING) WILL END SATURDAY NIGHT... REPLACED BY UPPER RIDGE OR WEAK ZONAL FLOW FOR SUNDAY. GFS REMAINS WETTER THAN ECMWF...AND FOR NOW HAVE KEPT FORECAST DRY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. MODELS SHOW NEXT UPPER SYSTEM STAYING NORTH FOR FOR SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY...SO WILL KEEP A DRY FORECAST FOR NOW. WILL REMAIN ON THE COOL SIDE (COOLER THAN NORMAL) THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN A GRADUAL WARM UP. WENT WITH A BLEND OF GUIDANCE THROUGH SATURDAY (SINCE FORECAST IS COMPLICATED AND HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT...GENERALLY FITTING IN WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES). CLOSER TO THE GFS AND ECMWF RAW AND BIAS CORRECTED TEMPERATURES FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 68 70 46 55 39 / 50 50 40 70 30 VICTORIA 63 65 43 51 38 / 90 50 30 30 20 LAREDO 59 64 45 51 41 / 20 30 20 40 10 ALICE 66 68 44 52 39 / 40 50 30 60 30 ROCKPORT 69 71 47 53 40 / 60 60 40 70 30 COTULLA 58 63 44 51 39 / 20 20 20 20 10 KINGSVILLE 68 70 45 52 39 / 40 50 40 70 30 NAVY CORPUS 70 72 47 53 43 / 50 60 50 70 30 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && WC/87...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 555 AM CST MON DEC 31 2012 TXZ229>234-239>247-011200- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 555 AM CST MON DEC 31 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-011200- 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- 555 AM CST MON DEC 31 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY TUESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND LARGE SEAS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS FRONT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. .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.
Exceptional drought continued over the western part of the county.
Exceptional drought continued over the western part of the county.
Exceptional drought continued over the western part of the county.
Exceptional drought continued over the southern part of the county.
Extreme drought continued over the eastern part of the county.
Extreme drought continued over the southern part of the county.
Extreme drought continued over the western part of the county.
Severe drought continued over the southern part of the county.
Severe drought continued over the western part of the county.
Severe drought continued over the extreme western part 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, January 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: 430836, 430838, 430839, 430841, 430842, 430843, 430844, 430846, 430847, 430848.