A late season cold front moved into Victoria Crossroads during the early morning hours of June 30th. Scattered thunderstorms occurred along this frontal boundary as it moved into the Coastal Bend.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
A late season cold front moved into Victoria Crossroads during the early morning hours of June 30th. Scattered thunderstorms occurred along this frontal boundary as it moved into the Coastal Bend. These storms produced a couple of wind gusts to around 60 mph. Damage was reported in the city of Refugio.
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 30, 3:13 AM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 413 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)...SOUTHWEST PERIPHERY OF THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO ERODE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AS A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES IN THE NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE FIRST SHORTWAVE IS APPROACHING THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWA THIS MORNING...AND FOLLOWED WITH A BLEND OF THE HI RESOLUTION HRRR/NMM THROUGH 18Z...WITH SCATTERED/CHANCE POPS FORECAST. THIS AFTERNOON...HI RESOLUTION AND DETERMINISTIC MODELS DIVERGE WITH TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF SECOND UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE...CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS NORTHWEST TEXAS AND THE PERMIAN BASIN. MOISTURE POOL OF 1.8 TO 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL BE POOLED OVER THE AREA...AND ANY FORCING WITH THE SECOND SHORTWAVE OR BOUNDARIES WITH UPSTREAM CONVECTION SHOULD GENERATE AT LEAST A CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. A FEW STORMS TODAY COULD BE STRONG...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. TEMPERATURES VERY TRICKY TODAY WITH THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK THAT WILL BE ONGOING THIS MORNING. GENERALLY STUCK CLOSE TO GUIDANCE...AND IN A FEW SPOTS (LRD) UNDERCUT MOS. DRIER AIR WORKS ITO THE NORTHEAST CWA TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA TOMORROW...WITH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLIPPING INTO THE AREA. WILL KEEP A LOW POP ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 281 MONDAY WHERE BETTER MOISTURE AXIS RESIDES. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...POTENT UPPER LOW OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE U.S. IS PROGD TO SHIFT W MONDAY NIGHT/TUE. KEPT A SLIGHT CHC OF TSRA'S ACROSS THE FAR W CWA MONDAY NIGHT DUE TO PROXIMITY TO AN EMBEDDED UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE THAT THE MODELS PROG TO TRACK SWD ACROSS MEX. BY TUE THE EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES ARE PROGD TO BE FARTHER AWAY FROM S TX WITH THE TROF AXIS DRAPED FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE TX COAST. THE GFS SHOWS SOME LIGHT QPF NEAR THE NE CWA AND COASTAL WATERS TUE NIGHT/WED THEREFORE KEPT A SILENT 10 POP IN PLACE. MOISTURE IS PROGD TO REMAIN LIMITED THROUGH THU WITH FRI BEING A TRANSITIONAL DAY AS GULF MOISTURE INCREASES ACROSS S TX. THE GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW AN EASTERLY WAVE SHIFT NWD FROM THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NEXT WEEKEND. THIS BRINGS DEEPER GULF MOISTURE TOWARD S TX WITH PWATS PROGD TO BE BETWEEN 2-2.5 INCHES. KEPT THE 20-30 POPS FOR THE WEEKEND GIVEN THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND AN UPPER LOW REMAINING ACROSS THE REGION. THE GFS PROGS THIS UPPER LOW TO BE A WAVE MVG IN FROM THE E WHILE THE ECMWF PROGS THE UPPER LOW TO BE THE SAME LOW CURRENTLY IN PLACE BUT BEING CUT OFF FROM THE NRN STREAM. EITHER WAY...BOTH MODELS SHOW PRECIP THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. AS FOR TEMPS...GENERALLY KEPT CLOSE TO NORMAL VALUES FOR HIGHS AND CLOSE TO BELOW NORMAL FOR THE LOWS. WINDS ARE A BIT TRICKY THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WITH A WEAK BDRY MEANDERING ACROSS THE AREA LEADING TO WINDS VARYING FROM SE TO NE. WINDS BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN FROM THE S AND SE BY MID WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 75 100 73 95 72 / 10 10 10 10 10 VICTORIA 70 99 68 94 67 / 10 10 10 10 10 LAREDO 77 99 75 98 73 / 20 20 20 10 10 ALICE 73 100 71 97 69 / 20 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 78 95 74 91 74 / 10 10 10 10 10 COTULLA 74 98 69 96 69 / 20 20 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 75 101 72 97 70 / 10 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 76 93 76 91 75 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && JR/76...SHORT TERM TE/81...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 429 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 TXZ229>234-239>247-011000- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 429 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD SEE MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 105 TO 109 RANGE TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 281. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-011000- 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- 429 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JR/TE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 253 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 TXZ229-300845- LA SALLE- 253 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LA SALLE COUNTY... AT 247 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR DILLEY...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY. JR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 335 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 TXZ229-300930- LA SALLE- 335 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING LA SALLE COUNTY... AT 330 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COTULLA TO LOS ANGELES...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 541 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 TXZ232-233-246-301130- BEE-GOLIAD-REFUGIO- 541 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS FAR SOUTHERN GOLIAD COUNTY... AT 535 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLANCONIA...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF REFUGIO...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JR
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:56 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds caused the roof to lift off a trailer house, downed numerous trees, damaged many fences, and downed power lines in Refugio.
ASOS at Corpus Christi International Airport measured a gust to 58 mph.
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