Another upper level disturbance moved out of northeast Mexico into the Brush Country during the afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms formed along the sea breeze boundary in the late afternoon over Jim Wells County.
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Another upper level disturbance moved out of northeast Mexico into the Brush Country during the afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms formed along the sea breeze boundary in the late afternoon over Jim Wells County. The storms produced large hail and damaging winds.
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 8, 1:56 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 256 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 .SHORT TERM(TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN COASTAL BEND AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE AREA. WILL SEE THESE THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN COVERAGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STILL HAVE SOME SHORT WAVE ENERGY FORECAST TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. A LITTLE UNSURE ABOUT PRECIP CHANCES FOR TONIGHT. WITH SHORT WAVE ENERGY PASSING OVER. THING THE NAM IS OVERDONE ON THE STRENGTH OF UPPER VORTICITY...BUT GFS ALSO SHOWING A BIT OF A VORT MAX. MESO MODELS NOT INDICATING ANYTHING INTO THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT...AND GLOBAL MODELS TEND TO AGREE. WENT WITH JUST A 10 POP AT THIS TIME. TOMORROW WILL SEE THE UPPER TROUGH FINALLY START LIFTING OUT OF THE AREA...BUT LINGERING ENOUGH ENERGY BACK TO KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR POPS IN THE EAST. OTHERWISE...TEMPS WARM TOMORROW INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S FOR WESTERN HALF OF AREA...AND SLIGHTLY COOLER EAST WHERE MAY STILL SEE SOME PRECIP AND WILL HAVE MORE CLOUDS HANGING AROUND. A MAINLY MODERATE SOUTHEAST WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...MAIN ISSUE IN THE EXTENDED IS HOW LONG TO MENTION RAINFALL IN THE FORECAST. MODELS ARE CONSISTENTLY TAKING PORTION OF UPPER LOW/INVERTED TROUGH AND PUSHING IT INTO MEXICO MONDAY...WEAKENING IT WITH TIME. ENOUGH MOISTURE SEEMS READILY AVAILABLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR CONVECTION...AND HAVE LEFT THIS IN THE FORECAST... ALLOWING ACTIVITY TO PUSH INLAND ALONG THE SEA-BREEZE. AFTER THAT...MOISTURE GETS A LITTLE MORE QUESTIONABLE...AND UPPER LOW LESS DEFINITIVE (IF THERE AT ALL). HAVE DECIDED TO TRIM POPS ON WEDNESDAY TO JUST THE SOUTHERN AREAS...THEN NO RAINFALL AFTER THAT AS UPPER RIDGE GETS A BIT MORE ENTRENCHED AND ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT EVEN MORE. GFS AND CANADIAN ARE DRY IN THE MEAN RH FIELDS...WITH ECMWF 12Z RUN A BIT MORE MOIST OVER THE SOUTHEAST...THUS WILL GO WITH THE DRY FORECAST. WILL PRETTY MUCH MAINTAIN THE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE FORECAST...WITH DECIDEDLY A BETTER CHANCE FOR ABOVE NORMAL READINGS LATER IN THE PERIOD WHEN THE RAIN CHANCES END...LESS DAYTIME CLOUD COVER...LESS MOIST AIRMASS...AND INCREASING BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 76 92 77 94 78 / 10 20 10 20 10 VICTORIA 74 92 75 93 75 / 10 20 10 20 10 LAREDO 76 99 76 98 76 / 10 10 10 10 10 ALICE 74 95 75 96 75 / 10 20 10 20 10 ROCKPORT 78 87 79 90 80 / 10 20 10 20 10 COTULLA 74 98 75 98 75 / 10 10 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 75 95 76 94 76 / 10 20 10 20 10 NAVY CORPUS 78 86 79 89 79 / 10 20 10 20 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && PZ/83...SHORT TERM GW/86...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 432 AM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-090945- 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- 432 AM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY...WITH STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS AND COASTAL BEND THIS TODAY. ALTHOUGH NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM COULD BECOME STRONG INLAND...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LK/JR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 227 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 TXZ234-247-082000- CALHOUN-VICTORIA- 227 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CALHOUN AND VICTORIA COUNTIES... AT 221 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCFADDIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAY OCCUR NEAR MCFADDIN AND GREEN LAKE THROUGH 3 PM AS THE STRONGEST WINDS OF THE STORM FALL ARE PUSHED TO THE SURFACE. HART
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 301 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 TXZ247-082030- CALHOUN- 301 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IMPACTING CALHOUN COUNTY... AT 259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR POINT COMFORT...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT LAVACA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HART
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 441 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 TXZ241-242-082215- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG- 441 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING SOUTHERN JIM WELLS AND FAR WESTERN KLEBERG COUNTIES... AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PREMONT...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HART
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 520 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 TXZ229-230-082245- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN- 520 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES... AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTY LINES...GENERALLY MOVING NORTH. PEOPLE IN EASTERN LA SALLE AND WESTERN MCMULLEN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF FOWLERTON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HART
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Jim Wells County Sheriff's Office reported hail up to the size of nickels fell for 15 minutes in the city of Alice.
ASOS at the Naval Auxiliary Landing Field near Orange Grove measured a gust to 66 mph.
Report of quarter sized hail west of Orange Grove was relayed through the NSSL SHAVE project.
Hail lasted for 15 minutes northwest of Orange Grove with the largest hail being around the size of limes. Hail report was relayed through the NSSL SHAVE project.
Spotter reported golf ball sized hail lasted about 5 minutes.
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