Monthly rainfall amounts during the month of April were well below normal for South Texas. Soil moisture levels decreased dramatically during the month.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Monthly rainfall amounts during the month of April were well below normal for South Texas. Soil moisture levels decreased dramatically during the month. Severe drought developed again over the northern Coastal Bend into the Victoria Crossroads by the end of the month.
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 14, 11:31 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1231 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014
.DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION SECTION FOR 06Z TAFS.
&&
.AVIATION...STRONG LOW LEVEL JET OF 45-50 KNOTS WILL BE ALONG THE
COAST INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. WINDS REMAIN ELEVATED FOR COASTAL
SITES WHILE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED INLAND. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR
WILL BE POSSIBLE AT VCT/CRP AROUND 08-09Z ONCE SURFACE WINDS COME
DOWN SOME. SOME CIRRUS WILL PASS BY EARLY THIS MORNING...OTHERWISE
SKIES WILL BE CLEAR WITH VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE
WINDS WILL VEER TO WEAK SOUTHEAST BY TUESDAY EVENING AS THE RIDGE
AXIS SHIFTS INTO THE GULF WATERS.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 953 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014/
DISCUSSION...HAVE DROPPED WIND ADVISORY FOR COASTAL COUNTIES AS
STRONGER WINDS HAVE FAILED TO OCCUR. 00Z GUIDANCE INDICATES CORE
OF 925MB IS PROG TO BE SLIGHTLY FARTHER EAST THAN EARLIER GUIDANCE
INDICATED...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR LIGHTER SPEEDS ACROSS
PREVIOUSLY ADVISED AREA. WIND SPEEDS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST...HOWEVER...WILL LIKELY BE MUCH STRONGER THAN AREAS LOCATED
A FEW MILES INLAND. ALSO DROPPED GALE WARNING FOR AREA BAYS AND
REPLACED WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. MAINTAINED GALE WARNING FOR
GULF WATERS WHERE LAPSE RATES ARE PROG TO STEEPEN AND WHERE GALE
CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. UPDATED PRODUCTS ALREADY OUT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 44 74 63 80 66 / 0 10 10 10 20
VICTORIA 39 72 61 78 62 / 0 10 10 10 20
LAREDO 48 80 63 87 66 / 0 10 10 10 10
ALICE 41 77 60 83 65 / 0 10 10 10 20
ROCKPORT 51 69 65 78 66 / 0 10 10 10 20
COTULLA 40 78 57 83 61 / 0 10 10 10 10
KINGSVILLE 41 75 62 82 66 / 0 10 10 10 20
NAVY CORPUS 54 71 66 78 67 / 0 10 10 10 20
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 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.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: 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.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO
PORT ARANSAS...BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT
O'CONNOR.
&&
TMT/89...AVIATIONHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1011 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-160315- 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- 1011 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS THROUGH 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREA BAYS THROUGH 7 AM CDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY GALE WARNINGS EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT FOR THE GULF WATERS WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES GOING IN EFFECT AT THAT TIME THROUGH 1 PM TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TXZ229>234-239>247-160315- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 1011 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS 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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought formed over the county by the latter half of the month.
Severe drought formed over the county by the latter half of the month with extreme drought covering the extreme northwest part of the county.
Severe drought formed over the county by the latter half of the month.
Severe drought formed over the county by the latter half of the month.
Severe drought formed over the county by the latter half of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2014
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: 506643, 506644, 506645, 506646, 506647.