Above normal temperatures and below normal rainfall occurred over the Victoria Crossroads and portions of the Coastal Bend during the month of August. Drought conditions returned during the month for the Victoria Crossroads and coastal sections of the Coastal Bend.
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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.
Above normal temperatures and below normal rainfall occurred over the Victoria Crossroads and portions of the Coastal Bend during the month of August. Drought conditions returned during the month for the Victoria Crossroads and coastal sections of the Coastal Bend.
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 Aug 9, 11:47 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1247 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2014 .DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION SECTION FOR 06Z TAFS. && .AVIATION...MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS OVER THE COASTAL BEND AND BRUSH COUNTRY WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE WEST AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER COAHUILA MOVES NORTHWEST. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR PATCHY FOG AND LOW CEILINGS/MVFR CONDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE INLAND COASTAL PLAINS IN THE PERIOD AROUND DAYBREAK. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WITH THE SEA BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SEA BREEZE BUT PROBABILITY TOO LOW TO MENTION IN FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 76 97 76 99 76 / 10 10 10 10 10 VICTORIA 76 100 76 102 76 / 10 20 10 10 20 LAREDO 79 103 79 104 80 / 20 10 10 10 10 ALICE 75 101 75 101 76 / 10 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 80 92 79 93 79 / 10 10 10 10 20 COTULLA 76 103 78 103 77 / 10 10 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 76 101 76 101 76 / 10 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 80 93 80 94 79 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && TT/89...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 540 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 TXZ229>234-239>247-101045- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 540 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR SOUTH TEXAS TODAY...AND FOR THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 109 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS DAILY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-101045- 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- 540 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TMT/PZ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions developed over the county during the month.
Severe drought conditions developed over northern portions of the county during the month.
Severe drought conditions developed over northern portions of the county during the month.
Severe drought conditions developed over eastern portions of the county during the month.
Severe drought conditions developed over eastern portions of the county during 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, August 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: 540846, 540847, 540848, 540849, 540850.