Above normal rainfall occurred over most of South Texas during the month of May. Below normal rainfall occurred in eastern Calhoun County and northern La Salle County.
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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 rainfall occurred over most of South Texas during the month of May. Below normal rainfall occurred in eastern Calhoun County and northern La Salle County. Rainfall amounts of 5 to 6 inches occurred over portions of the Brush Country, Coastal Bend, and western Victoria Crossroads. Higher amounts of 8 to 10 inches occurred over Goliad and Victoria Counties. This rainfall reduced the area of severe drought over 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 30, 11:32 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1232 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2014 .DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 06Z AVIATION. && .AVIATION...MID/HIGH CLOUDS WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT WHILE LOWER ATMOSPHERE REMAINS DRY. AN UPPER DISTURBANCE AND JET STREAK AROUND DAY BREAK COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED SHOWERS OR STORMS...BUT CHANCES TOO SMALL TO INCLUDE IN TAF AT THIS POINT. ISOLATED ELEVATED SHOWERS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY AND TOMORROW NIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 824 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014/ DISCUSSION...THE 00Z CRP SOUNDING SHOWED DRY CONDITIONS BELOW 700MB WHILE MOISTURE IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS CONTINUES TO STREAM ACROSS THE REGION. LACK OF DYNAMICS OVERNIGHT WILL RESULT IN NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIP. MAINLY JUST MID/UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS FOR TONIGHT WHICH WILL KEEP MN TEMPS FROM BOTTOMING OUT. A REINFORCING WEAK SURGE OF SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO WINDS RESTRENGTHENING OVER THE MARINE AREAS OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BUT COULD FLIRT WITH 20KT AT TIMES. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE WITH SCEC WORDING FOR THE MARINE FCST. OVERALL FCST LOOKS ON TRACK WITH NO MAJOR CHANGES AT THIS TIME. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 622 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014/ DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION SECTION FOR 00Z TAFS. AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THROUGH THE PERIOD WHILE AN AXIS OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MAINTAIN BKN-OVC SKIES. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER MEXICO WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTH TEXAS BY 12Z THURSDAY. THIS DISTURBANCE COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED ELEVATED CONVECTION OVER SOUTH TEXAS ON THURSDAY BUT COVERAGE NOT EXPECTED TO BE ENOUGH TO WARRANT MENTIONING IN THE FORECAST AT THIS POINT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 323 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...H5 VORT MAX CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS STATE OF SINALOA MX IS PROG TO ADVECT ACROSS OUR CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH A H25 JET STREAK DEVELOPING OVERHEAD. MID/UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS DISTURBANCE THROUGH THE NIGHT WILE NNE WINDS FROM SFC TO H85 WILL KEEP LOWER LEVELS DRY. MARGINAL UPTICK IN OMEGA FROM MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO LEAD TO AT LEAST ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER LATE TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY AND THUS HAVE INCREASED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THURSDAY. SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ARE PROG TO BE LESS THAN VALUES THAT WERE IN PLACE THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCE AHEAD OF MAIN H5 TROUGH AS WELL AS MORE FAVORABLE DEVELOPMENT/POSITIONING OF UPPER LEVEL JET BY THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS /MORE THUNDER THURS NIGHT THAN DURING THE DAY THURS/. CLOUD COVER AND ENOUGH MIXING IN THE LOWER LEVELS SHOULD PREVENT MIN TEMPS FROM FALLING TO STATISTICAL GUIDANCE LEVELS TONIGHT. THICKENING OF MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER THURSDAY WILL LIMIT HEATING POTENTIAL DURING THE DAY THURS WITH MAX VALUES EXPECTED TO BE BELOW SEASONABLE NORMS. LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...EXTENDED PERIOD DOMINATED BY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE ATLANTIC COAST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. BY SATURDAY NIGHT THE RIDGE AXIS WILL BE FAR ENOUGH EAST FOR ONSHORE FLOW TO RESUME...WITH THE ATTENDANT INCREASES IN TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY...ESPECIALLY MINIMUM TEMPERATURES. UPPER LEVELS FEATURE A WEAK SHORTWAVE PASSAGE EARLY IN THE PERIOD...THEN BROAD RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. MARINE...WIND SPEEDS ARE FINALLY RELAXING AND SEAS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE AS A RESULT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR OFFSHORE WATERS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT BUT MAY BE ABLE TO BE CANCELED EARLY IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE. AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH SUSTAINED VALUES AVERAGING BETWEEN 15 AND 20 KTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 76 59 81 56 86 / 20 20 10 10 10 VICTORIA 76 52 82 53 85 / 20 20 10 10 10 LAREDO 80 60 84 59 92 / 20 20 10 10 10 ALICE 77 54 81 53 89 / 20 20 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 75 58 78 61 80 / 20 20 10 10 10 COTULLA 77 55 81 53 90 / 20 20 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 77 55 81 55 88 / 20 20 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 74 62 77 62 79 / 20 20 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && PZ/83...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 553 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 TXZ229>234-239>247-011100- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 553 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-011100- 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- 553 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR OFFSHORE WATERS THROUGH 1PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PZ/LK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought remained over the northern half of the county.
Severe drought remained over the northern half of the county.
Severe drought remained over the extreme southeast part of the county.
Severe drought ended over the county by the latter part of the month.
Severe drought ended over the county by the latter part 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, May 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: 524249, 524250, 524251, 524253, 524254.