Isolated thunderstorms developed over the Victoria Crossroads region during the afternoon on May 31st. One of the thunderstorms became severe over Goliad County, producing wind damage in the community of Schroeder.
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Isolated thunderstorms developed over the Victoria Crossroads region during the afternoon on May 31st. One of the thunderstorms became severe over Goliad County, producing wind damage in the community of Schroeder.
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 May 31, 1:43 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 243 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE CWA. ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR THE TX/LA BORDER IS IN THE PROCESS OF WEAKENING INTO AN INVERTED TROUGH AXIS. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. THERE COULD BE SOME RE-DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE MARINE AND COASTAL AREAS OVERNIGHT. THEN ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE CWA FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS FORMING DURING THE DAY SUNDAY WITH WEAK FORCING FROM THE SEA BREEZE. WITH LESS OF A SOUTHWEST FLOW TO START THE DAY ON SUNDAY...SO HIGH TEMPS SUNDAY SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN TODAY. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...A MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW MVG SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NW GULF IS PROGD TO BECOME SHEARED THROUGH MON AS A RIDGE BUILDS E ACROSS TX. THIS RIDGE WILL BRING DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE CWA THROUGH THE WEEK ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY ABV NORMAL TEMPS. WENT WITH SILENT 10 POPS ALONG THE SEA BREEZE EACH AFTERNOON DUE TO SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR A BRIEF STRAY -SHRA TO DVLP. BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS PROG LOW QPF VALUES ON FRI AS THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS SLIGHTLY W...HOWEVER THE PWATS REMAIN LOW AND AM NOT EXPECTING ANY SIGNIFICANT PRECIP TO WARRANT MENTIONING CONVECTION JUST YET FOR FRI. THROUGH THE WEEK...ONSHORE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE WEAK TO MODERATE WITH NO ADVISORIES ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 72 89 72 91 73 / 10 20 10 10 10 VICTORIA 71 89 72 89 73 / 20 20 10 10 10 LAREDO 75 99 74 99 75 / 10 10 10 10 10 ALICE 71 91 71 92 72 / 20 20 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 74 88 76 89 75 / 10 20 10 10 10 COTULLA 73 97 71 97 72 / 10 10 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 72 91 72 92 73 / 10 20 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 75 87 75 87 76 / 10 20 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 452 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-010000- 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- 452 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS TO THE COASTAL BEND AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE BRUSH COUNTRY TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS ON SUNDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. TMT/RH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 330 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 TXZ243-244-312115- NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- 330 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES AND MOVING TOWARD NUECES COUNTY... AT 322 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TAFT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR WILL ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 419 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 TXZ242-243-312200- KLEBERG-NUECES- 419 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NUECES COUNTY AND MOVING TOWARD KLEBERG COUNTY... AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 527 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 TXZ233-234-312315- GOLIAD-VICTORIA- 527 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING VICTORIA COUNTY AND WILL MOVE INTO GOLIAD COUNTY... AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MISSION VALLEY...OR 9 MILES WEST OF VICTORIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PZ
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down across Farm to Market Road 622 near Schroeder.
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