A large area of showers and thunderstorms over the Deep South Texas moved toward Coastal Bend during the early morning hours. The precipitation rapidly diminished over the Coastal Bend and a wake low pressure area formed between Alice and Corpus Christi.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
A large area of showers and thunderstorms over the Deep South Texas moved toward Coastal Bend during the early morning hours. The precipitation rapidly diminished over the Coastal Bend and a wake low pressure area formed between Alice and Corpus Christi. Wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph occurred across the Coastal Bend. The winds caused minor damage to trees and blew a boat into an recreational vehicle.
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 1, 3:46 AM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 446 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...MID/UPPER TROUGH OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL CONTINUE ON ITS TRACK TO LIFT ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. AT THE SAME TIME AN UPPER JET STREAK STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION. ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SURFACE HIGH OVER THE EASTERN GULF AND LOW SINKING DOWN INTO TX PANHANDLE. A MODERATE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AT THE SURFACE AND IN THE MID/UPPER LVLS...ALONG WITH DYNAMICS OF PASSING UPPER TROUGH SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO SPUR SOME CONVECTION ACROSS THE REGION. ONE CONCERN THOUGH IS A POTENTIAL DRY LAYER STAYING IN THE LOWER LVLS OFF THE SURFACE THROUGH THE MORNING. HI-RES MODELS DIFFER IN HANDLING THE COVERAGE OF ANY DEVELOPMENT...BUT IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT AT LEAST ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY. ZONAL FLOW FILLS IN OVER THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...WITH DRY CONDITIONS RETURNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM DURING THE MID WEEK...WITH HIGHS HITTING NEAR 90 ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS BY THURSDAY. ONSHORE FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES FURTHER SOUTH AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...A PROGRESSIVE SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THURSDAY NIGHT WILL MOVE TO THE OHIO/TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS BY FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL SEND A STRONG COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING OUT OF MEXICO TO PROVIDE SCATTERED CONVECTION ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW/SCA CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE RIDGE BEHIND THE FRONT SHIFTS TO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH A COASTAL TROUGH/WARM FRONT MOVING TOWARD THE COAST. LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL INCREASE FOR SUNDAY AS A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES OUT OF MEXICO INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PROVIDE A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN SUNDAY. THE DEEPER MOISTURE AXIS WILL SHIFT NORTH OF THE AREA BY MONDAY WITH DECREASING RAIN CHANCES FOR THE START OF THE ENXT WORK WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 79 69 81 70 82 / 30 10 10 10 10 VICTORIA 80 68 81 70 80 / 50 20 10 10 20 LAREDO 85 68 90 69 91 / 20 10 0 10 10 ALICE 82 69 85 69 86 / 30 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 76 67 75 70 76 / 30 20 10 10 10 COTULLA 83 65 89 66 86 / 30 10 0 10 10 KINGSVILLE 81 69 83 70 85 / 30 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 76 69 76 70 76 / 30 10 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && LK/84...SHORT TERM TMT/89...LONG TERM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported a large tree was blown down onto a car during the wake low wind event in Kingsville.
Public reported a large tree was blown down into a home during the wake low wind event in Robstown.
Corpus Christi International Airport ASOS measured a gust to 53 knots.
Public reported a boat on a trailer was blown into a recreational vehicle during the wake low wind event on North Beach.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 574222, 574224, 574221, 574225.