Thunderstorms produced wind damage west of Alice during the afternoon of July 2nd.
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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.
Thunderstorms produced wind damage west of Alice during the afternoon of July 2nd.
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 Jul 2, 11:51 AM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1251 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015 .DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION BELOW FOR 18Z TAF UPDATE. && .AVIATION...MVFR CIGS HAVE DISSIPATED OVER SOUTH TEXAS...WITH MAINLY A MIX OF SCATTERED CU AND CIRRUS SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. MODERATE SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY RELAXING THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM WILL SLOWLY TRACK NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND COULD BRIEFLY IMPACT THESE TERMINALS. VFR WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TO LATE TONIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE LOW MVFR DECK FILL INTO THE REGION. OVER LRD EXPECT MVFR DECK TO CLEAR BY MID/LATE MORNING. ALI/CRP/VCT WILL SLOWLY RISE...BUT REMAIN AT THE HIGH END OF MVFR THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 76 92 77 92 77 / 10 10 10 20 10 VICTORIA 75 92 76 92 77 / 10 10 10 30 10 LAREDO 77 99 76 98 77 / 10 10 10 10 10 ALICE 75 95 75 95 76 / 10 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 80 91 80 91 80 / 10 10 10 30 10 COTULLA 75 97 75 96 76 / 10 10 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 76 94 77 94 77 / 10 10 10 20 10 NAVY CORPUS 79 90 80 90 80 / 10 10 10 20 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && LK/84...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 404 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2015 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-030000- 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- 404 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES MAY REACH AND/OR BRIEFLY EXCEED 105 DEGREES OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND NEXT WORK WEEK. THE RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES MAY BECOME ELEVATED OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WORK WEEK. THE FIRE DANGER THREAT MAY BRIEFLY BECOME ELEVATED EACH AFTERNOON NEXT WEEK ACROSS PRIMARILY THE BRUSH COUNTRY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TMT/RH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1228 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
TXZ240>243-021900-
NUECES-DUVAL-KLEBERG-JIM WELLS-
1228 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NUECES...
SOUTHWESTERN JIM WELLS...KLEBERG AND EASTERN DUVAL COUNTIES...
AT 1226 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR EL COYOTE RANCH AIRPORT TO ARMSTRONG TO 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CHARLES R. JOHNSON AIRPORT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...KINGSVILLE...FALFURRIAS...BENAVIDES...DRISCOLL...
BISHOP...CRUZ CALLE...LA GLORIA...MALAQUITE BEACH...KINGS CROSSING
GOLF COURSE...LA COLONIA PARK...PALITO BLANCO...MUSTANG ISLAND STATE
PARK...SAN JOSE...RAMIREZ...PADRE ISLES COUNTRY CLUB...WALDRON
FIELD...CONCEPCION...ROSITA AND PADRE BALLI PARK.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2726 9845 2789 9851 2771 9834 2767 9732
2763 9735 2772 9714 2771 9714 2728 9735
2728 9736 2753 9728 2753 9729 2747 9788
2740 9747 2749 9840 2721 9797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 174DEG 36KT 2688 9819 2693 9778 2672 9751
TESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
121 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
TXZ242-243-021900-
NUECES-KLEBERG-
121 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHWESTERN NUECES AND CENTRAL
KLEBERG COUNTIES...
AT 119 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
KINGSVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
KINGSVILLE... MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE STORM WILL APPROACH THE
CORPUS CHRISTI AREA AROUND 145PM.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...KINGSVILLE...DRISCOLL...BISHOP...KINGS CROSSING GOLF
COURSE...RICARDO...KINGSVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION...PETRONILA AND
CHAPMAN RANCH.
LAT...LON 2730 9752 2745 9749 2745 9750 2746 9754
2741 9755 2740 9751 2733 9758 2732 9758
2736 9763 2732 9762 2733 9766 2743 9774
2734 9769 2739 9795 2776 9785 2769 9738
2730 9748 2729 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 186DEG 28KT 2744 9768
PZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
155 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
TXZ241>244-021930-
NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-KLEBERG-JIM WELLS-
155 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NUECES...SAN
PATRICIO...JIM WELLS AND NORTHERN KLEBERG COUNTIES...
AT 154 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGS CROSSING GOLF COURSE TO 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEN BOLT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...KINGSVILLE...ALICE...PORTLAND...ROBSTOWN...SINTON...
TAFT...DRISCOLL...CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...INGLESIDE...
BISHOP...ODEM...GREGORY...ORANGE GROVE...INGLESIDE ON THE BAY...SAN
PATRICIO...MIDWAY...BLUNTZER...WEST SINTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI COUNTRY
CLUB.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2752 9823 2805 9823 2808 9729 2785 9714
2781 9720 2781 9721 2788 9726 2787 9756
2782 9747 2784 9738 2764 9735 2763 9735
2771 9731 2769 9721 2768 9727 2751 9735
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 186DEG 38KT 2756 9748 2755 9803
PZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
219 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
TXZ231-232-244>246-021945-
SAN PATRICIO-REFUGIO-BEE-ARANSAS-LIVE OAK-
219 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT SAN PATRICIO...SOUTHWESTERN
ARANSAS...SOUTHWESTERN REFUGIO...SOUTHERN BEE AND SOUTHEASTERN LIVE
OAK COUNTIES...
AT 218 PM CDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH STRONG WINDS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PORTLAND TO NEAR BANQUETE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEEVILLE...SINTON...MATHIS...TAFT...REFUGIO...GEORGE WEST...
WOODSBORO...SKIDMORE...GREGORY...ST. PAUL...LAKE CITY...BAYSIDE...
QUINTANA...MOUNT LUCAS...WEST SINTON...ANNAROSE...ARGENTA...DINERO...
PAPALOTE AND TYNAN.
TO REPORT WIND DAMAGE...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY CAN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
CORPUS CHRISTI .
LAT...LON 2806 9788 2806 9817 2841 9820 2842 9747
2839 9738 2842 9734 2842 9712 2811 9718
2808 9724 2806 9723 2807 9719 2788 9723
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 216DEG 22KT 2786 9731 2785 9786
PZThe Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines and power poles were blown down along County Road 133 off of Highway 44.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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