An upper level disturbance interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 24th. An isolated severe thunderstorm produced large hail between golf ball and baseball size over parts of the Coastal Bend.
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An upper level disturbance interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 24th. An isolated severe thunderstorm produced large hail between golf ball and baseball size over parts 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 Apr 24, 2:32 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 332 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...WILL BASE THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS OF CONVECTION THIS EVENING ON RADAR TRENDS BUT OVERALL THINK THE RAIN CHANCES ARE GOING DOWNHILL FAST. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING SOUTH TEXAS RAPIDLY GETTING ON THE BACK SIDE OF AN SLIGHTLY NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH...WHICH MEANS OUR AREA WILL MAINLY BE ON THE SUBSIDENCE SIDE. THUS...AM NOT TOO KEEN ON RAIN CHANCES THIS EVENING (AND EVEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON). CONFIDENCE IS ENHANCED BY LATEST 4 KM MODELS WHICH ARE SHOWING VERY ISOLATED CONVECTION EARLY THEN ENDING THINGS NO LATER THAN 01Z. UNLESS RADAR SHOWS MORE COVERAGE BEFORE ISSUANCE...WILL LIKELY GO WITH VERY ISOLATED CONVECTION THIS EVENING (AND ADJUST AFTERNOON ACTIVITY DOWNWARD ACCORDINGLY)...WITH THE BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN OVER THE NORTHEAST AND COAST. NOT A LOT IN SENSITIVE WEATHER THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE WARM AND HUMID. PARTLY CLOUDY MOST LOCATIONS TONIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT (MAINLY CLEAR WEST)...WITH POSSIBLY MOSTLY CLOUDY INLAND EAST TOWARD MORNING. MONDAY LOOKS TO BE WARM...HUMID AND DRY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO HIT THE CENTURY MARK IN LAREDO AND AREAS NEAR THE RIO GRANDE...AS 850 MB TEMPERATURES WARM TO 23C-25C (GFS VERY TOASTY AT THIS LEVEL). WITH A GOOD LOW LEVEL JET MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE APPROACHING TROUGH AXIS (IMPACTS OR CONVECTION TO THE NORTH)...WINDS WILL STAY UP A BIT OVERNIGHT AND THAT SHOULD MEAN A WARM AND HUMID NIGHT. GENERALLY GOING ON THE WARM SIDE OF GUIDANCE FOR THE NEXT THREE PERIODS (AND HOPEFULLY NOT SHOWING A WARM BIAS). && .MARINE (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...SCEC TONIGHT OVER THE GULF WATERS AND POSSIBLE SCA MONDAY NIGHT WITH APPROACH OF UPPER SYSTEM TO THE NORTH. FOR NOW...WILL MAINTAIN SCEC WINDS. EVENING CONVECTION WILL TAPER OFF WELL BEFORE 06Z...WITH NO RAINFALL EXPECTED AFTERWARDS. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD LOOKS PRETTY ACTIVE. BROAD UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE ROCKIES BY TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE FIRST SHORTWAVE BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONALLY...A DRY LINE WILL TRY TO PUSH ITS WAY INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS...THIS COULD BE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH MAINLY SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW END CHANCE POPS FORECAST AT THIS TIME. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF KEEP THE ACTIVE PATTERN BUT DO NOT LINE UP WELL WITH TIMING AND POSITION OF CONVECTION...SO STICKING WITH A BLEND OF THE TWO. IN GENERAL THOUGH SEEMS LIKE NORTHERN AREAS WILL BE THE MORE FAVORED AREA FOR PRECIP. EXPECT A VERY WARM WEEK WITH 850 TEMPS RANGING BETWEEN 21 AND 25 WEST THROUGH THE PERIOD...THIS SHOULD TRANSLATE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER 90S WEST DAILY. FARTHER EAST EXPECT HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 80S EXCEPT SLIGHTLY COOLER IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE COAST. MIN TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE 70S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 72 90 74 86 74 / 20 10 10 10 20 VICTORIA 70 88 72 86 72 / 30 10 10 10 20 LAREDO 71 101 75 97 72 / 10 10 10 10 20 ALICE 70 94 72 92 74 / 10 10 10 10 20 ROCKPORT 74 85 75 83 75 / 30 10 10 10 20 COTULLA 70 99 71 94 71 / 10 10 10 10 20 KINGSVILLE 70 94 73 90 74 / 20 10 10 10 20 NAVY CORPUS 73 85 75 84 75 / 20 10 10 10 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && GW/86...SHORT TERM PZ/83...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 505 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2016 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-251015- 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- 505 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING PRIMARLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AT TIMES...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND BUILDING SEAS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1148 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2016 TXZ232>234-243>247-241900- BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEEVILLE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA... CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 1148 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2016 ...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL THROUGH 2 PM... AT 1140 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF SOUTH TEXAS...MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTH TEXAS AND THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE-SIZED HAIL THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTH AROUND 25 MPH. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...WITH BRIEF RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IN THE STRONGER...SLOWER MOVING STORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE TO MOVE INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REMEMBER...IF THUNDER ROARS GO INDOORS...AND TURN AROUND DO NOT DROWN. GW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 229 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016 TXZ231>234-244>247-242130- LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS... SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 229 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016 ...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL THROUGH 430 PM... AT 220 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF SOUTH TEXAS...MAINLY OVER GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE PEA TO DIME-SIZED HAIL...ALONG WITH WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH 430 PM. AN ISOLATED STORM PRODUCING HAIL NEAR 1 INCH AND WINDS GREATER THAN 50 MPH CANNOT BE RULED OUT EITHER. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS CAN DEVELOP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 37. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...WITH BRIEF RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IN THE STRONGER...SLOWER MOVING STORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE TO MOVE INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR IS SPOTTED. REMEMBER...IF THUNDER ROARS GO INDOORS...AND TURN AROUND DO NOT DROWN. GW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
400 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
TXZ232-233-244-246-242200-
BEE-SAN PATRICIO-GOLIAD-REFUGIO-
400 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SAN
PATRICIO...SOUTHEASTERN BEE...SOUTHWESTERN REFUGIO AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GOLIAD COUNTIES...
AT 359 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SKIDMORE TO NEAR MATHIS. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEEVILLE...SINTON...MATHIS...SKIDMORE...ODEM...ST. PAUL...SAN PATRICIO...
EDROY...BLANCONIA...WEST SINTON...TYNAN AND PAPALOTE.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
IF YOU ARE ON OR NEAR LAKE MATHIS...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
10 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2848 9730 2791 9750 2792 9762 2792 9773
2793 9775 2793 9777 2794 9776 2795 9778
2794 9780 2797 9782 2798 9780 2803 9780
2804 9781 2804 9784 2840 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 227DEG 18KT 2829 9771 2804 9778
TESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
432 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
TXZ232-243>246-242230-
BEE-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-REFUGIO-ARANSAS-
432 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ARANSAS...
SAN PATRICIO...SOUTHEASTERN BEE...CENTRAL NUECES AND SOUTHWESTERN
REFUGIO COUNTIES...
AT 431 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PAPALOTE TO SAN PATRICIO. MOVEMENT
WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...ROBSTOWN...SINTON...TAFT...WOODSBORO...CORPUS
CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...ODEM...GREGORY...ST. PAUL...SAN PATRICIO...
BAYSIDE...CALALLEN...BLUNTZER...WEST SINTON...CLARKWOOD...DRISCOLL
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL...CORPUS CHRISTI NORTH BEACH...COLE PARK AND
PAPALOTE.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2776 9762 2776 9763 2777 9763 2793 9788
2799 9781 2803 9780 2804 9781 2804 9782
2833 9763 2818 9711 2765 9745
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 296DEG 16KT 2824 9761 2796 9779
TEThe Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:49 UTC.
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Photo sent by public to local media showed tennis ball sized hail occurred in the community of San Patricio.
Video sent to local media showed golf ball sized hail near Bluntzer.
Spotter sent in photo of hail up to the size of baseballs west of Calallen near County Road 75 and Farm to Market Road 624.
Billiard ball sized hail occurred 5 miles south to southwest of Edroy. There was an extended period of hail ranging in size from quarter to golf ball.
Public sent a photo of hail up to the size of ping pong balls between Calallen and Robstown.
Spotter reported quarter sized hail from Calallen to the River Hills Country Club golf course.
Quarter sized hail was reported north of Robstown by a spotter.
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: 632312, 632320, 632317, 631913, 632318, 632319, 631914.