A strong upper level disturbance moving across south-central Texas interacted with moisture over south Texas to produce scattered severe thunderstorms over northern portions of the Brush Country during the early morning hours of the 23rd. Quarter to golf ball sized hail and damaging winds occurred from Three Rivers to Beeville.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
A strong upper level disturbance moving across south-central Texas interacted with moisture over south Texas to produce scattered severe thunderstorms over northern portions of the Brush Country during the early morning hours of the 23rd. Quarter to golf ball sized hail and damaging winds occurred from Three Rivers to Beeville.
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 Feb 22, 11:38 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1138 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016
.DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION BELOW FOR 06Z TAF UPDATE.
&&
.AVIATION...POOR FLIGHT RULES WILL PREVAIL OVERNIGHT AT
ALI/CRP/VCT...WITH LOW STRATUS THE MAIN IMPACT. LIGHT PATCHY BR
WILL ALSO IMPACT ALI/VCT EARLY IN THE PERIOD. LRD REMAINS VFR WITH
JUST SCT MID LVL CLOUDS. THE TAIL END OF A LINE OF CONVECTION
MOVING ACROSS AREAS TO THE NORTH MAY APPROACH AND IMPACT VCT
TERMINAL LATE TONIGHT/EARLY MORNING NEAR SUNRISE. POOR FLIGHT
RULES WILL PREVAIL AT TERMINALS INTO THE EARLY/MID MORNING UNTIL
AN UPPER LVL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED STRONG FRONT PUSHES EAST ACROSS
THE REGION. THIS WILL CLEAR SKIES AND BRING SOUTHEAST WINDS
QUICKLY TO A STRONG WEST THEN NORTHWEST FLOW DURING THE LATE MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON. DEEP MIXING AND A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
ALLOW FOR SUSTAIN WINDS 25KT TO 30KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35KT
TO 40KTS. DURING THE EVENING WINDS VEER TO A MORE NORTHERLY
FLOW...MAINTAINING A STRONG AND GUSTY FLOW THROUGH THE END OF THE
PERIOD.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 79 64 87 47 72 / 30 20 10 0 0
VICTORIA 76 60 78 45 67 / 60 60 40 10 0
LAREDO 83 64 86 47 70 / 40 20 10 0 0
ALICE 81 64 86 46 71 / 30 20 10 0 0
ROCKPORT 76 65 83 50 74 / 30 30 20 0 0
COTULLA 80 61 79 46 70 / 50 50 10 0 0
KINGSVILLE 81 64 87 47 71 / 30 10 10 0 0
NAVY CORPUS 76 66 82 51 71 / 30 20 10 0 0
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BEE...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...LA SALLE...LIVE
OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...WEBB.
WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...DUVAL...GOLIAD...
JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...
NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...VICTORIA...WEBB.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: 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.
GALE WARNING FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: 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.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: 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.
GALE WARNING FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT
ARANSAS...BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT
O'CONNOR.
&&
LK/84...AVIATIONHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 423 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016 TXZ229>234-239>247-231200- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 423 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A CONVECTIVE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN BRUSH COUNTRY AND COASTAL PLAINS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE 10 AM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...MAINLY ACROSS THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEE THE NPWCRP PRODUCT (WWUS74 KCRP) FOR MORE DETAILS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ESSENTIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 37. SEE THE PRODUCT RFWCRP (WWUS74 KCRP) FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...SPOTTER REPORTS MAY BE REQUESTED TUESDAY MORNING FOR STORMS WHICH MAY IMPACT THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-231200- 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- 423 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TOWARD SUNRISE ACROSS THE BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING OVER THE BAYS AND GULF WATERS...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF PORT ARANSAS. WINDS COULD GUST IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS WITH SOME OF THE STORMS IN THE MORNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE BAYS AND GULF WATERS. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL MARINE INTERESTS TUESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND FOR THE GULF WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEE THE PRODUCT MWWCRP (WHUS74 KCRP) FOR MORE DETAILS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER OVER THE COASTAL WATERS INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GW/LK/TMT
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:42 UTC.
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter sized hail occurred near Highway 72 southeast of Choke Canyon Reservoir. Report was relayed by San Antonio broadcast media.
Public posted pictures to social media of quarter sized hail in Three Rivers.
Trees and power lines were blown down over the eastern portions of the city of Beeville. An awning at a business was blown down. Several fences were blown down.
Spotter reported golf ball sized hail occurred at the hospital in Beeville, near Highway 181 and 59. Wind driven hail broke windows at the hospital and a few businesses.
Second thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail in Three Rivers.
Around a dozen power poles and several highway signs were blown down along Interstate 37 near Oakville. A few roofs were peeled back on buildings in Oakville. Several trees and sheds were blown down also.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 2016
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: 618923, 619040, 618925, 618924, 620464, 618926.