Hail, Goliad
- When
- November 7, 4:35 PM CST to 4:41 PM CST
- Where
- Goliad County, 1.51 mi NNW of Charco
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 28.750, -97.610
Observer reported quarter sized hail.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, November 7, 2016
An upper level disturbance moving out of northeast Mexico interacted with a moderately unstable air mass to produce isolated severe storms over the northern Coastal Bend during the late afternoon hours of November 7th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance moving out of northeast Mexico interacted with a moderately unstable air mass to produce isolated severe storms over the northern Coastal Bend during the late afternoon hours of November 7th.
What forecasters said that day
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 Nov 7, 3:55 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 3:55 PM CST, 40 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 355 PM CST Mon Nov 7 2016 .SHORT TERM (Tonight through Tuesday night)... Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms continue across South Texas this afternoon. Latest SPC mesoanalysis shows SBCAPE values between 2000 and 2500 over the area, which could result in some strong storms during the afternoon hours. Small hail and gusty winds would be the primary hazards in any of the stronger storms. Brief moderate to heavy rains may accompany any storm that develops as well. There may be a lull in activity later this evening, but additional chances for showers and thunderstorms will occur tonight into Tuesday morning. This is in part to upper trough hanging back to the west and a southward moving cold front. Hi-res models suggest renewed convection over the after especially after midnight. Will keep chances pops in the forecast for tonight. Near surface moisture and low temp/dewpoint spreads may result in another round of fog developing tonight across inland parts of the area. Trough axis remains back to the west of the forecast area on Tuesday. Sufficient moisture hangs around the area, especially across the east where PW values will be around 1.5 inches. Did not change pops drastically on Tuesday as 30 to 40 percent remain valid. Cloud cover and precip will keep temps in the mid/upper 70s to near 80 on Tuesday. Rain chances will begin to diminish on Tuesday night as drier air moves into the area, but will keep 20 pops over land and 30/40 pops over the waters where deeper moisture will reside. Overnight lows will fall into the upper 50s to lower 60s with 70s along the coast. && .LONG TERM (Wednesday through Monday)... Models continue to prog a potent cut-off low developing over N Mex by mid week and continuing through the weekend with embedded short waves tracking NE across S TX on occasion. Timing and position of these short waves and the main upper low will ultimately determine where the better rain chances will be through the latter part of the week. At the sfc, models are in fair agreement with high pressure building southward across S TX Wed in the wake of a cold front. This will lead to a stable airmass and decreasing low level moisture as well as cooler temps. A coastal trough is progged to be located well south of the CWA the latter part of the week. With moisture progged to be limited, went with lower pops than what the superblend output advertised. Did not want to completely remove pops due to the expected upper support from the low to the west and a weak to mod upper jet tracking across the region. Am expecting that any precip that does develop the latter part of the week will be generally isol -shra's or patchy -ra at best. Better chances will be over the waters where deeper moisture is expected along with proximity to sfc trough. As for winds in the wake of the front, could see advisory conditions Wed into Thu. Winds will generally be N to NE and will gradually decrease the latter part of the week into the weekend. Temps are expected to be near or below normal through the extended. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 67 80 63 76 62 / 40 40 20 20 10 Victoria 62 77 59 74 57 / 40 30 20 10 10 Laredo 67 80 61 72 59 / 40 40 20 30 10 Alice 64 79 60 75 58 / 40 40 20 20 10 Rockport 68 79 64 75 59 / 40 40 20 20 10 Cotulla 66 79 61 72 58 / 40 40 20 20 10 Kingsville 65 79 61 76 58 / 40 40 20 20 10 Navy Corpus 70 79 67 75 64 / 40 40 20 20 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && TB/78...SHORT TERM TE/81...LONG TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 7, 4:12 AM CST, 12 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 412 AM CST MON NOV 7 2016 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-081015- 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- 412 AM CST MON NOV 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND OVER THE ADJACENT WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY TUESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 87/79
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 2:58 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
258 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016
TXZ241-242-072145-
KLEBERG-JIM WELLS-
258 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN JIM WELLS AND
SOUTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTIES...
AT 257 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PREMONT...
MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PREMONT AND LA GLORIA.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2726 9799 2726 9822 2750 9822 2750 9789
2724 9789 2724 9792 2723 9795 2722 9796
2721 9798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 022DEG 8KT 2740 9808
GWSpecial weather statement, Nov 7, 3:43 PM CST, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
343 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016
TXZ240-241-072230-
DUVAL-JIM WELLS-
343 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN DUVAL AND
SOUTHWESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTIES...
AT 342 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CRUZ CALLE TO LA GLORIA. MOVEMENT
WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PREMONT...CRUZ CALLE...LA GLORIA AND CONCEPCION.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2726 9833 2742 9836 2739 9806 2736 9806
2726 9808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 024DEG 9KT 2733 9827 2730 9815
GWSpecial weather statement, Nov 7, 4:01 PM CST, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 401 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016 TXZ230-072215- MCMULLEN- 401 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL MCMULLEN COUNTY... AT 401 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CROSS...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF CHRISTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CROSS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 2858 9840 2858 9872 2864 9872 2864 9840 TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 238DEG 16KT 2863 9853 GW
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 4:22 PM CST, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
422 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016
TXZ233-072315-
GOLIAD-
422 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN GOLIAD
COUNTY...
AT 422 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHARCO TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BERCLAIR. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERCLAIR AND CHARCO.
LAT...LON 2850 9738 2851 9756 2852 9757 2852 9765
2854 9769 2867 9776 2868 9776 2888 9748
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 343DEG 2KT 2868 9763 2861 9764
GWThe radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:35 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, McMullen
- When
- November 7, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- McMullen County, 13.14 mi S of Wantz
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 28.210, -98.440
Trees were blown down by winds estimated to be around 60 mph.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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Sources
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: 667816, 667817.