Severe to extreme drought persisted over the western Brush Country counties of La Salle and Webb through the month of August.
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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.
Severe to extreme drought persisted over the western Brush Country counties of La Salle and Webb through the month of August.
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 31, 11:50 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1250 AM CDT Wed Aug 1 2018 .DISCUSSION... See Aviation below for 06Z TAF update. && .AVIATION... VFR persists across South Texas as showers and storms have dissipated across the region. A light and variable wind will persist overnight with a weak frontal boundary stalled across South and Central Texas. Anticipate patchy fog to develop across portions of the coastal plains into the Victoria Crossroads, bringing MVFR visibilities to ALI/VCT/CRP temporarily during the early morning hours near sunrise. Fog will clear after daybreak, with VFR persisting at all terminals through the remainder of the period. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... /Issued 949 PM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018/ DISCUSSION... Storms are weakening as they approach the northern portions of the CWFA. Did update POPs over these area but am expecting the storms to die off within the next couple of hours. Still, did keep a low chance for precip all areas through about 07Z then eliminate rain chances over the northern areas after midnight. Adjusted grids once again. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 73 95 74 93 75 / 10 0 0 10 20 Victoria 70 96 72 95 73 / 10 0 0 10 20 Laredo 76 103 76 101 76 / 10 0 0 0 10 Alice 70 98 72 96 72 / 10 0 0 0 10 Rockport 77 93 78 92 78 / 10 0 0 10 20 Cotulla 71 101 74 100 74 / 10 0 0 0 10 Kingsville 70 98 72 95 74 / 10 0 0 10 10 Navy Corpus 79 91 79 91 79 / 10 0 0 10 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && LB/84...AVIATION
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 543 AM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018 TXZ229>234-239>247-342>347-442-443-447-011045- La Salle-McMullen-Live Oak-Bee-Goliad-Victoria-Webb-Duval- Jim Wells-Inland Kleberg-Inland Nueces-Inland San Patricio- Coastal Aransas-Inland Refugio-Inland Calhoun-Coastal Kleberg- Coastal Nueces-Coastal San Patricio-Aransas Islands- Coastal Refugio-Coastal Calhoun-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- Calhoun Islands- 543 AM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for South Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated to scattered thunderstorms expected Today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Scattered thunderstorms will be possible over the weekend and into next Monday as moisture increases due to an upper level low pressure area. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-011045- 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- 543 AM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for the Middle Texas Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms Today. Isolated thunderstorms Tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Scattered thunderstorms will be possible over the weekend and into next Monday as moisture increases due to an upper level low pressure area. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. 87/80
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
702 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 5 N BAYSIDE 28.15N 97.24W
07/31/2018 REFUGIO TX PUBLIC
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EVENT NUMBER CRP1800152
GWThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe to extreme drought persisted across La Salle County through the month.
Severe to extreme drought persisted across Webb County through the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2018
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: 780335, 780336.