Storms developed southwest of San Antonio during the late afternoon as a strong upper level disturbance interacted with a strongly unstable air mass over the region. The severe storms moved southeast into the Brush Country during the evening producing wind damage in Live Oak and Bee Counties.
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Storms developed southwest of San Antonio during the late afternoon as a strong upper level disturbance interacted with a strongly unstable air mass over the region. The severe storms moved southeast into the Brush Country during the evening producing wind damage in Live Oak and Bee Counties.
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 23, 6:22 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
722 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021
.DISCUSSION...
Winds remain gusty across the southern Coastal Bend this evening,
however speeds have dropped below advisory criteria. Have allowed
the Wind Advisory to expire. That being said, there could be
strong gusty winds with any convection that moves/develops in the
area. Per LAPS analysis, the area from Jim Wells Co. to Live Oak,
Bee, Goliad and Victoria counties are very unstable. An upper jet
streak is also moving across South and Central TX, providing upper
support for storms. The current storms just north of Cross, TX
could continue to strengthen/develop as they move into the more
unstable environment. The inhibiting factor that the models
predict is that CIN values will increase through the evening,
which could keep the storms from getting into the northern CWA.
It's more likely the storms will hold together for awhile before
decreasing in strength, thus allowing some storms to enter the
northern areas.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 642 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021/
AVIATION...
Currently on radar, storms are nearing the COT area from the west
while weak showers are moving north across VCT. A boundary and
upper disturbance will continue to push the storms near COT to the
east, reaching VCT over the next 2-4hrs. LRD may see brief precip,
but chances are less across the LRD area. If storms hold together
and develop farther south through the night, then ALI and CRP
could see some storms around 05Z-09Z. Have included VCSH/VCTS
along with TEMPO groups addressing times of stronger storms. Only
mention SHRA for LRD where chances are lowest. IFR conditions will
be possible this evening through tonight in and around the
convection. Behind the boundary, drier mid and upper levels will
filter across the area, while near surface moisture remains
through early Sat morning. This will provide a brief period where
conditions will be favorable for fog to develop early Sat morning
leading to IFR conditions. Drying continues through early Sat
morning with conditions quickly lifting to VFR levels as fog and
clouds exit the area.
PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 321 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021/
SHORT TERM (Tonight through Saturday Night)...
Tough forecast continues this evening. Convection hasn't really
materialized so far today with little in the way of focus across
our forecast area. The best energy remains to the north as
expected. The main mid-level shortwave is still west of the area
however, and with an atmosphere that was not really touched by
daytime convection, plenty of energy remains over the region.
Model guidance has been consistent in showing the development of
at least some showers/storms, but inconsistent in where the
convection occurs. Latest guidance though would suggest mainly
across northern counties, especially east of I-37 for the
potential for another round of storms overnight. With the
approaching shortwave and co- located upper level jet streak, it
would not be out of the question to get a strong to severe storm
or two. Will have to watch for capping to develop though. If this
happens too quickly, could either end the chances for convection
or at least elevate it. Much of the guidance has not been handling
the cap very well today, so have been leaning heavily on the LAPS
analysis indicating the cap had been able to erode. WRF ARW is
handling it fairly well, but will redevelop the cap for most of
the area pretty quickly after 00z...except around VCT. All in all,
the window for more convection looks to be around 10p-2a, but
confidence isn't great.
Once that gets out of the way, the rest of the short term period
is much quieter. A cold front will push through the area overnight
and toward morning with winds shifting to the north. This will not
result in temperatures any cooler tomorrow. With a more
northwesterly direction out west during the day, this will set us
up for some hot/dry air moving into the region. Temperatures will
likely be in the mid to upper 90s west on the downslope flow off
higher terrain. Even eastern portions of the area should be into
the 90s except along the coast. RH values will drop to very low
levels, so will need to monitor wind conditions for a potential
for elevated fire weather conditions. At this point winds look
like they should remain low enough to not warrant an RFD. Dry
conditions continue into tomorrow night with lows in the lower 60s
as winds shift around to the east.
LONG TERM (Sunday through Friday)...
The long term starts out with a mid-level low pressure system to the
east of TX and zonal flow for over the Central CONUS. A large scale
high pressure system builds across Southern Mexico that will
result in ridging to start of the workweek. Dry conditions PWATs
will be well below 1.0" and subsidence will warm temperatures
until about midweek. Temperatures on Sunday are expected to be in
the 80s to upper 90s across the region. Our next front come ahead
of a trough sweeping east out of the Desert Southwest. FROPA
timing ranges from Wed to Thu as discrepancy between models exist.
Have decided to mostly stick with NBM for the latter half of the
period. Hesitant to put thunder into the grids due to uncertainty
and currently appears that capping will be in place but Wednesday
currently not too dry in the midlevels. PWAT's are currently on
track to be near normal for Wednesday. The rest of the period will
be warmer and drier as ridging sets in.
Coastal flooding may be a concern on Tuesday due to onshore flow
increasing to moderate to strong and both the P-ETSS and ETSS
suggest sea levels near 2.0 feet during high tide.
MARINE...
Moderate to strong southeasterly flow will continue into tonight.
A few showers and thunderstorms are still possible in the
overnight hours. A cold front will push through the area tomorrow
morning with light to moderate northeasterly winds behind it. Weak
to moderate onshore flow will return by Sunday and persist
through Monday. Flow will increase to moderate to strong levels
Tuesday increasing to Strong Wednesday with advisory conditions
possible ahead of a cold front.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Corpus Christi 70 94 65 83 67 / 20 0 0 0 0
Victoria 68 89 59 85 64 / 40 0 0 0 0
Laredo 64 96 64 97 67 / 20 0 0 0 0
Alice 68 96 62 90 65 / 20 0 0 0 0
Rockport 72 85 67 80 70 / 30 0 0 0 0
Cotulla 58 96 60 98 66 / 20 0 0 0 0
Kingsville 68 96 63 87 66 / 10 0 0 0 0
Navy Corpus 71 84 68 77 70 / 20 0 0 0 0
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...None.
GM...Small Craft Advisory until 1 AM CDT Saturday 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.
Small Craft Advisory until 8 PM CDT this evening 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.
&&
TE/81...SHORT TERMHazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 453 AM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021 TXZ229>234-239>247-342>347-442-443-447-241000- 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- 453 AM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for South Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected today. A few storms could be strong to severe. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-241000- 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- 453 AM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for the Middle Texas Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected today. A few storms could be strong. Small Craft Advisory conditions are expected this afternoon and into tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Small Craft Advisory conditions are possible from Tuesday night through Thursday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:47 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power poles were broken at the ground on Highway 99.
A tree limb 12 inches in diameter was broken near observer's home.
Tree limbs and power lines were blown down between Interstate 37 and Esseville.
Observer estimated wind gusts up to 65 mph.
Power lines were blown down on East Clair Street in Beeville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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