Power Outage in Corpus Christi, TX

Five power poles were snapped on County Road 50 midway between Farm to Market Road 1889 and County Road 69.

Snow accumulations between 4 to 7 inches occurred across Nueces County. Snowfall caused power outages mainly to the south side of Corpus Christi. Around 1300 customers lost power on the south side of Corpus Christi.

The most significant damage was in Port Aransas where widespread major damage occurred. There were 4170 homes that received major damage and 1036 homes destroyed. Most homes suffered major roof damage while some homes lost roofs and walls collapsed. There were 457 businesses with major damage and slightly more than 1100 homes with minor damage. Mobile homes and recreational vehicles were demolished. Numerous power poles were blown down or snapped. The roofs were damaged at the elementary, middle, and high schools for Port Aransas leading to water damage in the interior. In Corpus Christi, widespread minor property damage was common due to lost shingles and fences down. Some residences and businesses experienced moderate damage mainly across the northern part of the city. Taller buildings downtown suffered more significant damage and lost signs. A few highway signs were blown down. Minor roof damage was common to residences and business in North Padre Island with some areas with moderate damage. Peak wind gusts measured were around 130 mph in Port Aransas.

Images submitted through social media of power poles and lines blown down near the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 665 and 892 west of Petronila. Additional power poles and lines were blown down northeast of Petronila.

Downed power lines caused a small grass fire on the southwest side of Corpus Christi.

Two unsecured carports were blown over at a business on Weber Road in Corpus Christi. Several vehicles were damaged by the carports. Power lines were blown down also.

Power poles were snapped with power lines down on Texas Highway 361.

Power poles were snapped with power lines down on Texas Highway 361.

NWS storm survey indicated wind speeds around 70 mph along Farm to Market Road 763 south of the Corpus Christi International Airport. Several power poles were blown down and medium sized trees were uprooted between County Road 26 and Farm to Market Road 665. Damage occurred to several horse sheds.

NWS storm survey indicated wind speeds around 70 mph along Farm to Market Road 763 south of the Corpus Christi International Airport. Several power poles were blown down and medium sized trees were uprooted between County Road 26 and Farm to Market Road 665. Damage occurred to several horse sheds.

NWS storm survey estimated winds between 60 and 70 mph. Several power poles were blown down from Petronila to Tierra Grande. Minor roof damage occurred to several homes.

Department of Public Safety reported power poles down along US Highway 77 south of Robstown. Several semi-trailers were blown over on the highway also.

A large carport was blown on to power lines. Power poles were blown down near the intersection of Staples and Ayers Streets.

NWS storm survey indicated straight-line winds caused damage along Farm to Market Road 665 around the intersection with Farm to Market Road 43. Wind speeds were estimated to be around 70 mph. Forty five power poles along with power lines were blown down. One home had part of its roof blown off by the winds.

NWS storm survey indicated straight-line winds caused damage along Farm to Market Road 665 around the intersection with Farm to Market Road 43. Wind speeds were estimated to be around 70 mph. Forty five power poles along with power lines were blown down. One home had part of its roof blown off by the winds.

Widespread tree damage occurred across the city of Corpus Christi. Damage started southwest of the downtown Bayfront and continued southeast across the area around Ray High School to south of Oso Beach Municipal Golf Course and then to Flour Bluff. This caused widespread power outages due to downed power lines also.

Widespread tree damage occurred across the city of Corpus Christi. Damage started southwest of the downtown Bayfront and continued southeast across the area around Ray High School to south of Oso Beach Municipal Golf Course and then to Flour Bluff. This caused widespread power outages due to downed power lines also.

A power pole was blown down on to Farm to Market Road 665 near Petronila.

Several wildfires developed across portions of Nueces County mainly due to downed power lines. Fires occurred at the Hazel Bazemore Park, near Farm to Market Road 1889 and U. S. Highway 77 north of Robstown, and near the Celanese Plant near Bishop. The high winds caused a structure fire to spread and envelop a total of 3 homes in the city of Robstown with two of the homes complete losses.

Corpus Christi Police Department reported power poles were blown down on the John F. Kennedy Causeway. All westbound traffic from the island was blocked.

Corpus Christi Police Department reported power poles were blown down on the John F. Kennedy Causeway. All westbound traffic from the island was blocked.

Public and spotter reports of wind gusts between 65 and 75 mph occurred over parts of the city of Corpus Christi east of Staples Street and north of Saratoga Boulevard. The high winds extended northeast toward Texas A & M University at Corpus Christi. Power outages occurred in this section of the city along with minor tree damage.

Power outages occurred near Saratoga and Rodd Field Roads in Corpus Christi.

Power outages due to power lines being blown down occurred near Oso Bay to the south of Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus.

A power pole was snapped by high winds between Banquete and Robstown just off Highway 44. Wood fences and a metal shed were also damaged in the area.

A power pole was snapped by high winds between Banquete and Robstown just off Highway 44. Wood fences and a metal shed were also damaged in the area.

Numerous wires and one power pole was blown down near County Road 44 and County Road 81 west-northwest of Robstown.

Damaging winds occurred from the Calallen area into the Annaville section of Corpus Christi. Metal air vents were bent and damaged at the power station in Calallen. There was sporadic tree, powerline, and fence damage in Calallen. Several metal sheds were destroyed. Trees were snapped and powerlines down in the Annaville area also. Minor to major roof damage occured in this area as well.

Damaging winds occurred from the Calallen area into the Annaville section of Corpus Christi. Metal air vents were bent and damaged at the power station in Calallen. There was sporadic tree, powerline, and fence damage in Calallen. Several metal sheds were destroyed. Trees were snapped and powerlines down in the Annaville area also. Minor to major roof damage occured in this area as well.

A National Weather Service (NWS) storm survey team determined a tornado, that touched down 4 miles southeast of Alice International Airport in Jim Wells county continued northeast for 21.5 miles. It travelled through the northwest side of Robstown and ended near Five Points in Calallen. The tornado was strongest from the west-southwest side of Robstown to its end point near Calallen, where wind speeds of up to 100 mph and a width of 200 yards were estimated. ||Damage to high voltage power lines, poles, large trees, and signs were observed along the path length. In addition, two large sheds, a barn and a tractor were destroyed southwest of Robstown. On the northwest side of Robstown, numerous trees were snapped and several homes had damage to shingles and wooden roofing. Debris in the form of tin, wood, and sports equipment were strewn across Robstown High School. A large section of the roof of the Robstown High School gymnasium was torn off and a two fifteen-ton air conditioning units, weighing around 1 ton each, were blown off the auditorium. Damage occurred to hundreds of cars at two dealerships south of Calallen.||This was the first tornado on record in South Texas during the month of January. Total property damage was estimated to be around 5 million dollars with the tornado.

NWS employee reported trees and powerlines down on the west and north side of Robstown. Shingle and wooden roof damage occurred to homes. The damaging straight-line winds occurred after the tornado moved through the northwest edge of the city.

Large trees and power lines were knocked down mainly in the western part of the county causing power outages affecting 6526 customers. The towns of Bishop, Agua Dulce, and Bluntzer were hardest hit. A number of residences suffered damage to carports, fences and trees. Several billboards and a grain elevator were damaged. There were some homes and businesses with minor roof damage. Windows were blown out of the Dairy Queen in Bishop. Peak wind gust of 55 mph was measured at Corpus Christi International Airport. Estimated losses to yield of remaining cotton crop were around a million dollars.

Several hundred large trees and tree limbs snapped throughout the city of Corpus Christi in addition to many power poles. Minor damage was reported to some homes were trees came down on them. Some business signs were blown out. Over 31,000 customers were left without power in Nueces County alone. Debris and brush cleanup by the city went on for weeks after the storm.

A NWS storm survey team of Padre and Mustang Islands estimated winds speeds of up to 90 mph produced wind damage consistent with straight-line winds. Shingles were blown off a bank. On Padre Island a 5 story section of an exterior wall of the Holiday Inn collapsed from the winds. On Mustang Island several large power poles were snapped on Hwy 361, and a large side of a brick wall at the Seagull Condominiums collapsed.

Straight-line wind gusts snapped several power poles in half along South Padre Island Drive and Flour Bluff Drive, bringing down power lines on vehicles and trapping motorists. In addition numerous large tree limbs and trees were snapped and uprooted on NAS Corpus Christi and in Flour Bluff. Over 180 feet of a security fence around the base was blown down. In addition, several buildings on NAS Corpus Christi suffered torn roofing and gutters, damaged awnings, and one building had a section of metal roofing blown off. A few trailers and boats were also overturned. A NWS Storm Survey Team also observed business signs blown out, carports damaged, and windows blown out on multiple homes in the Flour Bluff area. Around 9,500 customers were left without power. In addition to the severe wind gusts at NAS Corpus Christi and Flour Bluff, sub-severe, yet very strong, wind gusts were observed across much of the Coastal Bend, resulting from strong pressure rises behind the front across the Brush Country and Rio Grande Plains.

Straight-line wind gusts snapped several power poles in half along South Padre Island Drive and Flour Bluff Drive, bringing down power lines on vehicles and trapping motorists. In addition numerous large tree limbs and trees were snapped and uprooted on NAS Corpus Christi and in Flour Bluff. Over 180 feet of a security fence around the base was blown down. In addition, several buildings on NAS Corpus Christi suffered torn roofing and gutters, damaged awnings, and one building had a section of metal roofing blown off. A few trailers and boats were also overturned. A NWS Storm Survey Team also observed business signs blown out, carports damaged, and windows blown out on multiple homes in the Flour Bluff area. Around 9,500 customers were left without power. In addition to the severe wind gusts at NAS Corpus Christi and Flour Bluff, sub-severe, yet very strong, wind gusts were observed across much of the Coastal Bend, resulting from strong pressure rises behind the front across the Brush Country and Rio Grande Plains.

Several large branches on trees in Robstown were snapped and a few large trees were uprooted. Power lines were reported down at CR 40 and CR 81.

Power poles snapped from microburst along CR 43 and CR 53, as well as CR 43 and FM 2444.

A gust front produced wind damage across the city of Corpus Christi. Small to medium size tree branches were reported down throughout the city, with a few larger tree branches reported snapped. In addition, the Clear Channel Radio Station at old Brownsville Road and Highway 358 lost a portion of their roof. An aluminum awning was torn off Vick's Hamburger Restaurant near Leopard and North Port Street. Minor roof damage was also reported at the Sea Ranch Motel near Airline and Ocean Drive. The Briarwood Apartments near Thame and Williams Street lost a 20 foot section of the roof to one of the units. Roughly two dozen power poles were downed around the city. A 60 mph wind gust was recorded at the Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP) and a 68 mph wind gust recorded at Corpus Christi Naval Airstation (NGP).

A gust front produced wind damage across the city of Corpus Christi. Small to medium size tree branches were reported down throughout the city, with a few larger tree branches reported snapped. In addition, the Clear Channel Radio Station at old Brownsville Road and Highway 358 lost a portion of their roof. An aluminum awning was torn off Vick's Hamburger Restaurant near Leopard and North Port Street. Minor roof damage was also reported at the Sea Ranch Motel near Airline and Ocean Drive. The Briarwood Apartments near Thame and Williams Street lost a 20 foot section of the roof to one of the units. Roughly two dozen power poles were downed around the city. A 60 mph wind gust was recorded at the Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP) and a 68 mph wind gust recorded at Corpus Christi Naval Airstation (NGP).

Power poles were downed near CR 55 and Highway 70 in rural Kleberg County.

The bow echo resulted in wind damage across portions of Corpus Christi and Port Aransas. Many tree limbs were snapped across Corpus Christi and several trees were completely uprooted. Power lines were downed by falling tree limbs in many areas, and a power pole was completely snapped in half by the winds in Flour Bluff. More than 10,000 customers lost power, including many businesses that were forced to temporarily close. A boat was also flipped off the trailer it was on at North Beach.|

Power lines reported blown down by utility company along FM 624 and County Road 73.

Numerous large tree limbs and power lines down.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines on FM 70, 2 miles west of SR 286.

A weak boundary moved into southeast Texas during the morning of the 14th. Storms formed along this boundary and moved southwest along the Texas coast. The storms moved into a region of higher instability in the afternoon over the Middle Texas coast. The storms produced wind damage from Victoria and Port Lavaca southwest to Beeville and|Lake Corpus Christi. Wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph blew trees and power poles down, broke tree limbs, and caused roof damage.

A wintry mix of rain and snow occurred over South Texas on December 7th and changed to all snow around midnight of December 8th 2017. Areas of light snow moved into the northern Brush Country during the morning of December 7th. A band of heavy snow occurred over the Coastal Bend during the early morning hours of the 8th. This was the first measurable snow event since the Christmas Snowstorm of 2004.||Two slow moving bands of precipitation set up over South Texas during the evening of the 7th. One band extended from Victoria County to Webb County and another ran along the Middle Texas Coastal counties back to Zapata County. By 10 pm, surface temperatures cooled to just above freezing as the rain to snow transition line pushed southward with rain switching to snow first from Victoria to Cotulla. Within the next hour, the transition line pushed further southward into the Coastal Bend. By 11:30 pm, the band along the coast began to transition to wintry mix. ||After midnight as temperatures continued to drop to near freezing, all precipitation had switched over to snow and began to accumulate on grassy surfaces, cars, and creating slushy roadways. Snow continued during the overnight hours over much of South Texas, slowly diminishing from northwest to southeast toward morning as the impacts of the upper jet and drier air moving into the region ended the snow. The two bands of snow slowly shifted eastward through the early morning. By 5 am, the band along the coast dissipated and the westernmost band of snow moved into the Coastal Bend for a second and final round snow. By 9 AM, the snow band had moved offshore, and clouds gradually decreased during the remainder of the day.||Heavy snow occurred in a band along a line from Premont to Kingsville to the south side of Corpus Christi to Ingleside to Rockport. Snow accumulations in this region were in the range of 4 to 6 inches with the maximum of 7 inches in the Kings Crossing subdivision in the south side of Corpus Christi. The heavy snow caused power outages to almost 13 thousand customers, mainly in Kleberg and Nueces Counties.

Major Hurricane Harvey impacted the Middle Texas coast on August 25th and 26th. Harvey was the first category 4 hurricane to strike Texas since Hurricane Carla in 1961. Harvey severely affected the cities of Rockport, Fulton, Port Aransas, Aransas Pass, Ingleside, Holiday Beach, and Refugio. Minor to moderate damage occurred in cities of Portland, Corpus Christi, Seadrift, Woodsboro, Port Lavaca, Goliad, and Victoria.||Harvey weakened to a tropical wave as the system moved across the Caribbean Sea and the Yucatan peninsula from August 18th until the 22nd. Harvey formed into a tropical depression over the southern Gulf of Mexico on the morning of August 23rd. Harvey rapidly intensified from a tropical depression to a major hurricane in 40 hours as it moved northwest toward the Texas coast. Harvey continued to intensify as it approached the Middle Texas coast on August 25th and made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane during the evening hours. Harvey was the first major hurricane to make landfall on the Middle Texas coast since Hurricane Celia in August of 1970. ||Hurricane Harvey slowed down after landfall and weakened into a tropical storm on the afternoon of the 26th. Tropical Storm Harvey became nearly stationary west of Cuero from the evening of the 26th through the morning of the 27th. Harvey drifted southeastward across the Victoria Crossroads on the afternoon of the 27th. Harvey then moved into Matagorda Bay during the morning hours of the 28th and back into northwest Gulf of Mexico later that afternoon. Tropical storm conditions persisted near the northern portion of the Middle Texas coast into the early morning hours of the 29th.||Hurricane Harvey moved inland in Aransas County on San Jose Island around 830 PM CDT August 25th. Harvey had a minimum central pressure of 938 millibars and produced a maximum storm surge of 12.5 feet. Maximum sustained winds were estimated at 130 mph (115 knots) with gusts to 160 mph (140 knots). In South Texas, the maximum recorded rainfall from Hurricane Harvey was 17.08 inches 4 miles northwest of Victoria. Radar estimates were close to 20 inches over eastern portions of Refugio County. The height of the storm tide, referenced to mean higher high water, ranged from 3 to 5 feet on northern Padre Island and around Port O'Connor to a maximum of 12.5 feet in northeast Aransas County in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near San Antonio Bay. Storm tide levels in the interior bays were generally from 5 to 8 feet with higher amounts near 10 feet on the south end of Copano Bay, the north end of Aransas Bay, and the north end of Lavaca Bay. ||There were no direct fatalities from Hurricane Harvey on the Middle Texas Coast. There were 2 indirect fatalities in Rockport and 1 near Bloomington. All of the associated affects from Hurricane Harvey in South Texas from August 25th to August 27th resulted in 14 injuries, $4.5 billion in property damage, and around $65 million in crop damage. Specifically in South Texas, Harvey's inland flooding resulted in $5 million in property damage. One tornado near Seadrift resulted in $10 thousand in property damage. The powerful winds resulted in 14 injuries, $4 billion in property damage, and $65 million in crop damage. The storm tide resulted in $530 million in property damage and a number of drowned livestock. Damage estimates to public property and infrastructure was $130 million in South Texas.||Hurricane Harvey blew down or damaged around 550 power transmission structures. American Electric Power (AEP) repaired or replaced around 5000 distribution poles that were blown down or damaged by Harvey. Almost four million total feet of transmission and distribution conductor were replaced, approximately 712 miles. Power was restored to around 200,000 customers within 2 weeks.||In Aransas County, widespread major damage occurred across the county with a few areas having catastrophic damage. Catastrophic damage was located across Copano Village, Holiday Beach, and Lamar with many homes, some elevated, with second stories completely collapsed. Nearly every structure was greatly impacted. A couple of brick homes were destroyed near Copano Village. Catastrophic damage occurred to homes in the Copano Ridge area. Nearly all the trees in the Holiday Beach, Lamar, and Goose Island State Park area were without leaves with many trees snapped or uprooted. Most of Rockport and Fulton experienced widespread major structural damage. Several homes in the Key Allegro subdivision collapsed. Exterior walls collapsed on the high school gymnasium, on several churches, and on several new hotels. Upper floors of several apartment buildings were removed. Mobile homes and recreational vehicles were demolished. Billboard signs were blown down. Numerous power poles were blown down or snapped. Six hangars were demolished at the Aransas County Airport along with many airplanes. The county remained without power for 2 to 3 weeks. A mesonet wind sensor at Aransas County Airport recorded sustained winds around 110 mph with a peak gust to 150 mph. Nearly 1500 homes were destroyed, almost 3800 homes suffered major damage, and 5350 homes suffered minor damage. There were 175 businesses with major damage. Storm surge greatly impacted Holiday Beach and Copano Village. The surge punched holes through walls and garage doors on the lower portions of most homes. The surge floated vehicles, recreational vehicles, and boats well inland. The surge approached and flowed across Egery Island Road and Farm to Market 136 in several locations south of Bayside in extreme western Aransas County. Numerous cattle were killed north of Holiday Beach. A large portion of Rattlesnake Point Road was eroded and washed away heading out to Redfish Lodge on Copano Bay. The pier south of the lodge was completely washed away. Storm surge of 4 to 5 feet was common across the county. The maximum storm surge of 12.5 feet occurred in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. There were 356 homes that received major damage from storm surge and there were 1126 homes that received minor damage from storm surge. There were 1200 homes that were affected by storm surge. From NOAA photos, there were 14 cuts formed on the southern end of San Jose Island.||In Nueces County, the most significant damage was in Port Aransas where widespread major damage occurred. There were 4170 homes that received major damage and 1036 homes destroyed. Most homes suffered major roof damage while some homes lost roofs and walls collapsed. There were 457 businesses with major damage and slightly more than 1100 homes with minor damage. Mobile homes and recreational vehicles were demolished. Numerous power poles were blown down or snapped. The roofs were damaged at the elementary, middle, and high schools for Port Aransas leading to water damage in the interior. In Corpus Christi, widespread minor property damage was common due to lost shingles and fences down. Some residences and businesses experienced moderate damage mainly across the northern part of the city. Taller buildings downtown suffered more significant damage and lost signs. A few highway signs were blown down. Minor roof damage was common to residences and business in North Padre Island with some areas with moderate damage. Peak wind gusts measured were around 130 mph in Port Aransas. Storm tides were from 6 to 8 feet in Port Aransas as the storm surge entered from the west from Corpus Christi and Redfish Bays. Numerous boats were damaged or destroyed and pushed out of their moorings onto high ground. A large drill boat broke loose, destroyed a pier, and became grounded along the jetty. Two tugs broke loose near the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway with one becoming grounded and the other sinking. Two ferries were damaged when they were pinned against the loading dock. The storm surge inundated Highway 361 along a 10 miles stretch from near the Mustang Island State Park to Port Aransas with the water several feet deep. A few boats became moored near Packery Channel. The Arnold Palmer designed golf course at Palmilla Beach south of Port Aransas was inundated by storm surge with water covering most of the course. Storm tide of 4 to 6 feet impacted residences and businesses in Padre Island from the Laguna Madre. Storm surge caused major damage to 520 homes and minor damage to 1327 homes. Storm surge affected an additional 2200 homes. The Port of Corpus Christi was shutdown for a record 6 days. Port Aransas Independent School District lost 8 buses due to damage from salt water.||In Calhoun County, minor to moderate property damage was common across the city of Port Lavaca with large areas of siding removed from a few well constructed homes. The tops of grain bins in Port Lavaca were peeled off. Numerous trees were blown down in the community of Seadrift. Many homes experienced minor to moderate roof and property damage. Some poorly constructed homes experienced major roof damage. In Port O'Connor, numerous trees were blown down with three quarters of the community experiencing minor roof damage. A few power poles were blown down. Minor to moderate roof damage occurred at Magnolia Beach, Alamo Beach, and Indianola. Over 2100 homes and 72 businesses received major damage while 421 homes were destroyed. There were 1865 homes with minor damage and 1575 homes affected. There was significant damage to the cotton crop in the county. Hundreds of acres unharvested cotton were ruined in the fields. Harvested cotton in modules and bales were damaged by the wind or blown into water filled ditches. The highest wind speed measured was 82 mph with gusts to 110 mph northwest of Seadrift. Storm tides averaged from 6 to 8 feet across Calhoun County with maximum tide levels around 10 feet recorded on the north end of Lavaca Bay while lower tides from 3 to 5 feet occurred from Port O'Connor to southeast of Seadrift next to Espiritu Santo Bay. In Port Lavaca, water from Chocolate Bay inundated the public boat ramp near Buren Road. The lower half of Buren Road was inundated. The entire marina along Lavaca Bay was strongly impacted with 16 boats declared a total loss with many of them sinking in the marina. Several boats were grounded next to the marina. The Bayfront Peninsula Park was inundated. Areas east of Broadway street were inundated with water reaching across Highway 35 in the area near Lighthouse Beach. Piers at Lighthouse Beach Park and Bayfront Peninsula Park were destroyed. Nearly the entire marina in Seadrift was inundated from storm surge with several boats grounded on the marina parking lot. Most of the wooden docks at the marina and a few wooden piers were destroyed. The storm surge reached Bay Avenue almost reaching the beachfront pavilion. Storm surge entered homes near the Bay Avenue and Orange Street intersection. In Magnolia Beach and Indianola, storm surge flooded nearly all of Magnolia Public Beach and crossed North Ocean Drive in a few spots. A few areas of South Ocean Drive near Indianola were inundated. Several older wooden docks and piers were destroyed. In Port O'Connor, storm surge from Matagorda Bay reached half of the way up Kingfisher Beach toward Park Street. The storm surge caused major damage to 56 homes, minor damage to 322 homes, and affected 446 homes across the county. A thousand foot cut was made through Matagorda Island.||In San Patricio County, the worst damage was confined to the eastern half of the county. Almost 8700 homes were affected by the hurricane. There were 155 homes destroyed, 425 homes with major damage, and slightly more than 3300 homes with minor damage. There were 72 businesses with major damage. The hardest hit areas were Aransas Pass and Ingleside where major damage occurred. Widespread roof damage and tree damage occurred in this area. Numerous large power poles were blown down across the eastern half of the county. The water tower in Aransas Pass was destroyed. Roof damage led to extensive interior damage to the Care Regional Medical Center in Aransas Pass. Power outage was widespread with some areas without power for over a week. There was widespread minor roof damage and fences blown down in Portland along with a few trees blown down. Minor roof damage occurred in Taft and a car wash was destroyed. A couple of grain silos at the Midway Gin near Taft were toppled over. Crop damage to cotton stored in modules occurred in the eastern part of the county. The peak wind recorded was in Aransas Pass with sustained wind speed of 100 mph with gusts to 135 mph at Conn Brown Harbor. Survey from the United States Geologic Survey (USGS) indicated a storm tide of around 4 feet impacted the area from Ingleside On-the-Bay to Aransas Pass. Numerous wooden piers and docks were damaged or destroyed. A couple of boats were damaged in the Conn Brown Harbor in Aransas Pass. Major flooding was experienced in the low part of Aransas Pass adjacent to the levee. One home suffered major damage from storm surge while 40 homes had minor damage. Around 540 homes were affected by storm surge.||In Refugio County, widespread moderate structural damage with pockets of major structural damage occurred in Refugio. Most homes and businesses had roof damage, broken windows, and damaged garage doors. Two motels received significant damage to their roofs. Gas station canopies and many signs were destroyed. A few brick structures experienced moderate damage. Numerous trees and power poles were blown down. Roof damage occurred to several churches, every school building in the district except for the athletic facility. The school gymnasiums and auditorium lost portion of their roofs. Several trailer homes and storage buildings were destroyed. There was widespread tree damage with a few very large trees completely uprooted. Widespread moderate structural damage occurred in Bayside, Austwell, and Tivoli. Numerous trees and power poles were blown down including some high tension power poles. In Woodsboro, widespread minor to moderate damage occurred with a few poorly constructed homes with major damage. The elementary gymnasium and auditorium roofs were blown off. Numerous trees and a few power poles were blown down. The Bayside Richardson Coop Gin near Woodsboro sustained major damage and 30 thousand bales of cotton in storage modules were damaged. A sensor deployed by Texas Tech measured sustained winds of 106 mph with gusts to 125 mph just west of Mission Bay before the sensor was hit by debris. Another sensor showed wind speed of 102 mph with gusts to 129 mph north of the intersection of Highway 35 and Farm to Market Road 774 in eastern Refugio County. Around 440 homes were destroyed, around 1050 homes experienced major damage, and 66 businesses suffered major damage. Around 750 homes had minor damage with another 310 homes affected. Storm tide varied across the bay areas of the county. The higher storm tides affected the northeast part of the county as the storm surge pushed in from San Antonio Bay. Storm surge reached 10 feet east of Tivoli near the mouth of the Guadalupe River. Storm tides were lower on the west side of Copano Bay with storm surge only reaching 3 to 4 feet. Water covered Farm to Market Road 136 near the Copano Bay Bridge. Only 2 homes were affected by storm surge in the county.||In Goliad County, widespread minor roof damage occurred in the city of Goliad. Numerous trees and a few power poles were blown down across the county. The roof of the old high school gymnasium was peeled off. A hole was punched in the roof of the new wing of the school. Some class rooms along with the weight room and dressing room suffered water damage. Three families were displaced from homes when roofs and walls collapsed. There was some minor structural damage to some homes in Goliad. Several barns were blown down throughout the county. Some livestock were injured.||In Victoria County, Widespread minor to moderate roof damage occurred in the city of Bloomington. Several mobile homes were destroyed. All but three facilities within the Bloomington school district suffered wind and water damage. Widespread minor roof damage occurred in the city of Victoria. Several trees and a few power poles were blown down. Fences and street signs were blown down across the city. The maximum wind gust recorded in Victoria was 85 mph. Maximum wind gusts in the southern part of the county were around 110 mph. Twenty seven homes were destroyed. Around 75 percent of residential and commercial properties in the county were damaged. Hundreds of acres of unharvested cotton were damaged in the field. Harvested cotton in modules and bales were damaged also. A few barns and storage buildings were blown down across the county.

A strong upper level disturbance moved out of northeast Mexico during the evening of the 23rd and into South Texas on the morning of the 24th. As the system reached northeast Mexico, a line of strong thunderstorms formed during the afternoon hours of the 23rd. The line of storms moved east across Laredo and then through the Brush Country during the evening hours. The storms produced flash flooding in Laredo. The line of thunderstorms intensified during the early morning hours of the 24th when it reached the Coastal Bend. The storms caused damage to trees and power lines across the Coastal Bend.

A frontal boundary stalled north of the South Texas region during the morning hours on May 11th. Scattered thunderstorms developed in the afternoon over the Brush Country. A supercell thunderstorm was nearly stationary over southern Duval County for several hours. This caused flash flooding in the evening. A strong upper level disturbance moved out of northern Mexico during the evening hours. A mesoscale convective system developed over the higher terrain in northeast Mexico in the evening hours. The storm complex moved southeast across the Brush Country and into the Coastal Bend during the overnight hours. Flash flooding and damaging winds occurred from Duval County toward the southern Coastal Bend during the morning hours of May 12th. The severe winds caused power outages to as many as twenty five thousand customers across the southern Coastal Bend.

A frontal boundary moved out of the Hill Country as the upper level disturbance moved into northwest Texas and western Oklahoma early on the 14th. As the frontal boundary moved into an unstable air mass over South Texas, thunderstorms developed over the Rio Grande plains west of Cotulla. The area of thunderstorms organized into another mesoscale convective system that moved east across South Texas during the early morning hours. The squall line produced widespread tree damage in the Coastal Bend. This caused power outages from Kingsville to Corpus Christi with 35 thousand customers losing power at the height of the storm. Flash flooding also occurred from Corpus Christi to Rockport.

A weak upper level low moved across south Texas on September 2nd. Deep atmospheric moisture was in place across the region. Scattered thunderstorms formed along the sea breeze boundary during the early afternoon. A thunderstorm in western Nueces County produced winds that blew down a power pole.

An intense upper level low pressure system moved across the state of Texas on February 25th. As the system translated to the east, a cold front moved through South Texas during the morning hours. Northwest winds became very strong in the afternoon across the entire region. Sustained winds ranged from 35 to 45 mph with gusts to around 50 mph for most of South Texas. But in the Coastal Bend, winds were even higher with sustained winds ranging from 45 to 55 mph with gusts to near 65 mph. These higher winds produced significant areas of blowing dust. Visibilities were reduced to less than a quarter of a mile in localized areas across San Patricio, Nueces, and Kleberg Counties. The high winds along with very dry conditions provided extreme fire danger conditions. Several wildfires occurred in the Coastal Bend during the afternoon. The high winds blew down power lines in several areas in the Coastal Bend knocking out power to more than 4000 customers. The winds also destroyed a storage shed in Skidmore and blew down a telephone pole in Portland.

On Thursday afternoon, August 25th 2011, portions of the Coastal Bend of South Texas experienced strong to severe thunderstorms. Several clusters of thunderstorms moved southwest across the Coastal Bend and produced winds between 40 and 70 mph. Isolated pockets of wind damage were the result. There was also a brief EF-0 tornado which touched down near Alamo Beach.||An upper level disturbance originating from Northeast Texas and Arkansas the day before had pushed into Southeast Texas by the morning of the 25th. This disturbance then moved southwestward into South Texas during the afternoon of the 25th. Meanwhile, the atmosphere across South Texas became increasingly moist and unstable throughout the afternoon as this disturbance moved into the area.||Damage was fairly minimal throughout the region, although 3,000 customers did lose power during the storms. The storms did bring beneficial rainfall to parts of drought-stricken South Texas.

A cold front moved through South Texas on Saturday morning, January 8, 2011 and was situated over Deep South Texas Saturday afternoon, with temperatures generally in the 50s area-wide. However as the storm system approached, a surface low pressure area formed along the frontal boundary, which helped to draw warm and humid conditions northward into the Coastal Bend. ||As the upper level storm system moved through the region, very strong wind shear developed and combined with an unstable atmosphere to produce a line of severe thunderstorms. A tornadic thunderstorm developed near the proximity of the surface low and retreating warm front, which persisted for over 20 miles travelling from just southeast of Alice to near Calallen. Damaging straight line winds affected most of the Coastal Bend and extended well into the Gulf of Mexico east of Rockport. Widespread wind damage was observed across the Coastal Bend as the storms moved quickly through the region. Approximately 30,000 customers lost power as a result of the storms. This marks the first time a tornado has been recorded in South Texas in the month of January, dating back to 1950. Property damage for the tornado and straight-line winds for the Coastal Bend was estimated to be around 10 million dollars. ||From Calallen through Portland and Rockport, doppler radar indicated a broad, yet strong rotation between 4 and 430 AM CST. A NWS storm survey concluded straight-line winds between 70 and 90 mph occurred along this path. A path length of damage of nearly 65 miles was observed from the starting point of the tornado in Jim Wells County to the end of the straight-line wind damage in Rockport. ||Further north, doppler radar indicated another bowing segment in the line across Victoria and Calhoun Counties between 400 and 500 AM CST. The Seadrift TCOON site recorded a wind gust of 70 mph. A NWS storm survey team concluded straight line wind speeds of around 70 mph occurred from rural southern Victoria County to Seadrift in southwestern Calhoun County.

Tropical Depression Hermine was a unique storm in that it formed as a result of the remnants of Tropical Depression number eleven in the Pacific crossing into the Southwest Gulf of Mexico on Sunday September 5, 2010. Hermine quickly gained strength becoming a strong tropical storm with winds of 60 mph in just 15 hours, and made landfall in northeast Mexico exactly 24 hours after it formed on Monday evening, September 6. The tropical storm then turned northward and moved quickly across south Texas into the Texas Hill Country on Tuesday September 7, bringing torrential rainfall, damaging winds and high tides.||The corridor of strongest winds spanned an area along the South Texas coast from near Brownsville to San Antonio. Wind gusts between 50 and 70 mph were reported along the track. Damage was confined primarily to trees, signs, and metal buildings. Hardest hit areas were the cities of Bishop and Orange Grove where the eyewall tracked directly overhead. The storm knocked out power to approximately 20,000 customers in the Coastal Bend.||The heaviest rains fell across the northeast Coastal Bend near Victoria and Seadrift where 4 to 8 inches were reported. Approximately 2 to 3 inches fell across the central Coastal Bend generally east of Highway 281.||Although a few tornado warnings were issued based on radar signatures, there were no confirmed tornadoes.||The strong winds and high surf caused tide levels to peak around 3.5 feet mean sea level along the barrier islands and near 3 feet mean sea level over the inland bays. This was about 2 feet above normal. The higher than normal tides resulted in minor flooding of area beaches, beach access roads and low areas around the inland bays.||A portion of the Coastal Bend area's cotton production had not been harvested yet. Damages to the cotton crop yield occurred in Jim Wells and Nueces Counties. The potential monetary loss was in the millions of dollars. A majority of the area's sesame crop was damaged by the heavy rain and wind.

During the late afternoon on June 2, 2010, thunderstorms developed over central Texas and the Sierra Madre of Mexico. A very unstable air mass was present over South Texas (CAPE values from 4500 to 5500 J/kg). At 7 pm CDT, the first line of thunderstorms entered the Rio Grande Valley and produced hail up to the size of nickels, localized flooding and strong winds. The second line of thunderstorms extended across much of Central Texas and began accelerating and tracking southward from Tilden to Goliad by late in the evening. The two lines of thunderstorms merged around Tilden and Choke Canyon Reservoir near 1000 pm CDT causing intensification to the convective complex of storms. This was evident by severe storms over Live Oak and Bee counties with increased reflectivity and cloud to ground lightning between 1030 and 1100 pm CDT. At the same time, the northern|line of thunderstorms continued through the Victoria Crossroads area and slowly weakened.||The strongest portion of the solid line of thunderstorms continued southeastward into the central Coastal Bend. Reports of trees down and power outages increased from along I-37 to Corpus Christi from the most intense portion of the line of thunderstorms. WSR-88D detected small areas of rotation over Aransas, San Patricio and Nueces Counties between 1100 and midnight CDT when tornado warnings were issued. Wind gusts of 60 mph were common from automated weather stations as the storms slammed the lower Coastal Bend. Power outages from the wind were significant by midnight and there were many reports of trees and power lines down, and rescue operations for recreational trailers that were tipped over on the base of Navy Corpus Christi and a flipped 18-wheeler. In this area, automated sensors measured wind as high as 80 mph. The lightning was intense and continuous|at times, which caused additional damage to a few structures. The line of thunderstorms produced widespread 1 to 2 inches of rain across South Texas with locally higher amounts. Total cloud to ground lightning strikes observed by|the National Lightning Detection Network were near 38,000 from 800 pm to 200 am CDT. In Nueces County up to 31,000 residence had interruption to their power according to AEP.

A High Wind event occurred across portions of the southern Coastal Bend behind a strong cold front on Christmas Eve day. The high winds produced damage throughout the region. Several business signs being blown out throughout Corpus Christi. Part of the roof of the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi was torn off from the high winds. A light pole at a movie theater was blown down onto two vehicles in Corpus Christi. An 18-wheeler and tractor were blown over on U.S. 77. In Port Aransas the winds caused bricks to fall off of a large stretch of a wall at a hotel, completely destroying three vehicles and damaging a power transformer. In Alice a roof was peeled off of a trailer home and damage was reported to two other homes and vehicles throughout the city. Several power lines and power poles were blown down throughout the region, knocking out power to more than 24,000 customers. Selected peak wind gusts:||Alice ---------------------------64 MPH|Corpus Christi Waldon Field ------60 MPH|Corpus Christi NAS --------------59 MPH|Orange Grove -------------------58 MPH|Kingsville NAS -------------------58 MPH|Baffin Bay ----------------------58 MPH|Packery Channel ----------------55 MPH|Corpus Christi International ------54 MPH|Port Aransas --------------------52 MPH|Robstown -----------------------52 MPH.

Hurricane Dolly made landfall approximately 80 miles south of Corpus Christi, Texas on Wednesday July 23, 2008 between 1 PM and 2 PM, along the unpopulated shoreline of Cameron and Willacy County. Dolly was a Category 2 hurricane at landfall with a minimum central pressure around 967 mb.||Sustained tropical storm force winds spread as far north as the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, with tropical storm force wind gusts impacting nearly the entire Coastal Bend and Rio Grande Plains region. The peak wind gust measured in the Corpus Christi county warning area was 63 MPH at the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) in Alice, Texas. The winds peaked at approximately 60 mph along the barrier island as well from Bob Hall Pier down to Baffin Bay. The gusty winds caused sporadic power outages across the southern Coastal Bend and Rio Grande Plains, primarily between Corpus Christi and Laredo. In addition, sporatic downed trees occurred throughout the region. In Corpus Chrisit, part of the roof of the Memorial Coliseum was torn off by the winds. Two boats, not properly anchored, were also damaged in the Corpus Christi Marina. In Duval County, the roof of a mobile home and V.F.W. Hall were torn off in San Diego from the wind gusts. In Benavides, in addition to tree and power line damage, wind gusts damaged part of a high school football stadium press box.||Although the center of Dolly passed well to our south, her slow forward motion before landfall caused water levels to rise along the Mid Texas Coast. A storm surge of 2.5-3.5 feet MSL was observed along the mid Coast and total storm tides 3-4 feet MSL on North Padre Island shortly after the time of landfall Wednesday Evening. It is also interesting to note that total storm tides peaked at 3-4 feet MSL in the back bays including Nueces Bay and Lavaca Bay.||Isolated tornadoes occurred in the northeast quadrant of Dolly, including one waterspout and three tornadoes in South Texas. Only minor damage was observed. The tornadoes were all rated EF-0, with two occuring in San Paticio County and one in Jim Wells County.||Dolly's slow movement produced torrential rainfall over the mid coast region and Rio Grande Plains. Rainfall totals of 1-2 were observed over northern portions of the region from Victoria to Laredo. Totals of 3-7 were observed generally south of a line from Rockport to Zapata. These heavy rains resulted in flooding of rural low lying roadways including FM 70 near Chapman Ranch in southern Nueces County, FM 628 and 1118 in Kleberg County. Minor street flooding was observed in Jim Wells and Duval Counties. The city of Laredo also experienced street flooding as the center of the circulation passed over the city. The heavy rains had a negative impact on the farmers' ability to harvest the cotton crop. However the rains did end a severe drought which plagued the south Texas region for much of this year. A record rainfall for the dates of July 23rd and 24th occurred at the Corpus Christi International Airport from the rains associated with Dolly.||There were no deaths or injuries reported in the mid coast region from Dolly. Property damage estimates across South Texas were still pending at the time of this writing. The heavy rainfall resulted in a rough estimate of nearly $3.5 million in damage to crops, mainly cotton, however final figures were still pending at the time of this writing.

A strong negatively tilted upper level trough, accompanied by cold mid and upper level temperatures as well as strong upper level diffluence, approached from the Big Bend and northern Mexico during the late night and early morning hours of the 23rd and 24th. This led to the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Rio Grande Plains early on the morning of the 24th. The showers and thunderstorms organized into a squall line around 930 a.m. across Duval and McMullen counties, in response to the powerful upper level disturbance out of Mexico and increasing easterly low level inflow off the Gulf of Mexico. A bow echo formed around 10 a.m. across eastern Duval county and raced quickly east into Jim Wells county, intensifying as it moved into a more unstable airmass across the Coastal Bend. The bow echo was accompanied by winds of 50 to 60 mph across eastern Duval, Jim Wells and far western Nueces and San Patricio counties with hail ranging from penny to quarter-size. The squall line continued through the southern Coastal Bend between 11 a.m. and noon and weakened as it moved off the coast after noon. Winds of 40 to 50 mph and pea to quarter-size hail were reported across the eastern half of Nueces and San Patricio counties, including metro Corpus Christi. An isolated severe thunderstorm ahead of the squall line produced golfball-size hail across Refugio county, covering State Highway 35. In addition to hail and strong to severe winds, the squall line dumped heavy rainfall across the area which produced minor stream flooding. Doppler Radar estimated as much as two inches of rain fell across the Coastal Bend, with a daily record of 1.37 inches being established at the Corpus Christi International Airport.