A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >
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 of 50 to 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 6 inches were reported. Approximately 2-3 inches fell across the central coastal bend generally east if 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 msl over the inland bays. This is about 2 feet above normal. The higher than normal tides resulted in minor flooding of area beaches and beach access roads and low areas around the inland bays.
Hermine continued tracking northward into north central Texas Tuesday night and produced life threatening flash floods between Austin and Waco. A large swath of 10 to 15 inches of rain fell in those areas.
Overall, the Coastal Bend faired very well from this storm, but it serves as a reminder that storms can develop very quickly and that Coastal Bend residents should remain in a constant state of readiness, especially during the peak months of the Hurricane Season.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
947 AM CDT TUE SEP 07 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1115 AM STORM SURGE 2 SE PORT ARANSAS 27.81N 97.06W
09/06/2010 E2.15 FT NUECES TX EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGH TIDES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ALONG NORTH PADRE ISLAND
AND MUSTANG ISLAND...WITH WATER REACHING THE DUNES IN
SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
1230 PM STORM SURGE 1 SW PORTLAND 27.87N 97.34W
09/06/2010 E2.00 FT SAN PATRICIO TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DPS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT INDIAN POINT.
1245 PM STORM SURGE 2 SW INGLESIDE 27.85N 97.22W
09/06/2010 E2.00 FT SAN PATRICIO TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DPS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT INGLESIDE BY THE BAY.
0430 AM TROPICAL STORM BISHOP 27.58N 97.80W
09/07/2010 NUECES TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME ON ALAMO STREET IN
BISHOP.
0447 AM TROPICAL STORM KINGSVILLE 27.51N 97.86W
09/07/2010 KLEBERG TX AWOS
WIND GUST OF 50 KNOTS REPORTED AT KINGSVILLE AWOS.
0500 AM TROPICAL STORM KINGSVILLE 27.51N 97.86W
09/07/2010 KLEBERG TX EMERGENCY MNGR
KLEBERG COUNTY EM REPORTS THAT THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY
OF KINGSVILLE LOST POWER.
0531 AM TROPICAL STORM KINGSVILLE 27.51N 97.86W
09/07/2010 KLEBERG TX ASOS
WIND GUST TO 62 MPH REPORTED AT NAS KINGSVILLE AND
SUSTAINED AT 43 MPH.
0540 AM TROPICAL STORM ALICE 27.76N 98.07W
09/07/2010 JIM WELLS TX ASOS
54 MPH WIND GUST RECORDED AT ALICE ASOS.
0545 AM TROPICAL STORM ROBSTOWN 27.80N 97.66W
09/07/2010 NUECES TX MESONET
ROBSTOWN RECORDED A 52 MPH WIND GUST.
0550 AM TROPICAL STORM 2 E KINGSVILLE 27.51N 97.83W
09/07/2010 KLEBERG TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS POWER OUTAGES IN KINGSVILLE. LARGE TREE
LIMBS ARE DOWN AS WELL AS MULTIPLE FENCES BLOWN OVER.
SPOTTERS HOME WEATHER STATION RECORDED A 58 MPH WIND
GUST.
0600 AM TROPICAL STORM CORPUS CHRISTI 27.77N 97.50W
09/07/2010 NUECES TX ASOS
CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ASOS GUSTED TO 53
MPH. SUSTAINED WINDS 40 MPH.
0607 AM TROPICAL STORM CORPUS CHRISTI 27.77N 97.50W
09/07/2010 NUECES TX ASOS
55 MPH WIND GUST RECORDED AT CORPUS CHRITI INTL ASOS.
OVER 2300 CUSTOMERS CURRENTLY WITHOUT POWER IN NUECES
COUNTY AND OVER 4300 IN KLEBERG COUNTY.
0625 AM TROPICAL STORM ALICE 27.76N 98.07W
09/07/2010 JIM WELLS TX NEWSPAPER
POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN IN ALICE ALONG WITH NUMEROUS
TREE LIMBS. SOME SIGNS ALSO BLOWN DOWN.
0658 AM TROPICAL STORM ORANGE GROVE 27.96N 97.94W
09/07/2010 JIM WELLS TX ASOS
54 MPH WIND GUST AT ORANGE GROVE. POWER LINES AND LARGE
TREE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN.
0815 AM TROPICAL STORM LAGARTO 28.09N 97.93W
09/07/2010 LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 70 MPH NEAR THE
SOUTH SIDE OF LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI.
0823 AM TROPICAL STORM 4 NW MATHIS 28.13N 97.87W
09/07/2010 LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER MEASURED WIND GUST OF 70 MPH AT THE INTERSECTION
OF INTERSTATE 37 AND FM 888.
0830 AM TROPICAL STORM 2 NW LAKESIDE 28.12N 97.88W
09/07/2010 LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE FELL THROUGH A HOUSE IN swinneyswitch_0 SWITCH. ALSO REPORTS
OF OTHER TREES DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF LIVE
OAK COUNTY.
0909 AM FLASH FLOOD INEZ 28.88N 96.78W
09/07/2010 VICTORIA TX TRAINED SPOTTER
FLOODING ALONG BEN BOLT ROAD IN INEZ.
| Land Location | Peak Wind (mph) | Marine Location | Peak Wind (mph) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsville NAS | 63 | Mustang Oil Platform | 68 |
| Corpus Christi Intl Airport | 55 | Port Aransas | 60 |
| Alice | 54 | Baffin Bay | 55 |
| Orange Grove | 54 | South Bird Island | 55 |
| Rockport | 52 | Port OConnor | 55 |
| Robstown | 52 | Bob Hall Pier | 54 |
| Corpus Christi NAS | 52 | Buoy 42020 | 49 |
| Beeville | 49 | Rockport NOS | 48 |
| Waldron Field | 47 | Seadrift | 47 |
| Cabaniss Field | 47 | Nueces Delta Watershed | 46 |
| Matagorda Island RAWS | 47 | ||
| Ingleside | 46 | ||
| Victoria | 45 | ||
| George West RAWS | 45 | ||
| Aransas National Wildlife Refuge RAWS | 44 | ||
| Port Lavaca | 38 | ||
| Victoria RAWS | 36 | ||
| McMullen Target Range | 30 |
| Storm Total Rainfall for Hermine |
| Location | Inches | Location | Inches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austwell 6 SSE | 7.51 | Refugio 5 N | 3.94 |
| Victoria 4 ENE | 7.34 | 4 WNW CC NAS | 3.88 |
| Victoria 2 W | 7.30 | Aransas Pass 2 NW | 3.74 |
| Bloomington 2 NNW | 7.21 | Orange Grove 8 WNW | 3.53 |
| Victoria 1 E | 6.92 | Rockport | 3.52 |
| Telferner 3 N | 6.84 | San Diego 1 SW | 3.50 |
| Victoria 4 NNW | 6.80 | Flour Bluff 4 WNW | 3.39 |
| Austwell | 6.74 | Sandia 2 NNE | 3.38 |
| Placedo 4 N | 6.71 | Corpus Christi 6 E | 3.38 |
| Victoria Airport | 6.68 | Ricardo 2 ENE | 3.30 |
| Fannin 6 ESE | 6.56 | Corpus Christi NAS | 3.24 |
| Seadrift 3 NNW | 6.25 | Kingsville 1 E | 3.24 |
| Victoria 2 NNW | 6.21 | Corpus Christi 3 NE | 3.18 |
| Seadrift 4 ENE | 6.08 | Corpus Christi 7 ESE | 3.11 |
| Rockport 1 N | 6.07 | Corpus Christi 5 ESE | 3.07 |
| Nursery 5 W | 6.00 | Ben Bolt 5 nnw | 3.06 |
| Victoria 2 S | 5.99 | Kingsville 3 NNW | 3.04 |
| Fulton 2 W | 5.98 | Flour Bluff 2 WNW | 2.97 |
| Fannin 6 WNW | 5.98 | 7 W CC NAS | 2.89 |
| Telferner 4 S | 5.88 | George West 2 S | 2.69 |
| Fannin 3 ENE | 5.75 | Odem 3 ESE | 2.68 |
| Schroeder 1 NE | 5.57 | Normanna 6 S | 2.60 |
| Goliad | 5.51 | Ricardo 5 E | 2.58 |
| Victoria 3 NW | 5.50 | Beeville 7 ESE | 2.48 |
| Rockport 2 S | 5.36 | Portland 1 NW | 2.39 |
| Fulton 2 WNW | 5.21 | George West 3 NNW | 2.35 |
| Port Lavaca 2 WSW | 4.93 | Corus Christi Intl Airport | 2.35 |
| Weesatche 5 NNE | 4.84 | Corpus Christi 1 NNW | 2.29 |
| Goliad 4 NW | 4.82 | Flour Bluff 1 N | 2.26 |
| Port Aransas 1 ENE | 4.64 | Robstown 1 SSW | 2.21 |
| Weesatche 1 ENE | 4.52 | Flour Bluff 14 S | 2.10 |
| Flour Bluff 5 ESE | 4.46 | Three Rivers 8 NNE | 2.08 |
| Port Aransas 3 SSE | 4.46 | Bishop 2 NW | 1.98 |
| Flour Bluff 5 ESE | 4.45 | Loma Alta 5 N | 1.80 |
| Goliad 1 WSW | 4.43 | Calliham 3 NW | 1.76 |
| Goliad 2 SE | 4.28 | Three Rivers 5 W | 1.26 |
| Orange Grove 3 NNW | 4.15 | Cross | 1.21 |
| St. Paul 3 S | 4.00 | Cotulla | 0.98 |
| Rainfall Totals from 700 PM CDT 9/5/10 through 700 AM CDT 9/8/10. |
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