Headline:
Special Weather Statement issued May 20 at 3:57AM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
May 20, 2026 - 1:57am
Expires:
May 20, 2026 - 3:00am
Description:
At 356 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Long Mott to Edroy to 6 miles southeast of
Rosita. Movement was southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Corpus Christi, Kingsville, Alice, Portland, Beeville, Robstown,
Rockport, Sinton, Mathis, San Diego, Port Aransas, Taft, Refugio,
Woodsboro, Seadrift, Driscoll, Port Oconnor, Corpus Christi
International Airport, Skidmore, and McFaddin.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 37 between mile markers 1 and 54.
US Highway 281 between mile markers 638 and 688.
US Highway 181 between mile markers 590 and 648.
US Highway 183 between mile markers 648 and 668.
US Highway 59 between mile markers 692 and 710, and between mile
markers 742 and 750.
US Highway 77 between mile markers 586 and 696.
Instruction:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description:
McMullen; Live Oak; Bee; Goliad; Victoria; 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; Nueces Islands; Calhoun Islands
Forcast Office:
NWS Corpus Christi TX
Sender: