Headline:
Special Weather Statement issued May 20 at 5:01AM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
May 20, 2026 - 3:01am
Expires:
May 20, 2026 - 3:30am
Description:
At 501 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 15 miles south of Aransas National Wildlife
Refuge to near Mustang Island State Park to 10 miles north of Riviera
Beach. Movement was east at 35 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, Portland, Rockport, Port Aransas, Driscoll, Corpus
Christi International Airport, Lamar, Ingleside, Aransas Pass,
Bishop, Gregory, Ingleside On The Bay, Bayside, Flour Bluff, Palm
Harbor, Corpus Christi North Beach, Kings Crossing Subdivision, Padre
Balli Park, Bay Area Medical Center, and Spohn Hospital South.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 37 between mile markers 1 and 8.
US Highway 181 between mile markers 632 and 648.
US Highway 77 between mile markers 676 and 690.
Instruction:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description:
Inland Kleberg; Inland Nueces; Inland San Patricio; Coastal Aransas; Coastal Kleberg; Coastal Nueces; Coastal San Patricio; Aransas Islands; Coastal Refugio; Kleberg Islands; Nueces Islands; Calhoun Islands
Forcast Office:
NWS Corpus Christi TX
Sender: