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5518535
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| Event typeevent_type | Lightning |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 5,518,535 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 1,213,709 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2006-06-01T06:15:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2006-06-01T06:15:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | TEXAS |
| County/zone typecz_type | C |
| County/zone namecz_name | NUECES |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | NEWSPAPER |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | The heavy rainfall episode started on May 28th and lasted through June 2nd. During these six days a series of heavy rainfall events erased rainfall deficits in the Victoria, Corpus Christi, and the Kingsville areas and left them with rainfall surpluses, in addition to flooded fields, roadways and homes.Some of the key highlights from this active week included an all time 24 hour record rainfall total of 11.47 inches at the Corpus Christi International Airport, breaking a record which stood since 1931. In just one hour the Corpus Christi International Airport doubled their year to date rainfall total, and in just 6 hours saw five times the amount of rainfall they had seen since January 1st. Also, a daily record rainfall for May 28th was broken at Victoria, when the municipal airport received 5.39 inches of rain. Other locations received even higher daily amounts, including the hard hit area around Ricardo, which received around 14 inches of rain early on the morning of June 2nd. The strong thunderstorms and flooding resulted in unfortunate results, including one death indirectly due to the flooding, a fire at the Valero refinery, as well as an oil spill affecting Corpus Christi Ship Channel. On the evening of May 31, an upper level low, as well as surface low over the Western Gulf of Mexico, began to move west, bringing its affects to the Coastal Plains region of South Texas. Also, this storm system began to develop tropical characteristics from May 31st through June 2nd, generating showers and thunderstorms during the late evening and overnight hours, with the showers and storms generally weakening during the late afternoon hours. During the late evening hours of May 31st, the surface low and convergence axis pulled up stationary across Nueces County. Very heavy rainfall began falling across the northwest and west side of Corpus Christi, including over the refineries, Corpus Christi International Airport and Oso Creek Basin. Over the course of the next four to six hours showers and thunderstorms remained nearly stationary, dumping extraordinary amounts of rainfall across the west and northwest side of Corpus Christi. The surface trough began to slowly push northeast by daybreak on June 1st, and the heavy rainfall shifted into the Northern Coastal Bend as well as the Victoria region. The heavy rainfall also caused the Oso Creek at Corpus Christi to reach 25.56 feet during the mid afternoon hours of the 1st, resulting in major flooding in the basin and flooding of property and some homes along the creek. The storm system began to shift southwest on the afternoon of June 1st, and weakened slightly. However, showers and thunderstorms redeveloped late in the evening and continued through the mid afternoon hours on June 2. This time the heaviest rainfall occurred further south, across Kleberg and Jim Wells counties. Nearly 14 inches of rain were observed by a coop observer just east of Ricardo, and nearly nine inches of rain was reported by an observer in Kingsville. Satellite precipitation estimates indicate nearly 20 inches of rain may have fallen 3 to 4 miles east of Ricardo during the early morning hours of the 2nd. Several creeks in Kingsville as well as near Ricardo experienced flash flooding. Sporadic flooding was also observed in portions of Jim Wells and Duval counties. By the evening of June 2nd all of the heavy rainfall ended as the system weakened over Deep South Texas.Below are selected cumulative rainfall totals from May 28th through June 2nch for some fo the hardest hit areas:Aransas Wildlife Refuge...9.81Austwell...8.55Bishop...6.19Coleto Creek...5.34Corpus Christi International Airport...12.50Goliad North Street...10.08 Kingsville Naval Air Station...8.09Port Lavaca...13.08Port O'Connor...13.69Ricardo 2 miles east...14.52Rockport 3 miles north...8.25Victoria Regional Airport...9.73 |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | Lightning struck a waste oil tank at the Valero Bill Greehey Refinery between 100 and 130 AM CDT. The lightning strike resulted in a fire as well as an oil spill. The fire destroyed the large oil storage tank and part of the pipe rack behind it, used to offload oil from ships. The oil spilled into a containment dike. The heavy rainfall, as well as well as water used to put out the fire, caused the oil to spill over the containment dike and into the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. Valero estimated roughly 63,000 gallons of an oil water mix (roughly 1500 barrels) spilled into the ship channel. The Corpus Christi Ship Channel was closed for several days while the oil was cleaned up.Dollar estimates on the damage that occurred to the tank and pipe rack, as well as the cost of the oil and cleanup, were unknown at the time of this publication.See episode narrative below for further details on the event. |
| Yearyear | 2,006 |
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