| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Inland Kleberg; Inland Nueces; Coastal Kleberg; Coastal Nueces |
| Effective | 7/9/2026, 4:03:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/9/2026, 4:30:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued July 9 at 4:03PM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX
Details
At 403 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles southwest of South Texas Botanical Gardens, or 15 miles south
of Corpus Christi, moving northwest at 25 mph.
HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include…
Corpus Christi, Driscoll, Clarkwood, Petronila, and Chapman Ranch.
This includes US Highway 77 between mile markers 680 and 682.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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