NWS Corpus Christi TXMA.W 0055October 1, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre, Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays, Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays and 3 more
The National Weather Service office in Corpus Christi issued a special marine warning for Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre, Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays, Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays and 3 more, which was in force until 9:30 p.m. local time on October 1. It was the 55th special marine warning the NWS office in Corpus Christi issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 56 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Corpus Christi TX
- Area
- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre, Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays, Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays and 3 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:34 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- Expires
- 9:30 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCRP MA.W 0055
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SMWCRP The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre... Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays... Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays... San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays... Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM... Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM... * Until 930 PM CDT. * At 834 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line from near Rockport to 5 NM west of Malaquite Beach, or along a line from near Rockport to 26 NM south of Portland, moving southeast at 25 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 34 knots. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Port Aransas, Packery Channel, Rockport and Malaquite Beach.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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