000 WWUS84 KCRP 040254 SPSCRP SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 848 PM CST WED JAN 3 2007 TXZ233-234-242>247-040345- ARANSAS-CALHOUN-GOLIAD-KLEBERG-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA- 848 PM CST WED JAN 3 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING ARANSAS...CALHOUN...GOLIAD... KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO AND VICTORIA COUNTIES... AT 844 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FANNIN TO 19 MILES SOUTH OF CHAPMAN RANCH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICTORIA TO 24 MILES EAST OF SARITA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BAFFIN BAY TO REFUGIO...AND ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLAND THROUGH 1000 PM AS THE LINE OF STORMS PUSH OFFSHORE. PEOPLE IN ARANSAS...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...KLEBERG...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...REFUGIO AND VICTORIA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BAYSIDE...GREGORY...PORTLAND...CC NAS...FLOUR BLUFF...INGLESIDE... ARANSAS PASS...MCFADDIN...ROCKPORT AND PORT ARANSAS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. $$ TE