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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1988, 2:01 PM CDT for Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1988, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1988, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jim Wells County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2553 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCRP 031903
SVRCRP
TXC249-032000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
201 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...JIM WELLS
AT 157 PM CDT THE ALICE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION REPORTED A WIND GUST TO
67 MILES AN HOUR.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1255 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND... AT 1250 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN KLEBERG...SOUTHERN JIM WELLS...AND SOUTHERN DUVAL COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF BAFFIN BAY...10 MILES EAST OF RIVIERA...IN KLEBERG COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN KLEBERG...JIM WELLS...AND DUVAL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. IN ADDITION BOATERS... ESPECIALLY ON BAFFIN BAY...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINEGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:47 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 145 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER JIM WELLS...NUECES AND WESTERN KLEBERG COUNTIES... AT 140 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN KLEBERG...JIM WELLS AND NUECES COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM ORANGE GROVE IN JIM WELLS COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTH TO FREMONT AND RIVIERA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN KLEBERG...JIM WELLS...AND NUECES COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. IN ADDITION BOATERS... ESPECIALLY ON BAFFIN BAY AND LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ALSO...PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS OF JIM WELLS... NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RISING WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 55 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.