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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1991, 12:49 AM CDT for Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1991, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1991, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1298 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 170550 SVRCRP TXC391-409-170645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1249 AM CDT MON JUN 17 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...REFUGIO COUNTY...SAN PATRICIO COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 1250 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN SAN PATRICIO AND WESTERN REFUGIO COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED AT MATHIS IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY AND WEST OF REFUGIO IN REFUGIO COUNTY. 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, Jun 16, 9:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ040-049-170530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 957 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1991 THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE WERE RECEIVED SO FAR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO TO NEAR COTULLA AND NORTHWEST OF YORKTOWN. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS GNERALLY TO THE SOUTEAST NEAR 20 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
TXZ040-049-170600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1110 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1991 AT 1100 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDER- STORMS OCCURRING FROM COTULLA TO THREE RIVERS TO NORTH OF GOLIAD EAST TO GANADO MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN VICTORIA AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. M STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ040-049-170730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1145 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1991 THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. DAMAGE TO A HOUSE WAS REPORTED BY A TROPPER BUT NO INJURIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR FROM NEAR TO COTULLA TO THREE RIVERS TO NORTH OF GOLIAD AND YORKTOWN. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHNING...GUSTY WINDS... AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTO~RMS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTEAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:48 AM CDT, 1 minute before
TXZ040-049-170800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1245 AM CDT MON JUN 17 1991 AT 1240 AM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM COTULLA TO AUSTIN TO NEAR WHARTON TO MATHIS. HEAVY RAINFALL HAD BEEN INDICATED NEAR GEORGE WEST TO BERCLAIR. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN GOLIAD...DEWITT...LAVACA...JACKSON...AND VICTORIA COUNTY CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS... AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 03
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 66 min |
Nearby
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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.