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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1996, 6:13 PM CDT for Duval County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 1996, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 1996, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Duval County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Freer, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 2050 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 14, 2:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 245 PM CDT WED AUG 14 1996 STORMS UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON NEAR VCT AND TRANSLATING WESTWARD WITH TIME AS OUTFLOW BOUNDRY...INTENSE HEATING AND SEA-BREEZE COMBINE TO PRODUCE STRONG TO PULSE SVR THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIP WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. BY SUNSET ALL RAINFALL SHOULD HAVE DIED DOWN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE DUE TO WEAK STEERING CURRENTS VCT AREA. WEAKNESS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THE NEXT 48 HOURS HOWEVER PRECIP CHANCES WILL LOWER WITH TIME AS WEAK RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. ONLY ISOLATED TO WDLY SCT PRECIP THURS-FRI. PRELIMS CRP BB 076/098 076/098 077 221 VCT BB 075/098 075/098 076 321 LRD BB 076/103 077/103 077 211 RVL...0074
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ234-142130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 331 PM CDT WED AUG 14 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED AT 330 PM... AT 331 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY BUT THE STORM WAS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VICTORIA. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS IS LIKELY. LUNA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 67 min |
| Aug 14, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.