Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 1997, 5:18 PM CST for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
- Oct 30, 1997, 5:18 PM CST (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 1997, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bee County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 6:00 PM CST | Hail 1 | Beeville, TX | Police report of quarter sized hail. |
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 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 Oct 30, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 230 PM CST THU OCT 30 1997 UPPER TROF IS ON THE MOVE. WV LOOP AND MODEL DATA PLACES THE UPPER TROF FROM DSM-AMA-E CNTRL MX WITH A 90KT SUBTROP JET NOSING INTO CNTRL TX. THE DYNAMICS FROM THESE FEATURES ARE CAUSING LOW LVL MOISTURE TO SURGE RAPIDLY NWD INTO THE REGION FROM THE VALLEY WITH SFC DWPTS IN THE LOWER 70S. THE ATMOS IS UNSTABLE WITH LIS OF -6 AND CAPES 1600-2000J/KG. 88D SHOWING WIDELY SCT THUNDERSTORMS DVLPG ALG THE LOW LVL MOISTURE AXIS FROM BRO TO CRP TO VCT...WHERE CONVERGENCE IS INCREASING. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE CWA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTN WITH AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY THIS EVENING WHEN THE TROF APCHS. MODELS BRING THE LOW LVL TROF THRU LRD THIS EVENING...THEN TO AN ALI-SAT LINE BY MIDNIGHT. THE TROF WILL PUSH COMPLETELY THRU THE CWA BY 12Z FRI BRINGING AND END TO CLOUDS AND PRECIP WITH DRIER NW WINDS IN ITS WAKE. MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FRI AND SAT BEFORE THE MAIN PAC FNT BLASTS THRU SATURDAY AFTN. THCK VALUES INCREASE SOME WITH WLY LOW LVL FLOW BUT NOT ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THE NUMBERS NGM IS ADVERTISING. WILL GO WITH A BLEND OF AVN/NGM FOR HIGHS. LOW TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE. (CRP VCT) .TNGT...M/C WITH 40% CHC OF SH/TSRA. DECREASING CLOUDS WITH RAIN ENDING TOWARD AM. PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE. SE WINDS NR 10 MPH SHIFTG NW 10-15 MPH TOWARD AM. .FRI...MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM. NW WINDS 10-15 MPH. .FRI NGT...CLEAR. .SAT...MOSTLY SUNNY...TURNING BREEZY AND COOLER IN THE AFTN. (LRD) .TNGT...M/C WITH 40% CHC OF SH/TSRA. DECREASING CLOUDS LATE. SOUTHEAST WINDS NR 10 MPH SHIFTG NW NR 10 MPH LATE. .FRI...SUNNY AND WARM. NW WINDS NR 10 MPH. .FRI NGT...CLEAR. .SAT...MOSTLY SUNNY...TURNING BREEZY AND COOLER IN THE AFTN. PRELIMS... CRP UU 065/086 058/085 4-00 NGP UU 068/085 063/084 ALI UU 064/088 057/085 4-00 VCT UU 065/086 055/084 4-00 LRD UU 063/088 056/086 4000 JM...075
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.