Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1997, 9:17 PM CDT for McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 1997, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1997, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County McMullen County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 3687 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
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 Apr 25, 8:28 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 8:28 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 825 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997 SVR TSTM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM CDT. OUTFLO BNDRY AND CF HELPING TO FIRE CNVTN OVR PRTNS OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS TO VCT AREAS THIS EVENING. SAT LOOPS AND 88D BASE REF SHOW THE BNDRIES SINKING SEWD. CRP 00Z SOUNDING MOIST AND UNSTABLE...HOWEVER A PERSISTANT MID-LVL CAP REMAINS IN PLACE WHICH WL LKLY INHIBIT SIGNIFICANT CNVTN. H5 LO FCST TO PUSH FARTHER INTO MX BY 12Z SAT...KEEPING S TX UNDER SIGNIFICANT DIFFLUENT FLOW ALF. MEANWHILE THE SFC LO WL TRACK S OF THE FA AS AN INVTD TROF LINGERS ALONG THE TX COAST...THUS THE THREAT OF RA WL CONTINUE THROUGH A PART OF SUN AS FUTURE IMPULSES CROSS THE AREA. DRYING WL BEGIN SUN INTO MON AS THE UPR LO FINALLY OPENS AND TRACKS INTO THE CENTRAL GULF STATES. THANKS TO OUTFLO AND CF...ZONES NEED UPDATE ESP...THE WINDS. /LRD/...N WIND 15 TO 20 MPH. /VCT/...LOW IN THE UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60. NE WIND 15 TO 25 AND GUSTY. WL CONTINUE WITH A MWS FOR MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW. SRP...77
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 8:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TXZ232>234-243>247-512-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 810 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA AREAS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: GOLIAD...VICTORIA...CALHOUN...BEE... SAN PATRICIO...NUECES...REFUGIO AND ARANSAS. THE WATCH AREA ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT WATERS OF THE COASTAL BEND. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND THE TEXAS BIG BEND REGION IS CAUSING VERY UNSETTLED WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND TO THE UPPER TEXAS COAST...THEREFORE ANY STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH ARE SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 8:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
TXZ232>234-243>247-512-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 810 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA AREAS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: GOLIAD...VICTORIA...CALHOUN...BEE... SAN PATRICIO...NUECES...REFUGIO AND ARANSAS. THE WATCH AREA ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT WATERS OF THE COASTAL BEND. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND THE TEXAS BIG BEND REGION IS CAUSING VERY UNSETTLED WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND TO THE UPPER TEXAS COAST...THEREFORE ANY STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH ARE SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | McMullen | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 3:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.