Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1997, 5:37 PM CDT for La Salle County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
- May 15, 1997, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1997, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County La Salle County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 5:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Cotulla, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1447 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
032 WUUS1 KCRP 152240 RRA SVRCRP TXC283-152330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 537 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY AT 535 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODWARD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF WOODWARD AND MILLET ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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 DO NOT 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.
NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 15, 2:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 2:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 230 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1997 KCRP 88D REF SHOWS SCT RW/TRW N OF VCT AND A FEW NOW BETWEEN MFE AND HRL. SCT ACTIVITY N OF VCT IN REGION OF GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. MOVMT HAS BEEN TO THE NE DURING THE AFTERNOON. CONVECTION STILL POSSIBLE ALONG BOUNDARIES THAT PREVIOUS CONVECTION HAS LAID DOWN. FRONT STILL HUNG UP OVER N TX AND WILL MOST LIKELY NOT PROGRESS MUCH FURTHER S. IF A WSHFT OCCURS HERE IT WOULD BE FROM OUTFLOW MOVG THRU RATHER THAN ACTUAL FROPA. UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE AS VORT MAX MOVES EWD ACROSS THE FA THRU FRI. MORNING SOUNDING STILL UNSTABLE WITH A PWAT OF 1.39...CAPE OF 3060 J/KG...LI OF -8 AND K INDEX OF 27. CAP WAS 2.7 SO CONVECTION RESTRICTED AGAIN. DO HAVE A FEW TCU OUTSIDE. SATELLITE PIX SHOW CONVECTION FIRING ALONG THE MTNS IN MEXICO ATTM. ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT SOME OF THIS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO S TX. MODELS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH TEMPS AND WILL TREND TOWARDS HIGHER VALUES OF MOS GUIDANCE. MOISTURE OVER THE REGION SEEMS TO REACH A PEAK ABOUT 18Z FRI. PWAT VALUES ARE FCST TO INCREASE TO NEAR 1.60 BY 12Z. A MOIST TONGUE OF 1.60 TO 1.70 EXTENDED NW FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO THE COAST FROM JUST N OF CRP TO THE HOU/GLS REGION. PWAT VALUES REMAIN NEAR 1.40 THRU 12Z SAT. GOOD H7 VVEL NOTED OVER THE CWA THRU 00Z FRI. WITH MESO LOW MEANDERING IN THE AREA SOME POPS WILL NEED TO BE KEPT THRU THE FCST PERIOD. H85 WNDS BECOME SW BY 06Z FRI AS SYSTEMS MOVE E. DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD...H5 SW FLOW REDEVELOPS BY 00Z TUE AS A TROF TAKES SHAPE OUT WEST. COULD KEEP POPS AT OR ABOVE THE NORMS FOR MID MAY. TEMPS SHD REMAIN NEAR THE NORMS. MARINE INFO: CRP-PTA HARBOR PILOTS HAD NO SEA CONDITION REPORTS...BUT WINDS WERE SE AT 15 KTS. OFFSHORE BUOY HAS SEAS RUNNING 4FT AND WNDS ARE NOW BACK TO SE AT 14KTS AFTER BEING INFLUENCED MOST OF THE DAY BY LG COMPLEX OF CONVECTION IN THE GULF. TONIGHT...BECMG CLDY WITH % CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA. SE WND 10 TO 15 MPH. (VCT WNDS NEAR 10 MPH) FRI...MOSTLY CLDY DURING THE AM...BECMG P/C WITH % CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA. E-SE WND 10 TO 15 MPH. FRI NIGHT...BECMG CLDY WITH % CHANC,E OF SHRA/TSRA. CRP 068/086 068/086 2322 NGP 071/084 070/084 LRD 068/093 070/095 2222 VCT 067/083 067/084 2322 MSL...73
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
TXZ229>234-160330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 435 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS...COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA AREAS UNTIL 11PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... LASALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE...GOLIAD...AND VICTORIA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COTULLA...TILDEN...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD AND VICTORIA. HAIL UP TO 1 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. METZ
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:38 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
TXZ229>234-160330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 435 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS...COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA AREAS UNTIL 11PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... LASALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE...GOLIAD...AND VICTORIA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COTULLA...TILDEN...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD AND VICTORIA. HAIL UP TO 1 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATNHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. METZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.