Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1997, 9:09 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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 27, 1997, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1997, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 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 02:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Beeville, TX | Sheriff report of numerous trees and power lines downed by strong thunderstorm wind. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 4398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 280209 RRA SVRCRP TXC025-297-311-280315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 909 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BEE COUNTY...LIVE OAK COUNTY...MCMULLEN COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK AND BEE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LUNA
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 27, 8:16 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 8:16 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 815 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997 STORMS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH AND WEST WILL KEEP THE DISCUSSION SHORT. AS ATMOSPHERE VERY UNSTABLE AND SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM. TSRA MOVING SOUTHWARD FROM DRT TO SAT JUST NORTH OF VCT. WILL NEED TO INCREASE POPS BASES ON TSRA MOVEMENT. STORMS TO MOVE INTO NORTHEREN COUNTIES BY 9 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THRU TONIGHT. CRP SOUNDING HAS BAD DATA. WILL INCREASE POPS TO 60 PERCENT ALL ZONES AND INCLUDE SEVERE AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ...SPC WATCHING STORMS CAREFULLY AND WILL LIKELY ISSUE NEW BOX FOR THE CRP AND VCT AREAS VERY SOON... ALL ZONES CHANGE...POPS TO 60 PERCENT...INCLUDE SVR AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. LUNA...0074
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 3:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ229-230-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 351 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT. AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE IS NO SEVERE WEATHER IN THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AREA. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN MEXICO AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD TOWARDS SOUTH TEXAS. IN ADDITION...OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NORTH OF DEL RIO AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH. THIS ACTIVITY WILL RESULT IN THE CHANCE FOR TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS LATER THIS EVENING IN LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ229-230-239-240-280230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 726 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR DUVAL...LA SALLE...MCMULLEN AND WEBB COUNTIES... AT 720 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO LASALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO BE VERY UNSTABLE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FREQUENT UPDATES. LUNA
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:15 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-512-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 815 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DUVAL...WEBB...LASALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM... THIS TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED EASTWARD TO INCLUDE THE VICTORIA AND CORPUS CHRISTI METROPOLITAN AREAS. AT 810 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM...SOME SEVERE LOCATED FROM NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF COTULLA TO KARNES CITY TO CUERO. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF COTULLA AND JUST NORTH OF CUERO. DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. ANOTHER AREA OF WAS LOCATED ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER FROM EAGLE PASS TO FALCON DAM DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST.
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:19 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-512-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 815 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DUVAL...WEBB...LASALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM... THIS TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED EASTWARD TO INCLUDE THE VICTORIA AND CORPUS CHRISTI METROPOLITAN AREAS. AT 810 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM...SOME SEVERE LOCATED FROM NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF COTULLA TO KARNES CITY TO CUERO. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF COTULLA AND JUST NORTH OF CUERO. DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL HAVE BEE0N REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. ANOTHER AREA OF WAS LOCATED ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER FROM EAGLE PASS TO FALCON DAM DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 58 min |
| May 27, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 66 min |
| May 27, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 61 min |
| May 27, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 65 min |
| May 27, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 65 min |
| May 27, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 62 min |
| May 27, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 58 min |
| May 27, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 68 min |
| May 27, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 41 min |
| May 27, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 41 min |
| May 28, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 66 min |
| May 28, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 64 min |
| May 28, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 40 min |
| May 28, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 43 min |
| May 28, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.