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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 31, 1997Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1997, 4:26 AM CDT for Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
May 31, 1997, 4:26 AM CDT (09:26 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1997, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Goliad County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2212 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

684 
WUUS1 KCRP 310927 RRA
SVRCRP
TXC175-469-311030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
426 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...GOLIAD COUNTY...WESTERN VICTORIA COUNTY
 
AT 425 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MISSION VALLEY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE
SOUTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH.  THE TOWN OF SCHROEDER IS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM.  RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT LARGE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO
60 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
 
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 31, 1:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 1:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
150 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 1997

VOLATILE WX N OF CRP'S CWA AND PUSHING S/SEWD EARLY THIS AM. ADAP
GRAPHICS SHOW BNDRY ALONG A DRT-SAT-IAH LINE WHILE SFC MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE BULLSEYE IS CONFINED W/IN A HOU-SAT-VCT AREA. THE LOWEST
CAPS REMAIN OVR SE TX...HOWEVER ANY OUTFLO BNDRIES FM THE CONVECTION
TO THE N COUPLED WITH THE APPROACH OF A VORT MAX BY 12Z SAT WL KP
FCST INTERESTING BUT TRICKY. S/W PASSES THIS AM...GRIDDED TIME SXTNS
SHOW CONSIDERABLE DRYING AT ALL LVLS BY 06Z SUN ASSIMILATED WITH AN
INCREASE IN DVVS.

WELL AMPLIFIED UPR RIDGE OVR THE WRN HALF OF THE US AND UPR TROF OVR
THE ERN PLAINS HAVE COMBINED TO CHANNEL S/W ENERGY INTO THE CENT AND
SRN PLAINS. UPR TROF IS FCST TO BECOME CUT-OFF OVR THE MS VALLEY AND
DRIFT TOWARD NRN AL/GA BY 00Z MON. THE DOWNSTREAM MOTION WL ALLOW THE
RIDGE TO NUDGE EWD WHILE THE DEEPENING H5 LO PROMOTES NEAR
LONGITUDINAL FLOW ACROSS THE NATIONS MID SECTION. OVERALL...RAIN
CHANCES SHUD DIMINISH ACROSS S TX W/THE INCREASED EWD PROGRESSION OF
THE UPR TROF. MAIN FLOW NOT TO CHANGE MUCH IN THE 5-10 DAY MEAN.

AM WARY OF GUIDANCE VALUES GIVEN THE APPROACHING LINE OF SIGNIFICANT
TSTMS N OF THE FA. THE OUTFLO WL LKLY INCREASE MODEL VARIABILITY. FOR
NOW...HAVE SPLIT NGM/AVN VALUES...BUT HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE COOLER
AVN NUMBERS.

/CRP/VCT/
.TODAY...PARTLY-M/C WITH A 40% CHANCE OF MAINLY MORNING SHRA/TSRA.
N WIND 10-15 MPH.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. WIND BECMG LIGHT AND VAR.
.SUN...MOSTLY SUNNY. E WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

/LRD/
.TODAY...PC WITH A 20% CHANCE OF MAINLY MORNING SHRA/TSRA. N WIND 10-
15 MPH.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. NE WIND NEAR 10 MPH.
.SUN...MOSTLY SUfNNY. E-SE WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

PRELIMS...

CRP    085/065/087/069    4-00
NGP    083/068/084/070    4-00
VCT    083/064/085/067    4-00
LRD    088/065/091/070    2-00

SRP...77

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 12:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ233-234-246-247-310800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1205 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 1997

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM CDT FOR
CALHOUN...GOLIAD...REFUGIO AND VICTORIA COUNTIES...

A COLD FRONT LOCATED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE MOVING
TO THE SOUTH AND SHOULD REACH THE COAST LATER THIS MORNING.  STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT
IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH
AND MAY REACH THE VICTORIA AREA BEFORE 3AM...POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE
CORPUS CHRISTI AND LAREDO AREAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

SOME OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS TONIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL
...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

LOCAL STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS FROM LAREDO TO CORPUS
CHRISTI AND VICTORIA SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LENZ
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ233-234-246-247-310800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1205 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 1997

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM CDT FOR
CALHOUN...GOLIAD...REFUGIO AND VICTORIA COUNTIES...

A COLD FRONT LOCATED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE MOVING
TO THE SOUTH AND SHOULD REACH THE COAST LATER THIS MORNING.  STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT
IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH
AND MAY REACH THE VICTORIA AREA BEFORE 3AM...POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE
CORPUS CHRISTI AND LAREDO AREAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

SOME OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS TONIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL
...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

LOCAL STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS FROM LAREDO TO CORPUS
CHRISTI AND VICTORIA SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION
TXHROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LENZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 5:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad56 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.