Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 56 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.