Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Jun 19, 1997, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1997, 3:45 PM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Victoria County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 191946 RRA
SVRCRP
TXC469-192045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
244 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...VICTORIA COUNTY
 
AT 242 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACROSS
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
FROM TELFERNER TO THE MALL AREA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10
TO 15 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIzN.
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.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 19, 2:22 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
220 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1997

KCRP 88D BASE REF SHOWS WIDELY SCT SHRA/TSRA FM CRP-VCT-HOU. THE
COMBINATION OF AFTERNOON HEATING AND A SEABREEZE FNT HAS LED TO
DVLPMNT OF THESE STMS. ADAP GRAPHICS CONT TO SHOW A CAP-LESS AND
UNSTABLE AMS ACROSS THE FA. TSRA SHUD CONT INTO THE EVENING HRS ALONG
THE COASTAL PLAINS AS THE SEABREEZE PUSHES WELL INLAND. ADDITIONAL
STMS MAY AFFECT THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AREA AS A VORT MAX STRENGHTENS
OVR S CENT TX.

LIFT FM THIS SYSTEM WL SPREAD SLOWLY EWD OVR TONIGHT INTO FRI...FOR
THIS REASON WL KP SCT POPS IN FOR LRD...WIDELY SCT FOR CRP/VCT
TONIGHT AND INCREASE POPS IN CRP/VCT AREAS TOMORROW. ETA TIME SXTNS
SHOW UVVS PRESENT FRI ALONG WITH DIFFLUENCE ALF...HI CAPE VALUES AND
AMPLE MOISTURE (PWS AROUND 1.6 INCHES). LO PRES ACROSS THE CENT THIRD
OF THE NATION WL LEAD TO A STRONGER PGF ACROSS THE FA. THESE HIER
WINDS ARE REFLECTED IN NGM MOS GUIDANCE AND THE PREVIOUS FCST...SO WL
NOT DEVIATE MUCH.

MARINE INFO...
JUST OFFSHORE FM PTA...WIND ESE AROUND 20KT. NO SEAS GIVEN.

/CRP/VCT/
.TONIGHT...M/C. (EVENING POPS CRP) SE WIND 10-15 MPH.
.FRI...PARTLY-M/C. SE AND S WIND 15-25.
.FRI NIGHT...M/C.
.SAT...PARTLY-M/C.

/LRD/
.TONIGHT...P/C. SE WIND NEAR 15 MPH.
.FRI...P/C. SE WIND 15-20 MPH.
.FRI NIGHT...P/C.
.SAT...P/C.

PRELIMS...

CRP  078/092/077/092   2423
NGP  081/088/081/088   2423
VCT  074/090/075/090   3423
LRD  078/100/076/100   3222

SRP...77

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.