Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1997, 9:36 PM CDT for Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 69 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
- Jun 21, 1997, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1997, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 10:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Mathis, TX | Public report of 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 2132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Jun 21, 7:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
750 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
DISCUSSION...STREAMLINE ANALYSIS DEPICTS STRONG SELY INFLOW INTO THE
CWA WHERE SFC MOISTURE CNVGNC AXIS XTNDS FROM W-E ALONG A LRD-ALI-CRP
LINE ATTM. SVR CELLS TRANSLATING SWD FROM MCMULLEN COUNTY WITH
VIL OF 70 KG/M2 AND 1-HR PCPN TOTALS OF 3.8 INCHES. LSRCRP REFLECTS
THE STORM DATA REPORTS ACROSS THE REGION.
CELL PROPAGATION IS DRFTG SWD TOWARD THE MOISTURE CNVGNC. FLASH
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. SFC GRADIENT HAS RELAXED ACROSS
THE FA BLO WIND ADVSY CRITERIA AND WL LET EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE. WL
NEED TO REMOVE MENTION OF ADVSY FROM THE ZFP FOR THE CRP CWA.
VIS SATELLITE IMAGERY ILLUSTRATES LLVL BNDRY XTNDG INTO THE WRN
CWA ATTM WHERE CELLULAR DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED. VWP INDICATES 40KT
LLVL JET AT 2K FT AND EXPECT THIS FEATURE TO INCREASE TO 50KT
OVERNIGHT WHERE THETA-E WARMING WL FOCUS ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH SUNDnAY AS FCST BY ETA.
BML...76In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 21, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
700 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM 10 N GOLIAD TX FLOODING
06/21/97 GOLIAD SHERIFF REPORT OF NUMEROUS
ROADWAYS UNDER WATER ALONG
U.S. HIGHWAY 183 NORTH.
0438 PM 2 N VICTORIA TX FLOODING
06/21/97 VICTORIA SHERIFF REPORT OF NUMEROUS
ROADWAYS UNDER WATER ALONG
U.S. HIGHWAY 77 NORTH WHERE
OFFICERS HAVE CLOSED ROADS.
0527 PM 6 N THREE RIVERS TX FLOODING
06/21/97 LIVE OAK SHERIFF REPORT OF FLOODING
ALONG HIGHWAY 281 PARALLEL
TO INTERSTATE 37.
LAMARRELocal storm report, Jun 21, 7:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
700 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM 10 N GOLIAD TX FLOODING
06/21/97 GOLIAD SHERIFF REPORT OF NUMEROUS
ROADWAYS UNDER WATER ALONG
U.S. HIGHWAY 183 NORTH.
0438 PM 2 N VICTORIA TX FLOODING
06/21/97 VICTORIA SHERIFF REPORT OF NUMEROUS
ROADWAYS UNDER WATER ALONG
U.S. HIGHWAY 77 NORTH WHERE
OFFICERS HAVE CLOSED ROADS.
0527 PM 6 N THREE RIVERS TX FLOODING
06/21/97 LIVE OAK SHERIFF REPORT OF FLOODING
ALXONG HIGHWAY 281 PARALLEL
TO INTERSTATE 37.
LAMARRELocal storm report, Jun 21, 7:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
730 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0654 PM 6 S THREE RIVERS TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/21/97 LIVE OAK SHERIFF REPORT OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WIND WHILE ON
APPROACH TO GEORGE WEST TO
INVESTIGATE A TORNADO
REPORT AND WAS FORCED TO
RETURN AWAY FROM THE STORM
DUE TO THE WIND.
0715 PM 14 S TILDEN TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/21/97 MCMULLEN NWS SPOTTER REPORT OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND
WITH NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
OVER.
LAMARRELocal storm report, Jun 21, 7:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
730 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0654 PM 6 S THREE RIVERS TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/21/97 LIVE OAK SHERIFF REPORT OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WIND WHILE ON
APPROACH TO GEORGE WEST TO
INVESTIGATE A TORNADO
REPORT AND WAS FORCED TO
RETURN AWAY FROM THE STORM
DUE TO THE WIND.
0715 PM 14 S TILDEN TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/21/97 MCMULLEN NWS SPOTTER REPORT OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND
WITH NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
OVER.
LAMARREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 7:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 70 min |
| Jun 22, 12:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 3 hr |
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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.