Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 31, 1998, 1:00 PM CST for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- Jan 31, 1998, 1:00 PM CST (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 1998, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 60 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 19:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 1:38 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Beeville, TX |
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 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Jan 31, 11:15 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 11:15 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1115 AM CST SAT JAN 31 1998 WINDS HAVE INCREASED FOR THE VCT AND CRP AREAS DUE TO LOW LEVEL JET MIXING TO THE SURFACE. MTRVCT REPORTING 14021G26KT...MTRCRP 13020G27KT. FEEL THEY WILL REMAIN SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH AT LEAST THROUGH NEXT 4 HRS. WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE ZONES FOR WIND ADVISORY FOR VICTORIA...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...BEE...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...NUECES ARANSAS. THANKS JM/TP...075/81
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 60 min |
| Jan 31, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 60 min |
| Jan 31, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas | 90 min |
| Jan 31, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Karnes | 90 min |
| Jan 31, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Irion | 90 min |
| Jan 31, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 65 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.