Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1998, 4:49 PM CST for Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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 6, 1998, 4:49 PM CST (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1998, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Goliad County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 5:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Goliad, TX | Park Ranger reported several large trees downed by thunderstorm wind resulting in road closures. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1989 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
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 6, 2:40 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 2:40 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 240 PM CST TUE JAN 6 1998 WV IMAGRY ILLUSTRATES LARGE PLUME OF MOISTURE OVER CNTRL-SE TX WITH SHARP DRYING NOTED OUT WEST NR BIG BEND. KCRP 88D SHOWS A FEW NARROW STREAMS OF PRECIP MARCHING ACROSS OUR CNTRL COUNTIES AHD OF PAC FNTL BNDRY. PRECIP EVENT HAS BEEN WELL ADVERTISED KEEPING HEAVIEST RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING NORTH OF THE AREA. STILL CHC OF TSRA OVER ERN COUNTIES THIS EVENING AS FNT MVS THRU. PAC FNT WILL MV OFF THE COAST LATE THIS AFTN/EARLY THIS EVENING BRINGING NWLY WINDS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TNGT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WHEN COOL DRY AIR INTERACTS WITH 65-70 DEG WATER. M/C -RA CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WED AS COOL NWLY FLOW IS OVERRUN BY MOIST SWLY MID LVL FLOW. THIS FLOW WILL BECOME WLY LATE IN THE DAY WHEN CLOSED LOW MVS INTO CNTRL TX AND END RAIN CHC'S. H85 LOW WILL STRENGTHEN OVER ARKANSAS WED TO PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL BEND. CLEARING SKIES AND COOL TEMPS WILL PREVAIL WED NGT. WRKZONES... CRP/VCT .TNGT...CLOUDY WITH A CHC OF EVENING SHRA/TSRA...BECMG BREEZY AND COOLER. (LCLY HVY RAIN VCT AREA) WIND BECMG NW 15 TO 20 MPH. .WED...M/C..WINDY AND COOL WITH CHC OF -RA. NW WIND 15-25 MPH. .WED NGT...CLEARING AND COOL. .THURS...SUNNY. LRD .TNGT...CLOUDY WITH A CHC OF -RA. NW WIND NR 15 MPH AND GUSTY. .WED...M/C...BREEZY AND COOL. NW WIND 15-20 MPH. .WED NGT...CLEARING AND COOL. .THURS...SUNNY. . PRELIMS... CRP EU 053/063 040/060 3200 VCT EU 054/057 042 059 5200 LRD EU 050/058 044/058 2000 JM...075
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 10:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 56 min |
| Jan 6, 11:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 117 min |
| Jan 6, 4:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 67 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.