Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1999, 12:28 PM CDT for Bee County, Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1999, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1999, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Bee County, TX, Live Oak County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999
WUUS1 KCRP 261727 RRA
SVRCRP
TXC025-297-261800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1228 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BEEVILLE...SKIDMORE
SOUTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS
THIS INCLUDES LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 1223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF
BEEVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEEVILLE TO 3 MILES WEST OF
ANNAROSE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF BEEVILLE
TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEEVILLE TO 21 MILES WEST OF LAKE CORPUS
CHRISTI...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
OVER DINERO AT 1235 PM CDT
OVER LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI AT 1255 PM CDT
OVER LAGARTO...SKIDMORE AT 100 PM CDT
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI.
LAT...LON 2836 9740 2844 9750 2845 9756 2844 9763
2838 9791 2807 9834 2807 9798 2808 9790
2811 9790 2817 9781 2813 9756 2827 9745What 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 Apr 26, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1000 AM CDT MON APR 26 1999 STRONG/SEVERE WEATHER IN PROGRESS. JUST ISSUED SVR FOR BEE COUNTY...A CLUSTER OF TSTMS WITH DIME SIZE HAIL. SQUALL LINE LOCATED ATTM FROM COT TO SAT TO AUS. SOME CLEARING BEHIND THE SQUALL LINE...HOWEVER THE FRONT IS STILL WELL OUT TO THE WEST SO RAIN CHANCES NOT DONE YET. WILL TWEAK POPS FOR CRP...MOST LIKELY DROP POPS FOR LRD. WILL LEAVE VCT AREA AS IS...INCLUDING MENTION OF POSSIBLE SEVERE TSTMS. WILL ALSO MAKE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS FOR WINDS. MARINE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD ATTM. PSS...82/GW...86
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 26, 9:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
946 AM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
941 AM SKIDMORE TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/26/99 BEELocal storm report, Apr 26, 9:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
946 AM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
941 AM SKIDMORE TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/26/99 BEEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 9:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 12:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 44 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.