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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 26, 1999Kleberg County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1999, 10:15 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1999, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1999, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kleberg County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1999-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1680 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1999-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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 May 26, 5:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 5:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
540 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999

BASED ON LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS...HAVE UPPED POPS IN THE
WESTERN ZONES TO LIKELY.  NO OTHER CHANGES TO REMAINDER OF ZONES AT
THIS TIME...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR UP POPS FURTHER EAST LATER
IF DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES.

.CRP...NONE.

86/GW

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 6:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-270900-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
602 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND
   TONIGHT OVER THE CROSSROADS AREA...THE COASTAL BEND...AND THE
   RIO GRANDE PLAINS...

THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF VICTORIA...GOLIAD...BEE...CALHOUN
ARANSAS...REFUGIO...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...KLEBERG...JIM WELLS
LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...DUVAL...LASALLE...AND WEBB.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING OVER
THE HILL COUNTRY OF TEXAS...AS WELL AS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO.
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND
WESTERN COASTAL BEND EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
LATER TONIGHT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE COASTAL BEND AND CROSSROADS
AREA.

STORMS WHICH MOVE INTO THE RISK AREA MAY BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. RESIDENTS...INCLUDING
MARINERS...SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION. STORM
SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY
ADVERSE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CORPUS
CHRISTI.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR LOCAL AND
CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

GW
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
GMZ230-250-270-TXZ229>231-239>243-270300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
709 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT. THE WATCH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES  DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LASALLE
LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-NUECES AND WEBB.

THE COMMUNITIES OF FREER-ALICE-KINGSVILLE-COTULLA-THREE RIVERS
TILDEN-CORPUS CHRISTI AND LAREDO ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA.

THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CORPUS CHRISTI BAY
TO BAFFIN BAY..INCLUDING THE OFFSHORE WATERS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  IT DOES
NOT MEAN THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BECOME SEVERE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.

RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...KEEP INFORMED AND BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.  STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  MARINERS IN AND NEAR THE
WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND SEEK HARBOR IF
THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING ISSUED.

GW
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
GMZ230-250-270-TXZ229>231-239>243-270300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT-WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
709 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM (TORNADO) WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL (TIME).
THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES VICTORIA-ARANSAS-BEE-
CALHOUN-DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LASALLE-LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-
NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-WEBB.

THE COMMUNITIES OF VICTORIA-ROCKPORT-BEEVILLE-PORT LAVACA-FREER-
GOLIAD-ALICE-KINGSVILLE-COTULLA-THREE RIVERS-TILDEN-CORPUS CHRISTI-
REFUGIO-SINTON-LAREDO ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA.

THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE COASTAL WATERS FROM (BAFFIN BAY) TO
(MATAGORADA BAY).

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM (TORNADO) WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS (INCLUDING TORNADOES) TO OCCUR
IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT SEVERE WEATHER
IS IMMINETNT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...KEEP INFORMED AND BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.  STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION INLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
GMZ230-250-270-TXZ229>231-239>243-270300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
709 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT. THE WATCH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES  DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LASALLE
LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-NUECES AND WEBB.

THE COMMUNITIES OF FREER-ALICE-KINGSVILLE-COTULLA-THREE RIVERS
TILDEN-CORPUS CHRISTI AND LAREDO ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA.

THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CORPUS CHRISTI BAY
TO BAFFIN BAY..INCLUDING THE OFFSHORE WATERS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  IT DOES
NOT MEAN THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BECOME SEVERE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.

RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...KEEP INFORMED AND BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.  STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  MARINERS IN AND NEAR THE
WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND SEEK HARBOR IF
THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING ISSUED.

GW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle53 min
May 26, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb59 min
May 26, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval56 min
May 26, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval30 min
May 26, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval61 min
May 26, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg55 min

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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.