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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2000, 2:02 PM CST for Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 3 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2000, 2:02 PM CST (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2000, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Corpus Christi, TX | Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines on FM 70, 2 miles west of SR 286. |
| Mar 14, 2:14 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 68 M | Corpus Christi Nas, TX | A squall line developed into a bow echo as it passed over the eastern portions of Corpus Christi. The 68 knot wind gust, recorded by the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Weather Observer, was the highest measured gust for this event. |
| Mar 14, 2:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Corpus Christi, TX | Roof damage to drive-in restaurant. |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 514 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
358 WUUS54 KCRP 142003 SVRCRP TXC273-355-142045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 202 PM CST TUE MAR 14 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS KLEBERG COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 245 PM CST * AT 157 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF CHAPMAN RANCH TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICARDO TO 19 MILES SOUTH OF RICARDO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGSVILLE TO 19 MILES EAST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR RICARDO AROUND 155 PM CST... NEAR CHAPMAN RANCH AROUND 230 PM CST... NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI AROUND 240 PM CST... NEAR NATIONAL SEASHORE AROUND 245 PM CST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING... HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE CORPUS CHRISTI. LAT...LON 2783 9755 2730 9796 2732 9735 2773 9717
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 Mar 14, 2:00 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 2:00 PM CST, 2 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 200 PM CST TUE MAR 14 2000 WILL KEEP SHORT...BUSY WITH HEAVY RAIN. FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ENTIRE CWFA DUE TO CONTINUED VERY HEAVY RAIN ESPECIALLY IN COASTAL COUNTIES. AMOUNTS OVER 10 INCHES ARE STARTING TO BECOME COMMON PLACE OVER EASTERN CWFA. WILL CONTINUE WITH CATEGORICAL POPS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH ALONG WITH FAVORABLE DIVERGENCE FIELDS FROM UPPER LEVEL JET WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING. SHOULD BE BREAK IN PRECIPIATION STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TSRA/SHRA WILL AGAIN BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY FOR COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH LATE IN DAY. EXTENDED...WITH SOILS NOW MOIST...AND MRF HINTING AT FAIRLY ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...MAY BE TOUGH TO GET RID OF CLOUDS. HOWEVER...EXPECT SOME DRYING BEHIND FRONT BEFORE THINGS CLOUD OVER AGAIN. TEMPS SHOULD CONTINUE BELOW NORMAL. MARINE...SCEC CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN MARINE FCST. WILL CARRY WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER DURING TSRA AND MAY NEED GUSTS TO GALE FORCE. CRP TE 060/073 063/075 055 ++3 VCT TE 059/071 062/074 049 ++3 LRD TE 059/073 061/078 052 ++3 .CRP...FFA ALL ZONES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING (151800). 78/93
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 14, 1:50 PM CST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
150 PM CST TUE MAR 14 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 PM BAYSIDE TX FLOOD
03/14/00 REFUGIO 8 INCHES OF RAIN.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0100 PM 16 N THREE RIVERS TX FLOOD
03/14/00 LIVE OAK 5 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0120 PM ALICE TX FLOOD
03/14/00 JIM WELLS SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0120 PM SINTON TX FLOOD
03/14/00 SAN PATRICIO SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0123 PM ARANSAS PASS TX 70 MPH TSTM GUST
03/14/00 SAN PATRICIO TRAILER HOMES DAMAGED.
POSSIBLE TORNADO.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0135 PM 5 NW ROCKPORT TX FLOOD
03/14/00 ARANSAS 4 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 12:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 66 min |
| Mar 14, 12:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 1:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, San Patricio | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 27 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.