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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2000, 10:27 AM CST for Bee County, Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- Mar 18, 2000, 10:27 AM CST (16:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2000, 11:30 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Bee County, TX, Goliad County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 402 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
281 WUUS54 KCRP 181628 SVRCRP TXC025-175-181730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1027 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS SOUTHERN GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 1130 AM CST * AT 1027 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SKIDMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEEVILLE AROUND 1030 AM CST... 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERCLAIR AROUND 1105 AM CST... 12 MILES SOUTH OF GOLIAD AROUND 1125 AM CST... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... 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 2830 9792 2812 9764 2855 9720 2872 9742
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 18, 9:54 AM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 9:54 AM CST, 33 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 954 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2000 STORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND THIS MORNING. THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO A 100KT+ JET STREAK MOVING THROUGH NRN MEXICO. SOUTH TX REMAINS IN THE FAVORABLE LFQ RIGHT NOW. SOME STORMS ARE PRODUCING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND SO SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR TODAY. WL NOT ISSUE ANY FFA GIVEN THAT ANY FLOODING WHICH DOES OCCUR SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED. SFC QUASI-STATIONARY FNT/TROUGH HAS PUSHED INTO PADRE ISLAND WITH ELY WINDS BEING REPORTED AT PORT ARANSAS AT 14Z AND A NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN DEWPOINTS INTO THE MID 60S. DESPITE THE LACK OF MARINE DATA...THERE APPEARS TO BE A WEAK SFC LOW JUST OFFSHORE FROM PORT ARANSAS. THE CURRENT THINKING IS THAT GRADUALLY THE BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS WL GRADUALLY SHIFT NEWD TODAY INTO THE VCT AREA. WL BUMP UP POPS FOR THIS AREA. WL LEAVE IN CHC POPS FOR THE COASTAL BEND AND SLIGHT CHC OUT WEST. BLV CAPPING OUT WEST AND INTRUSION OF DRIER AIR WL PRECLUDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF ANY DEVELOPMENT. TEMPS WL BE TRICKY GIVEN THE ABUNDANT CLOUD CVR AND THE PERSISTENT NLY WINDS. IF THE VERY SHALLOW COOL LAYER DOES NOT BREAK...THEN WE WL BE DEALING WITH TEMPS COOLER THAN FCST. RIGHT NOW...I EXPECT THE AIRMASS TO EVENTUALLY MIX AS THERE SHOULD BE BREAKS IN THE CLOUD CVR TODAY. MB .CRP...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 18, 10:19 AM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1019 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1019 AM ROCKPORT TX .88 INCH HAIL
03/18/00 ARANSAS REPORTED BY SPOTTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 10:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 11:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Refugio | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 12:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio | 3 hr |
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.