Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT for La Salle County, McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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 6, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2001, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties La Salle County, TX, McMullen County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 2134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KCRP 070215 SVRCRP TXC283-311-070315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 915 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LA SALLE COUNTY IN TEXAS MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FOWLERTON...OR ABOUT 21 MILES EAST OF COTULLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING... VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO--GROUND LIGHTNING... REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI. $$ COYNE
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 6, 8:35 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 8:35 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 835 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS OVER THE AREA HAVE INCREASED SLIGHTLY... RESULTING IN I:NCREASED SPEEDS OVER THE WATERS. 0Z CRP SOUNDING SUGGESTS MINIMAL DE-COUPLING AT THIS TIME. WL UPDATE THE CWF TO INCLUDE SCEC CONDITIONS FOR THE OFFSHORE FOR TONIGHT. .CRP...NONE. 87
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239-247-070400- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 401 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 ...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT MAINLY OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND NORTHERN COASTAL BEND... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNSET. ADDITIONALLY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS LATER THIS EVENING. IF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINTAIN THEMSELVES...THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SINCE THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND AN UNFAVORABLE WIND FIELD...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIMITED. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED STORM COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...PRODUCING WINDS NEAR 55 MPH AND HAIL AROUND THE SIZE OF DIMES. FURTHER EAST OVER THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AGAIN...WITH THE LACK OF DAYTIME HEATING SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED STORM COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. ALSO...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LOW...AS THE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AND NOT REMAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND...RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ229>231-239>241-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 620 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF DUVAL...JIM WELLS...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN AND WEBB. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...CHOKE CANYON... COTULLA...LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY...OILTON... PREMONT...SAN DIEGO AND TILDEN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF A DIME OR LARGER...STRONG WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND EVEN TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP COLLINS
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ229>231-239>241-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 625 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF DUVAL...JIM WELLS...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN AND WEBB. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...CHOKE CANYON...COTULLA... LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY...OILTON...PREMONT...SAN DIEGO AND TILDEN. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO OCCUR IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF TORNADOES DO IN FACT DEVELOP OR ARE SPOTTED...THEN A TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO QUICKLY ACT IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP COLLINS
Local storm report, May 6, 7:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
708 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM 7 N ENCINAL TX 2.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 LA_SALLE REPORTED BY BROADCAST MEDIALocal storm report, May 6, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
759 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0758 PM 20 N COTULLA TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 LASALLE REPORTED BY GENERAL PUBLICThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Webb | 40 min |
| May 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 60 min |
| May 6, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 65 min |
| May 6, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle | 3 hr |
| May 6, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 25 min |
| May 6, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 33 min |
| May 7, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 59 min |
| May 7, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 60 min |
| May 7, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.