Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2001, 12:01 AM CDT for Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2001, 12:01 AM CDT (05:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2001, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Jim Wells County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Alice, TX | Several large trees blown over with law enforcement signs downed. Damage to an officers home due to tree falling on roof. |
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 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
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 6, 10:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 10:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1030 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SUGGESTS AN UPPER JET ACROSS/APPROACHING THE CWA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE NGM/ETA INITIALIZES THIS JET TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE CWA AND PROGS IT TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF UPPER FORCING AND BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS MAY GENERATE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT. WL MAINTAIN POPS OVER THE CWA FOR OVERNIGHT. HWR...WL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ZFP AS THE STATUS OF THE TORNADO WATCH CHANGES. MARINE...ANTICIPATE DEVELOPMENT LATER TONIGHT OVER THE AREA IN RESPONSE TO THE UPPER JET. WL MAINTAIN THE SCEC OFFSHORE. .CRP...NONE. 87
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 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, 5 hours 36 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, 4 hours 53 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, 4 hours 2 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 PUBLICLocal storm report, May 6, 11:55 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1155 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 PM FREER TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01 DUVAL REPORTED BY LOCAL SPOTTERThe 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, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 60 min |
| 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, 12:45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.