Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2001, 12:45 AM CDT for Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2001, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 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, 1:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Kingsville, TX | Large fence blown over with trees downed near county roads 2175 and 1035. |
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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 30 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, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 10:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 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
Local storm report, May 6, 7:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 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 46 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, 50 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 SPOTTERSpecial weather statement, May 7, 12:30 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
TXZ229>231-239>241-070600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1230 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL NOT EXTEND THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...DUVAL...JIM WELLS... LASALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN AND WEBB. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD AT 50 MPH ACROSS JIM WELL%S AND SOUTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTIES. DAMAGING WIND AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE THE THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. LAMARRE
The 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, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 59 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.