Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2001, 8:51 PM CDT for Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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 21, 2001, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2001, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jim Wells County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 9:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Ben Bolt, TX |
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, 1.9 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
- 3375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.4
- Supercell composite
- -2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
638 WUUS54 KCRP 220152 SVRCRP TXC249-220245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 851 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BEN BOLT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ALICE AROUND 920 PM CDT... 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ALICE AROUND 930 PM CDT... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE WARNING. $$ LAT...LON 2766 9824 2757 9810 2782 9794 2784 9809
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 21, 8:30 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 8:30 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 830 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2001 DISCUSSION...PROLIFIC LTG PRODUCING CELL PASSING OVER CRP ATTM WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WIND. CELLS TO THE NE ARE CONTINUING TO WEAKEN WITH THE STRONGEST EXTENDING FROM DUVAL TO CRP TO NEAR RKP ALONG THE FRONT. TEMP HAS DROPPED INTO THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 IN THE POST-FRONTAL AIRMASS. HAVE REMOVED SVR WATCH A3CROSS THE NRN CWA..AND WILL UPDATE PACKAGE TO REMOVE WATCH ACROSS THE SRN PORTION BEFORE 10PM. .CRP...SCA GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 3:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ231>234-241-243>247-220200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 340 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 9 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG... LIVE OAK...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO AND VICTORIA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...ARANSAS PASS... BEEVILLE...CHOKE CANYON...CORPUS CHRISTI...HOLIDAY BEACH... INGLESIDE...LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI...LONG MOTT...MATHIS...PLACEDO... PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...PORTLAND... PREMONT...ROBSTOWN... ROCKPORT...SEADRIFT...SINTON...SKIDMORE...VICTORIA AND WOODSBORO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE BAYS AND INLAND WATERWAYS...FROM PORT OCONNOR TO BAFFIN BAY...AS WELL AS THE NEAR SHORE WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES. 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. GW
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ231>234-240-243>247-220300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 500 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 9 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG... DUVAL...LIVE OAK...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO AND VICTORIA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...ARANSAS PASS... BEEVILLE...CHOKE CANYON...CORPUS CHRISTI...HOLIDAY BEACH... INGLESIDE...LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI...LONG MOTT...MATHIS...PLACEDO... PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...PORTLAND... PREMONT...ROBSTOWN... ROCKPORT...SEADRIFT...SINTON...FREER...SKIDMORE...VICTORIA AND WOODSBORO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE BAYS AND INLAND WATERWAYS...FROM PORT OCONNOR TO BAFFIN BAY...AS WELL AS THE NEAR SHORE WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES. 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. BL
Special weather statement, May 21, 6:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ231>234-220545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 648 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 9 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BEE...GOLIAD...LIVE OAK AND VICTORIA. CITIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH INCLUDE BEEVILLE...CHOKE CANYON...LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI...PLACEDO...SKIDMORE AND VICTORIA. A COLD wFRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA...CREATING A DRIER AND MORE STABLE ATMOSPHERE. AS A RESULT...SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTIES. GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 67 min |
| May 21, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 66 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.