Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2001, 3:37 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
- Jun 7, 2001, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2001, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Calhoun County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Port O Conner, 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 2584 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 7, 2:44 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 2:44 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 244 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001 SHORT-TERM...12Z CRP SOUNDING SUGGESTED DOWNBURST POTENTIAL AND WITH CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES BEING ACHIEVED THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING THIS MAY BE REALIZED IN DEEPER CONVECTION WITH MACRO-MESOSCALE INTERACTIONS. AVN POSITION OF THE CLOSED 500HPA CYCLONE(REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALLISON) BEST AT 18Z. WILL FOLLOW THE AVN SOLUTION GIVEN ITS BETTER TRACK RECORD DURING THE TROPICAL SEASON. HEAVY RAIN CHECKLIST REVEALS MANY PARAMETERS ARE MODERATELY/STRONGLY FAVORABLE. INITIAL THINKING IS BASIN AVERAGE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST 4 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY. WE ARE BEING CONSERVATIVE WITH QPF ATTM UNTIL SITUATION EVOLVES BUT ARE QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT A DANGEROUS SITUATION MATERIALIZING. THE 500HPA CLOSED CYCLONE WILL INTERACT WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CWA WITH HIGH PWAT AIR AND WEAK TROPOSPHERIC WINDS. APPEARS THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE EASTERN CWA MOST VULNERABLE DUE TO POSITION OF SURFACE TROUGH. A SHARP POP/QPF GRADIENT WILL EXIST FROM WEST TO EAST. GENERALLY LIKELY/CATEGORICAL POPS NORTHEAST TO SLIGHT CHANCE FAR WEST. FWC/MAV TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE REASONABLE GIVEN CLOUD COVER/PRECIPITATION. LONG-TERM...AVN/MRF/NOGAPS AGREE THAT HIGH PWATS PERSIST THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE POPS DURING THIS PERIOD DUE TO LINGERING EFFECTS OF 500HPA CLOSED CIRCULATION SUNDAY THEN A MORE ACTIVE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY THERAFTER. STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL JET MAY SERVE AS AN INHIBITION BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE STRONG ENOUGH ATTM. MARINE...WETTER PATTERN IS SETTING UP ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THIS FCST PERIOD. THE REMNANTS OF TS ALLISON CONT TO DRIFT SLOWLY SW THIS AFTERNOON AND MODELS CONT TO INDICATE THIS TREND TO PREVAIL INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THIS WILL SPELL INCREASING CONVECTION MAINLY FRI NIGHT THRU SUN. WINDS WILL CONT TO BE ALL OVER THE COMPASS..WITH SPEEDS REMAINING LIGHT. NO HIGHLIGHTS FOR ADVISORIES ATTM. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: CRP ET 076/089 075/087 074 85246 VCT TT 075/086 073/085 072 85568 LRD EE 075/094 074/089 073 85122 .CRP...NONE. 85/BB 73/ML 71/DW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 58 min |
| Jun 7, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 62 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.