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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 24, 2001Duval County, Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2001, 6:28 PM CDT for Duval County, Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 24, 2001, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2001, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Duval County, TX, Webb County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2083 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -108 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2083 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KCRP 242330
SVRCRP
TXC131-479-250030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
628 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS
  SOUTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF BRUNI...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH
  OF HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRUNI AROUND 645 PM CDT...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIRANDO CITY...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OILTON
  AROUND 700 PM CDT...

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
  WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.


LAT...LON k2736 9860 2757 9870 2750 9908 2727 9900

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 24, 6:16 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:16 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
616 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2001

WILL ADD POPS TO WEBB/LASALLE COUNTIES...AMONG OTHER ADJUSTMENTS...
OWING TO RECENT/E3XPECTED CONVECTIVE TRENDS.

.CRP...NONE.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells35 min
Jun 24, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen58 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.