Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 2001, 2:37 PM CST for McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2001, 2:37 PM CST (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2001, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County McMullen County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1072 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
456 WUUS54 KCRP 142037 SVRCRP TXC311-142100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 237 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 300 PM CST * AT 225 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CROSS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF TILDEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OPEN COUNTRY IN NORTHEASTERN MCMULLEN COUNTY AROUND 250 PM CST... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. LAT...LON 2865 9859 2847 9855 2849 9835 2867 9837
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 Nov 14, 2:30 PM CST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 2:30 PM CST, 7 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 230 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001 SHORT TERM...PIECES OF ENERGY FROM UPPER LOW OVER SW NM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTH TEXAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. LOW SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF SHIFTING NORTH ON FRIDAY AS GOOD SPOKE OF ENERGY ROTATES AROUND THE SYSTEM. WILL HAVE SCATTERED POPS THROUGH FRIDAY...HIGHEST IN THE WESTERN ZONES AND DURING THE DAY. RELATIVELY LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN LOW LEVEL FEATURES WITH BROAD SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN NORTHERN MEXICO AND A LARGE HIGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. MODERATE E/SE FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE. LONG TERM...ALTHOUGH UPPER LOW WILL LIFT FURTHER NORTH ON FRIDAY...PIECES OF ENERGY FROM THIS SYSTEM MAY STILL TRIGGER CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN ZONES WHERE RICH THTE AIR LINGERS. THEREFORE...WL MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WILL KEEP TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DRY FOR NOW...BUT MRF IS STILL HANGING ONTO SOME MOISTURE OUT WEST. MARINE...ONSHORE FLOW WL CONTINUE TO BRING LL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. EXPECT MAINLY ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE BAYS AND OFFSHORE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SUGGEST A SPEED MAX EJECTING NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OLD MEXICO. MAX WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR THE SCEC RANGE. WILL KEEP SEAS ABOUT THE SAME. CRP TE 067/077 064/074 063 72353 VCT TE 063/076 062/074 064 72353 LRD TE 064/079 064/076 063 72353= AP...72 SYN DW...71 MESO .CRP...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 14, 1:55 PM CST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
155 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0146 PM ALICE TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
11/14/01 JIM WELLS
0153 PM ALICE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
11/14/01 JIM WELLSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 1:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 53 min |
| Nov 14, 1:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | McMullen | 41 min |
| Nov 14, 2:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, San Patricio | 41 min |
| Nov 14, 3:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 115 min |
| Nov 14, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 56 min |
| Nov 14, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 44 min |
| Nov 14, 5:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 47 min |
| Nov 14, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 58 min |
| Nov 14, 5:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 3 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.