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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 15, 2001Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 2001, 8:59 PM CST for Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2001, 8:59 PM CST (02:59 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2001, 9:50 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Goliad County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 15, 9:55 PM CSTHail 0.88Victoria, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 15, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 00:00Z on 2001-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2644 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2001-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2644 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
15.4

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The text

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

194 
WUUS54 KCRP 160300
SVRCRP
TXC175-469-160350-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
859 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS
  NORTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 950 PM CST

* AT 854 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF SCHROEDER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES   
  NORTHEAST OF GOLIAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR 
NO ADVANCE WARNING.

LAT...LON 2879 9741 2861 9726 2885 9683 2907 9702

$$

GW

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 15, 5:25 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 5:25 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
525 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

NEW TORNADO WATCH COMING OUT WILL INCLUDE ALL BUT WEBB COUNTY...IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11PM.  STRONG VERT SHEAR CONTINUES.  GOT A LONG LIVED
TORNADIC SUPERCELL THAT HAS TRACKED FROM LIVE OAK COUNTY TO THE
GOLIAD COUNTY LINE. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE WARM
SECTOR ACROSS DUVAL COUNTY MAY QUICKLY GO SEVERE.  ZONE UPDATES
COMING SOON

75

.CRP...FFA AND TORNADO WATCH TXZ229>234-240>247.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 15, 6:50 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
650 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0645 PM    MINERAL                   TX   FLOODING
11/15/01   BEE                            ALL ROADS CLOSED WITH
                                          HIGH WATER RESCUE
                                          OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS
                                          BY VOLUNTEER FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT.

LAMARRE
Local storm report, Nov 15, 7:13 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
713 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0705 PM    5 SE CHARCO               TX   .75 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   GOLIAD                         SHERIFF REPORT.
Local storm report, Nov 15, 8:04 PM CST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
804 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0625 PM    PETTUS                    TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   BEE                            SHERIFF REPORT.

BML
Local storm report, Nov 15, 8:14 PM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
815PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0800 PM    GOLIAD                    TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   GOLIAD                         SHERIFF REPORT.

0810 PM    GOLIAD                    TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   5 S GOLIAD                     SHERIFF REPORT.

0810 PM    GOLIAD                    TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   5 S GOLIAD                     SHERIFF REPORT OF
                                          TORNADO ON THE GROUND
                                          ALONG THE WEST SIDE
                                          OF HIGHWAY 183.

LAMARRE
Local storm report, Nov 15, 8:15 PM CST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
815 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0800 PM    GOLIAD                    TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   GOLIAD                         SHERIFF REPORT.

0810 PM    GOLIAD                    TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   5 S GOLIAD                     SHERIFF REPORT.

0810 PM    GOLIAD                    TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   5 S GOLIAD                     SHERIFF REPORT OF
                                          TORNADO ON THE GROUND
                                          ALONG THE WEST SIDE
                                          OF HIGHWAY 183.

LAMARRE
Local storm report, Nov 15, 8:40 PM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
840 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0833 PM    GOLIAD                    TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   3 E FANNIN                     SHERIFF REPORT.

LAMARRE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 6:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee48 min
Nov 15, 6:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee3 hr
Nov 15, 6:33 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPGoliad42 min
Nov 15, 7:15 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPGoliad45 min
Nov 15, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells52 min
Nov 15, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad46 min
Nov 15, 8:11 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPGoliad49 min
Nov 15, 8:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad3 hr
Nov 15, 8:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells23 min
Nov 15, 9:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee4 hr
Nov 15, 9:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPVictoria58 min
Nov 15, 10:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak3 hr
Nov 15, 11:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad106 min
Nov 15, 11:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio67 min
Nov 16, 12:52 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Refugio, San Patricio3 hr
Nov 16, 1:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval55 min
Nov 16, 1:08 AM CSTTornado WarningCRPDuval37 min
Nov 16, 2:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Live Oak3 hr
Nov 16, 3:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun3 hr
Nov 16, 3:52 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells3 hr
Nov 16, 4:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, San Patricio3 hr
Nov 16, 5:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces3 hr
Nov 16, 6:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Webb3 hr
Nov 16, 6:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells3 hr
Nov 16, 6:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPSan Patricio3 hr
Nov 16, 8:19 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP116 min
Nov 16, 8:19 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP116 min
Nov 16, 8:57 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg2 hr
Nov 16, 9:45 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Nov 16, 9:45 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Nov 16, 1:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio88 min
Nov 16, 1:18 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP57 min
Nov 16, 1:18 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP57 min
Nov 16, 2:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg92 min
Nov 16, 2:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio75 min
Nov 16, 3:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio2 hr
Nov 16, 4:12 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP108 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.