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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 808

November 14, 20019 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Nov 14, 2001, 5:30 PM CST for 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2001, 5:30 PM CST (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2001, 10:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Brooks County, TX, Duval County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 5:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells58 min
Nov 14, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPKleberg60 min
Nov 14, 6:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, McMullen3 hr
Nov 14, 7:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen56 min
Nov 14, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg51 min
Nov 14, 7:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg3 hr
Nov 14, 8:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces42 min
Nov 14, 9:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen3 hr
Nov 14, 9:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak56 min

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2001-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1072 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 2001-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
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

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The text

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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.