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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2002, 7:29 PM CDT for Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2002, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2002, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Live Oak County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1707 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KCRP 170029 SVRCRP TXC297-170115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 729 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NELL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF THREE RIVERS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LAT...LON 2879 9822 2861 9826 2859 9808 2875 9806
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 Apr 16, 5:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 5:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 523 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002 CURRENT DISCUSSION... FOR THIS EVENING/EARLY TONIGHT...MSTR CONVERGENCE/CAPE MAY CONTRIBUTE TO CONVECTION OVER MAINLY THE CNTRL CWFA. WILL ADD LOW POPS TO THE CNTRL/WESTERN CWFA. WILL ADD WIND GUSTS TO THE ERN CWFA. 87 PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... SYNOPTIC...THERMAL GRADIENT OVER THE SIERRA MADRE HAS ALLOWED THE WINDS TO GET A LITTLE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE RIDGE SETTING UP SHOP OVER THE GULF FOR WHAT LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT WEEK...WILL EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN CONDITIONS THRU THE FCST PERIOD. A PIECE OF ENERGY MOVING THRU THE SUBTROPICAL JET WILL BRING A CHANCE OF PRECIP TO THE WESTERN ZONES ON THURSDAY NIGHT...BELIEVE BEST CHANCES WILL BE NORTH OF CWA...WILL MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LRD AND COT. MARINE...LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN AS TIGHT LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO REDEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND WEST WHILE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED TO THE EAST. DUE TO THERMAL CONTRASTS...WINDS WILL BE STRONGER OVER THE BAYS DURING THE DAY AND OFFSHORE AT NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN AT SCEC/LOW END SCA CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH NO RAINFALL EXPECTED. DKJ.91 / CW.78 .CRP...SCA GMZ230-235. CRP NB 072/090 070/091 069 91000 VCT EB 070/087 068/088 067 91000 LRD BB 073/094 071/096 068 91000
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 40 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.