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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 16, 2002Bee County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2002, 7:54 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bee County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2002-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1707 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 00:00Z on 2002-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KCRP 170054
SVRCRP
TXC025-170130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
754 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PAWNEE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  KENEDY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OPEN COUNTRY IN NORTHWESTERN BEE COUNTY AROUND 810 PM CDT...

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...

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


LAT...LON 2869 9800 2865 9808 2858 9805 2855 9802
          2851 9787 2871 9785

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak46 min
Apr 16, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.