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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2002, 5:53 PM CDT for Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2002, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1839 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KCRP 180009 SVRCRP TXC355-409-180130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 707 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS SOUTHERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EDROY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF ROBSTOWN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OVER ROBSTOWN...8 MILES WEST OF TULOSO AROUND 740 PM CDT... CORPUS CHRISTI AROUND 750 PM CDT... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. PLEASE TAKE COVER NOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH TEXAS. LAT...LON 2805 9732 2792 9794 2762 9786 2762 9735
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 May 17, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 305 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 THE COLD FRONT OVER NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OVERNIGHT...AND MOVE OFFSHORE BY MID MORNING SATURDAY. AIRMASS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA STABILIZED AFTER THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION...AND RECOVERY HAS BEEN SLOW...ONLY A FEW PUFFY CU OUTSIDE. EXPECT AIRMASS TO DESTABILIZE AS WE GO THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH SHOULD ENTER THE NORTHERN ZONES AROUND MIDNIGHT. PWATS SHOULD AVERAGE 1.5 TO 1.75 IN WITH CAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AROUND 06Z AND MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY 12Z. THE FRONT WILL BE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MID MORNING SATURDAY (LAGGING 3 TO 6 HOURS). AFTER THIS...THE CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL DWINDLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH SOME CLOUDS LINGERING UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT FAIR CONDITIONS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES. EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WEST ON TUESDAY...WILL KEEP THE EXTENDED DRY. CROSS SECTIONS SHOW A RETURN TO MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE PERIOD. MARINE...EXPECT THE FRONT...CURRENTLY OVER NRN TX...TO MOVE SWD OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE WATERS EARLY SAT. CAPE-CIN PATTERN WL SUPPORT CONVECTION ALONG/NEAR THE FRONT OVER THE WATERS BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT. SCA CONDITIONS/DECREASING PCPN CHANGES EXPECTED AFTER FROPA. EXPECT SFC WIND SPEEDS TO DECREASE/VEER SUNDAY...AS THE ANTICYCLONE MOVES SLOWLY INTO THE SERN CONUS. SGFNT MSTR INCREASE ANTICIPATED BY WED...HWR NOT YET CONFIDENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PCPN. PRELIMS... CRP EB 068/080 062/081 064 42- VCT EB 063/077 057/079 058 52- LRD EB 065/081 062/084 065 320 .CRP...SCA GMZ230-235. 78/87
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-181200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 400 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS WELL AS SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER CONVECTION WILL SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS. AS WE GO THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND LATE NIGHT HOURS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STRONG STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND HAIL. SOME CITIES TO BE AFFECTED ARE LAREDO...COTULLA...VICTORIA...CORPUS CHRISTI...KINGSVILLE AND SINTON. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA BY MID MORNING SATURDAY. AFTER A FEW MORNING SHOWERS...MOST OF THE RAINFALL WILL END. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTH WITH SPEEDS INCREASING BY THE AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS FROM THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS TO THE VICTORIA CROSS ROADS TO THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS AND ADVISORIES THROUGH THE EVENING AS THIS SITUATION DEVELOPS. 78
Local storm report, May 17, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
407 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0357 PM VICTORIA TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 VICTORIA REPORTED BY AIRPORT
MANAGER AT VICTORIA
REGIONAL AIRPORT
0400 PM 4 SW INEZ TX .75 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 VICTORIA
JMLocal storm report, May 17, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
439 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0420 PM 5 N BLOOMINGTON TX .88 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 VICTORIA DIME TO NICKLE SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER ON HIGHWAY
185 BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON
AND VICTORIA
JMSpecial weather statement, May 17, 5:27 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
TXZ229>232-239>244-180300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 527 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS UNTIL 10 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND AND MOST OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...LASALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE...SAN PATRICIO... NUECES...KLEBERG...JIM WELLS...DUVAL AND WEBB. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE COTULLA...TILDEN...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE...LAREDO...FREER...ALICE...CORPUS CHRISTI... SINTON AND KINGSVILLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...STRONG WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 53 min |
| May 17, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 48 min |
| May 17, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 49 min |
| May 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 41 min |
| May 17, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 67 min |
| May 17, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Live Oak, Refugio and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 17, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 119 min | |
| May 17, 5:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 2 hr |
| May 17, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen | 2 hr |
| May 17, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 2 hr |
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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.