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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2002, 8:06 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 40 days. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2002, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2002, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 days
- 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), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Kingsville, TX | Large trees and power lines down. |
| May 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Kingsville, TX | |
| May 17, 8:31 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 M | (Nqi)Nas Kingsville, TX | |
| May 17, 8:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 E | Ricardo, TX | Mobile home flipped over with trees and powerlines down. |
| May 29, 5:53 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Riviera, TX | |
| May 29, 6:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Premont, TX | |
| May 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Rios, 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.
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 3763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KCRP 262154 SVRCRP TXC025-262245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 454 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF SKIDMORE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING... SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY $$
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, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 645 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 EXPECT A VERY ACTIVE EVENING OVER SOUTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AS SEVERAL MCSS CONVERGE ON THE REGION. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE ONCE AGAIN WITH CAPES OF 3000 TO 4000 J/KG AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ARE CONVERGING...ONE FROM BEEVILLE AREA...A SECOND FROM HONDO AND A THIRD IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE RIO GRANDE LATER THIS EVENING COINCIDENT WITH HONDO SYSTEM COMING DOWN. THE MAIN CONCERN IS BECOMING HEAVY RAIN. STORM MOTIONS ARE VERY SLOW AND 88D ESTIMATES...ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY HAIL CONTAMINATED...ARE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO BUMP POPS UP AND INCLUDE MENTION OF HVY RAIN. WEVE GOT THE FULL CREW WORKING TONIGHT. MEDIA...IF YOU GET ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS PLEASE CALL US. THANKS .CRP...SCA GMZ230-235. 75/81/91/87/80/76
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 17, 5:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 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.
Local storm report, May 17, 6:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
600 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0550 PM 3 N BEEVILLE TX .75 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 BEE DIME HAIL AND 45 MPH
WIND GUSTS REPORTED
BY NWS SPOTTER.
LAMARRELocal storm report, May 17, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
656 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0655 PM THREE RIVERS TX .88 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 LIVE OAK
JMLocal storm report, May 17, 7:14 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
714 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0703 PM MATHIS TX .88 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 SAN PATRICIO
WCLocal storm report, May 17, 7:27 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
727 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0705 PM 5W ODEM TX .88 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 SAN PATRICIO NICKEL-SIZED HAIL
BETWEEN MATHIS AND
CORPUS CHRISTI ALONG
I-37...APPROXIMATELY
5W OF ODEM
WCLocal storm report, May 17, 8:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
806 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 PM EDROY TX .88 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 SAN PATRICIO
0740 PM ODEM TX .88 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 SAN PATRICIO
0750 PM 2 N CALALLEN TX .88 INCH HAIL
05/17/02 NUECES
0753 PM ALICE TX 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/17/02 JIM WELLS ALICE ASOS
JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 2 hr |
| May 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 91 min | |
| May 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 91 min | |
| May 17, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 89 min |
| May 17, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 3 hr |
| May 17, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 29 min | |
| May 18, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 57 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.