Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2002, 10:01 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2002, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2002, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
229 WUUS54 KCRP 300301 SVRCRP TXC469-300345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1000 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 955 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MCFADDIN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF VICTORIA...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 4 MILES WEST OF VICTORIA AROUND 1020 PM CDT... 7 MILES EAST OF MISSION VALLEY AROUND 1025 PM CDT... 4 MILES EAST OF NURSERY AROUND 1030 PM CDT... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... STRONG WINDS 40 TO 60 MPH. 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 Jun 29, 9:15 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 9:15 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 915 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 2002 OVERALL FORECAST IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOWING CONVECTION ALONG TEXAS COAST WEAKENING SOME. THERE COULD BE A LULL IN THE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY BETWEEN 10 PM AND 2 AM...BUT EXPECT MORE CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND MOVE INLAND. SINCE POPS ARE LIKELY EVERYWHERE...WILL GENERALLY KEEP THE SAME FORECAST GOING FOR NOW. ONCE RADAR QUIETS SOME...MAY LOWER POPS JUST A BIT ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN CWFA. TEMPS/WINDS LOOK PRETTY GOOD...THUS NO UPDATE YET. TWO DAY RAINFALL TOTALS (STP MAP) SHOW WIDESPREAD +1.5 INCH AMOUNTS RIGHT ALONG THE COAST...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 5 INCHES. FURTHER WEST...AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE MUCH LESS. THUS...WILL NOT ISSUE FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME AS GROUND STILL CAN HOLD MORE MOISTURE...EXPECT A SLIGHT LULL IN THE ACTION AND OVERALL RAINFALL RATES HAVE NOT BEEN EXCESSIVE. MID SHIFT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR AND DECIDE. MARINE...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND SEAS WL BE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE WITH FLAGS FOR THE COASTAL WATERS. WL GO WITH SCEC CONDITIONS FOR THE BAYS. PERIODIC CONVECTION WL PRODUCE STRONGER WINDS. WL MENTION THIS IN THE NEXT UPDATE. OTHERWISE...WL CONTINUE TO MENTION SCTD TO NUMEROUS SHRAS/TSRAS AS THE MAIN UPR LOW SPINS ACROSS MEXICO WITH ONE VORT MAX ACROSS OUR CWFA AND ANOTHER ONE ACROSS THE LOWER TX COAST. .CRP...SCA GMZ250-255-270-275 86/GW...80/MB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 60 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.