Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Jul 15, 2002, 1:04 AM CDT (06:04 UTC)

Expired

Aug 4, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

21 days

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Nueces County, TX

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.

840 
WUUS54 KCRP 042139
SVRCRP
TXC249-355-042245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
438 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS
  NORTHWESTERN NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ALICE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF 
  ALICE...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.     

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR...

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 14, 9:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
945 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2002

DISCUSSION...SHORTWAVE TROF APPROACHING THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SOUTH
OF DEL TRIO EARLY TONIGHT CONTINUES TO ENHANCE THE DIFFLUENT AND
DIVERGENT WIND FIELDS ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA WHERE MULTICELLULAR
CONVECTION CONTINUES.  EARLIER/FASTER PROGRESSION OF THE SEABREEZE
THIS AFTERNOON AS COMPARED TO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON INHIBITED
WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS THE EASTERN FORECAST BY THE TIME AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHED SOUTH/SOUTHWESTWARD LATE THIS AFTN/EARLY
THIS EVENING.  CONVECTION ACROSS THE CWA REMAINS ALIGNED ALONG A
LINE FROM LAREDO TO JUST NORTH OF THREE RIVERS.  EXPECT CONVECTION
ACROSS THE NWRN CWA TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH
CONVECTION ACROSS THE SWRN CWA TO BE LESS ORGANIZED.  FLOODING WILL
REMAIN THE PRIMARY CONCERN DURING THE SHORT-TERM.  OTHERWISE..FLASH
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA THROUGH
MONDAY..WITH THE POTENTIAL OF CONTINUING THROUGH THE MUCH OF
TUE..ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WRN CWA.  TIME CROSS-SECTIONS SHOW A VERY
DEEP LAYER OF MOISTURE THROUGH THE VERTICAL..WITH A SLUG OF HIGH
PWATS ADVECTING NORTHWARD THROUGH MONDAY..COINCIDENT WITH GREATEST
OMEGA VALUES MON AFTN/MON NIGHT.  WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
ZONES..MAINLY TO LOWER POPS ACROSS THE EAST.

MARINE...OVERALL FCST LOOKS GOOD. CONVECTION ONSHORE WILL KEEP WINDS
IN SCEC RANGE OFFSHORE ALL NIGHT. WILL UPDATE FCST TO LESSEN THE
LOWERING TREND OF THE WINDS FOR TONIGHT.

BML.76 / TR.92

.CRP...FFA TXZ229>234-239>247 .

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.