Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2002, 7:24 PM CDT for Duval County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 19, 2002, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Duval County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Concepcion, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 3776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
103
WUUS54 KCRP 200024
SVRCRP
TXC131-200100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
724 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF CONCEPCION...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
SOUTH OF BENAVIDES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR...
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
LAT...LON 2727 9837 2738 9851 2752 9840 2738 9824
2727 9824What 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 Sep 19, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 300 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002 THE UPPER TROUGH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY 18Z FRIDAY. THIS WILL PUSH THE COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...SOUTH OVERNIGHT AND OFF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST FRIDAY MORNING. SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THIS RUN. THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FOR OUR AREA WILL BE BETWEEN 03Z-09Z. DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE ANY ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT...AS BEST UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF MAX AFTERNOON HEATING. PWATS ARE STILL ABOVE 2 IN...BUT THE STORMS ARE MOVING AT A DECENT PACE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RECENT FLOODING IN OUR AREA...WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE ZONES OVERNIGHT. BEYOND TONIGHT...COOLER AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN. WILL KEEP SOME CLOUDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW...WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. PREFER THE AVN TEMPS TO THE ETA...ETA TEMPS TOO WARM ON DAY 2. EXTENDED FORECAST...A SECONDARY COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO ENTER THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND WE MAY SEE A FEW CLOUDS OUT WEST. THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED WILL BE DRY...BASED ON THE PROGGED TRACK OF ISIDORE. CURRENT TRACK BRINGS ISIDORE INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. BEYOND THIS...THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINITY. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SITUATION VERY CLOSELY. CRP BU 073/087 065/087 066 4300 VCT BU 070/087 062/086 060 4200 LRD BU 074/088 067/088 066 3-00 MARINE...FAIRLY QUIET OVER CRP MARINE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS MOST OF CONVECTION IS BEYOND 60 NM. WILL FORECAST PREFRONTAL TROUGH/FRONT THROUGH MARINE WATERS JUST AFTER 1200 UTC WITH LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AHEAD OF FRONT. WILL CONTINUE SCEC TONIGHT WITH WINDS LIKELY IN THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER FROPA. EXPECT MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...AND THEN STRENGTHEN AS ISIDORE MOVES INTO THE GULF. PROJECTED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE HIGH NEXT WEEK SO IF ISIDORE PROVIDES ANY SORT OF ONSHORE WIND COMPONENT...WE MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME COASTAL FLOODING. .CRP...NONE 78/72
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 19, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ230>234-240>247-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 400 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST FRIDAY MORNING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT MAINLY ACROSS THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS AND COASTAL BEND AREAS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST THIS AFTERNOON...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. ISOLATED TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... BUT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD REMAIN AT LESS THAN 1 INCH. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CREATE SOME BRIEF LOCALIZE FLOODING. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 19, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ230>234-240>247-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 400 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST FRIDAY MORNING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT MAINLY ACROSS THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS AND COASTAL BEND AREAS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST THIS AFTERNOON...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. ISOLATED TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... BUT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD REMAIN AT LESS THAN 1 INCH. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CREATE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 7:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 55 min | |
| Sep 19, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 61 min | |
| Sep 19, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Refugio | 25 min |
| Sep 19, 10:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 33 days |
| Sep 19, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 60 min | |
| Sep 19, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Sep 19, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 61 min |
| Sep 19, 11:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 113 min |
| Sep 20, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.