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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 23, 2002, 5:09 AM CDT for 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 69 days. 21 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 23, 2002, 5:09 AM CDT (10:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2002, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 69 days
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Duval County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2:19 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | (Crp)Corpus Christi, TX | One Confirmed fatality and many injuries. The Tornado was first indentified by the public approximately 8 miles south of the CCI airport. Most extensive damage reported across Del MAr College. |
| Oct 24, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | (Crp)Corpus Christi, TX | Trees down Roofs damaged |
| Dec 12, 5:05 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Kingsville, TX | Dime sized hail reported between U.S. 77 and Kingsville N.A.S. |
| Dec 12, 5:50 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | San Diego, TX | |
| Dec 12, 6:15 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Corpus Christi, TX | Dime sized hail reported between Navigation Blvd and McBride Ln. |
| Dec 12, 6:35 AM CST | Hail 0.88 | Corpus Christi, TX | |
| Dec 12, 6:50 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Skidmore, TX | |
| Dec 12, 7:10 AM CST | Hail 1.5 | Papalote, TX | |
| Dec 23, 6:40 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Fowlerton, TX | |
| Dec 23, 7:00 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Tilden, TX | |
| Dec 23, 7:33 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Three Rivers, TX | |
| Dec 23, 8:00 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Tuleta, TX | |
| Dec 23, 8:25 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Goliad, TX | Large tree reported down. |
| Dec 23, 8:39 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Schroeder, TX | Dime sized hail reported by spotter on County Road 622. |
| Dec 23, 8:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Nursery, TX | Large trees fell on several homes in Nursery. |
| Dec 23, 9:00 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Victoria, TX | |
| Dec 23, 9:10 PM CST | Hail 1 | Victoria, TX | |
| Dec 30, 3:20 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Tilden, TX | |
| Dec 30, 4:24 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Freer, TX | |
| Dec 30, 5:15 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Dinero, TX | |
| Dec 30, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Beeville, TX | Tornado reported by several witnesses over open field near FM 796 and Hwy 59. |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 2192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
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 Oct 23, 2:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 2:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 258 AM CDT WED OCT 23 2002 CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MOVING ACROSS AREA IS PRODUCING LOTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND PROBABLE WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST AS AIRMASS FAVORABLE FOR CONVECTIVE CONTINUATION. GENERALLY A WET PATTERN IN STORE AT LEAST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...AS UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH WEAK WAVES ACROSS AREA...WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEARBY AND NO CAP. WILL ISSUE FFA NOW AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND DEFINITELY MORE TO COME BEFORE THE WEEK IS OUT. WILL JUST GO WITH FFA THROUGH TODAY AS DEPENING ON HOW MUCH EFFECTS THIS MCS HAS ON TEMPORARILY STABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE AND THUS MAY BEE TOO QUIET THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WATCH. HOWEVER...WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED IF NOT FOR TONIGHT THEN AT LEAST SOME TIME THIS WEEK. HIGHEST MOISTURE VALUES PROGGED TO BE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH CONTINUED UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND PROXIMATE FRONTAL BOUNDAY...WHICH WILL LIKELY REMAIN NORTH. AVN NOW TRYING TO DRY THINGS OUT SOME BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NOT SURE IF THAT WILL OCCUR. MRF NOW DROPPING ANOTHER TROUGH DOWN ON TUESDAY BEFORE RIDGING BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY. WILL PROBABLY LET DAY SHIFT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. PRELIMS... CRP TT 083/071 082/071 081 65767 NGP 082/072 081/072 081 ALI TT 086/070 083/070 082 55667 VCT TT 078/066 078/067 077 65767 LRD ET 086/070 083/070 080 46577 RKP TT 081/071 081/071 081 65767 MARINE...EXPECT THE E-W BNDRY ACROSS SRN TX TO REMAIN QUASI- STATIONARY THROUGH FRI. THIS BNDRY WL COMBINE WITH A MOIST/UNSTABLE AND LOW BRN ENVIRONMENT TO GENERATE STG CONVECTION DRG THE PERIOD. EVEN STRONGER/MORE NUMEROUS CONVECTION EXPECTED SUNDAY OWING TO THE ADDITION OF STG UPPER DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH A DISTURBANCE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SWRN CONUS/PLAINS. EXPECT ONSHORE FLOW TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BY FRI NGT IN RESPONSE TO THE FOREGOING UPPER SYSTEM... WITH SCA CONDITIONS BY SAT OFFSHORE. .CRP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY TXZ229>234-239>247. 86/GW...87/WC
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 22, 7:04 AM CDT, 22 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-231100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 704 AM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DUE IN PART TO A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER THIS WEEK...YET IS EXPECTED TO STALL. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. WC
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 23, 4:11 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
411 AM CDT WED OCT 23 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 AM ALICE TX 73 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/23/02 JIM WELLS
GWLocal storm report, Oct 23, 4:30 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
430 AM CDT WED OCT 23 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0418 AM CORPUS CHRISTI TX 75 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/23/02 NUECES REPORTED BY ASOS
0415 AM KINGSVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/23/02 KLEBERG POWER LINES DOWN. ONE BIG
TREE DOWN. UNION
PACIFIC RAILROAD BAR BLOWN
OVER.
0410 AM DRISCOLL TX WIND DAMAGE
10/23/02 NUECES POWER LINES DOWN
0458 AM CORPUS CHRISTI TX 69 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/23/02 NUECES REPORTED AT THE NAVAL AIR
STATION
GWLocal storm report, Oct 23, 5:01 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
430 AM CDT WED OCT 23 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0418 AM CORPUS CHRISTI TX 75 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/23/02 NUECES REPORTED BY ASOS
0415 AM KINGSVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/23/02 KLEBERG POWER LINES DOWN. ONE BIG
TREE DOWN. UNION
PACIFIC RAILROAD BAR BLOWN
OVER.
0410 AM DRISCOLL TX WIND DAMAGE
10/23/02 NUECES POWER LINES DOWN
GWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak | 5 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, McMullen | 40 min |
| Oct 23, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 2 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 118 min |
| Oct 23, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 84 min |
| Oct 23, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 118 min |
| Oct 23, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 53 min | |
| Oct 23, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 31 hr |
| Oct 23, 5:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Oct 23, 5:13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.