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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2003, 12:35 AM CST for Aransas County, Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2003, 12:35 AM CST (06:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2003, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Aransas County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 1379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KCRP 260635
SVRCRP
TXC007-391-409-260730-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1234 AM CST WED MAR 26 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ARANSAS COUNTY IN TEXAS
SOUTHERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 130 AM CST
* AT 1234 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF TAFT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST
OF SINTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
9 MILES NORTH OF GREGORY AROUND 1240 AM CST...
OVER BAYSIDE AROUND 1245 AM CST...
OVER ROCKPORT AROUND 100 AM CST...
5 MILES SOUTH OF HOLIDAY BEACH AROUND 105 AM CST...
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...
WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2798 9771 2783 9715 2822 9685 2837 9706
2841 9734 2808 9754
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 9:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 69 min |
| Mar 25, 10:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 89 min |
| Mar 25, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 72 min |
| Mar 25, 11:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, San Patricio | 62 min |
| Mar 25, 11:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 76 min |
| Mar 26, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 60 min |
| Mar 26, 12:14 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 12:14 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 1:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 2:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 90 min | |
| Mar 26, 2:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 90 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.