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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 26, 2003Aransas County, Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 25, 11:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1379 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 9:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle69 min
Mar 25, 10:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb89 min
Mar 25, 10:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen72 min
Mar 25, 11:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, San Patricio62 min
Mar 25, 11:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak76 min
Mar 26, 12:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces60 min
Mar 26, 12:14 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Mar 26, 12:14 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Mar 26, 1:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces29 min
Mar 26, 2:30 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP90 min
Mar 26, 2:30 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP90 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.