Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2003, 9:18 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
- Jun 2, 2003, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2003, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Webb County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 3099 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KCRP 030218 SVRCRP TXC479-030315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 917 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 908 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF LAREDO...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF ORVIL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL IN NORTHEAST LAREDO AROUND 925 PM CDT... LAREDO AROUND 930 PM CDT... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS... DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. LAT...LON 2794 9936 2784 9976 2729 9953 2729 9896 $$
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 Jun 2, 8:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 8:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 805 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 UPDATE SENT TO REMOVE WATCH FROM THE FORECAST. STORMS REDEVELOPED ALONG THE OUTFLOW FROM STORMS NEAR SAT. THE LINE OF STORMS SAGGING SOUTHWARD THROUGH VCT AREA AT THIS TIME...BUT STORMS HAVE REMAINED JUST BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE HAS SHIFTED INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND COLLISION WITH THE SEABREEZE FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS. STORMS HAVE FINALLY ERUPTED WEST OF COTULLA. WITH TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE 90S AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70...AIRMASS REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST OVER THE FAR WEST COUNTIES. CRP BB 077/093 077/090 077 20011 VCT BB 072/095 076/090 074 5-021 LRD BB 077/102 078/098 078 40011 89...TMT .CRP...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 8:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-031100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 815 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8PM... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ALTHOUGH THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE COASTAL BEND...THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE HOT AND HUMID ENVIRONMENT ACROSS LASALLE AND WEBB COUNTIES AS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE ANTICIPATED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OF THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND WESTERN COASTAL BEND. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED AREAWIDE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WIND...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS LASALLE AND WEBB COUNTIES THIS EVENING. JM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
TXZ233-234-246-247-030130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 727 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH VICTORIA AND GOLIAD COUNTIES... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH THROUGH VICTORIA AND GOLIAD COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM. AT 722 PM...THE LINE OF STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST OF EDNA TO NURSERY TO CHARCO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF SMALL MARBLES. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH RAIN AMOUNTS GENERALLY AROUND 1/2 INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH. TMT
Local storm report, Jun 2, 9:09 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
0909 PM CDT MON JUN 02 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0843 PM 15 W ENCINAL TX 1.00 IN HAIL
06/02/03 WEBB REPORTED BY CO-OP OBSERVER
JRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Webb | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 57 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.