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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2003, 4:03 PM CDT for Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 28, 2003, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jim Wells County, TX
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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2905 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KCRP 282103 SVRCRP TXC249-282145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 401 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 349 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY BETWEEN BEN BOLT AND PREMONT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OPEN COUNTRY IN CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM CDT... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... LAT...LON 2741 9807 2758 9808 2766 9822 2745 9822 $$ MJG
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 Jul 28, 2:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 220 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003 SHORT-TERM(TONIGHT THRU TUE NIGHT)...WEAKNESS ALOFT ACROSS S TX IN BETWEEN TWO RIDGES...ONE OVR N TX/SW U.S. AND ONE OVR MEX...WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUE PROVIDING DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT AND A SERIES OF S/WVS. PWATS WILL REMAIN NEAR 2 INCHES WITH UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND NO CAP. THUS WL GO SCT SHRA/TSRA FOR TUE FOR E CWA WHERE BEST SFC AND UPPER LEV SUPPORT WILL BE...SLGT CHC W. A FAIRLY WEAK ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALSO CONT THRU TUE...WHICH MEANS THE POTENTIAL FOR FC DVLPMNT ONCE AGAIN. TEMPS WILL BE A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER THAN CLIMO WITH MC CONDITIONS EXPECTED. LONG TERM (WED THROUGH MON)...WEAK VORTICITY ALOFT ALONG WITH PWS NEAR 2 INCHES WL KEEP SCTD POPS FOR PORTIONS OF THE CWFA IN FOR WED. A WEAK MID/UPR TROUGH AXIS WL THEN SLIDE SOUTH OF THE CWFA BY THU. SOME WEAK RIDGING ALOFT WL BUILD INTO THE AREA AND ALLOW FOR SOME DRYING TO TAKE HOLD. THUS...WL DROPS POPS BACK TO THE SLIGHT CHC CATEGORY BY THU. ANOTHER WEAK TROUGH AXIS WL SWING THROUGH BY SAT AND WL DIMINISH MOISTURE EVEN MORE. THE LATEST GFS WAS INDICATING PWS DROPPING TO 1.5 TO 1.8 INCHES BY SAT. EXPECT ONLY ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS MAINLY THE NERN ZONES AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS BY THEN. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THIS FCST IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SOUTH TX WL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE FROM A RDG ALOFT CENTERED TO OUR NORTHWEST. WL BUMP UP TEMPS BY THE WEEKEND GIVEN THE DECREASE IN MOISTURE AND INCREASE IN SLY FLOW. PRELIMS... CRP EE 078/093 076/092/076 13222 VCT EE 074/094 075/093/075 13332 LRD EE 077/099 079/097/079 22122 .CRP...NONE. 81/TE (SHORT-TERM) 80/MB (LONG-TERM)
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:00 AM CDT, 12 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-291100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 400 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH TEXAS TODAY IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS DUE TO A LIGHT WIND REGIME. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BECOME ISOLATED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH A SEMI TROPICAL AIRMASS TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY. UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER SOUTH TEXAS BY THE WEEKEND...LIMITING THE CHANCES FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BB/GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 50 min | |
| Jul 28, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 38 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.