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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2003, 2:26 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
- Sep 10, 2003, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2003, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bee County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 3421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 101926 SVRCRP TXC025-102030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 226 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SKIDMORE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 3 MILES EAST OF SKIDMORE AROUND 235 PM CDT... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 2817 9777 2814 9755 2838 9744 2852 9773 $$ TR
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 Sep 10, 10:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 10:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1030 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2003 MAIN ISSUE TODAY ARE WINDS AND POPS. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS DEEPENING PRESSURES OVER THE PLAINS AND THIS IS HELPING TO INCREASE THE WINDS OVER THE REGION. 12Z SOUNDING SHOWED A THERMODYNAMICALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...HOWEVER IT ALSO REVEALED WINDS OF 20-25 KNOTS IN THE FIRST 7K FT. STRONGER WINDS TYPICALLY INHIBIT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WHEN THERE IS A LACK OF DYNAMICAL FORCING. FOR THE UPDATE WILL INCREASE WINDS IN MOST LOCATIONS...AND ADD SCEC TO THE OFFSHORE WATERS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AS WINDS ARE ALREADY RUNNING AROUND 15 KTS. REGARDING POPS...AFTER CURRENT CONVECTION CLEARS THE NE CWA WILL LOWER POPS SLIGHTLY IN THIS AREA FOR THE AFTERNOON AS 40% SEEMS TOO HIGH. WILL LEAVE POPS AS IS IN THE REMAINING LOCATIONS FOR STREAMING SHRA AND ISOLATED TSRA CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .CRP...NONE. TR/92
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-111100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 559 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY OF THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA AREA...WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...MOST LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN DRY OR RECEIVE 1/10 INCH OR LESS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH SOUTH TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT WATERS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE BEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS WILL OCCUR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVERAL INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO SOUTH TEXAS ON FRIDAY AND MOVE INTO THE WATERS ON SATURDAY BEFORE WEAKENING. ANOTHER STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS SECOND FRONT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED AS A RESULT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GW/JR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 35 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.