Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2004, 4:43 PM CDT for Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 4, 2004, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2004, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 1090 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
693
WUUS54 KCRP 042143
SVRCRP
TXC249-042245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
443 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEN BOLT...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF
ALICE. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY..BUT WAS SHOWING A
NORTHEAST DRIFT.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
OVER BEN BOLT THROUGH 530 PM CDT...
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR...
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTH TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2764 9825 2782 9804 2774 9795 2764 9795
2764 9807 2752 9807 2750 9812
$$
MJGWhat 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 Apr 4, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 320 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 .SHORT-TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...UPPER LOW CONTS TO SPIN OVR AZ/NM...EJECTING DISTURBANCES ACRS W AND S TX. AM EXPECTING MCS JUST W OF WRN CWA TO TREK SLOWLY EWD ACRS NW CWA WITH STORMS FEEDING NWD ACRS THE CENT CWA THRU THE AFTERNOON. MODELS INDICATE THE PRECIP TO MOVE NE TWD VCT OVRNITE WITH ADDITIONAL DVLPMNT OVR MEX AND W CWA...WHICH IS ALREADY SHOWING UP ON SAT NEAR BIG BEND. THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO SLOWLY SHFT NE ON MON WITH HIGHEST QPF VALUES ALSO MVG NE AND AFFECTING THE NE CWA THE MOST BY MON AFTERNOON. HAVE TRENDED POPS ACCORDING TO THIS THINKING. WITH STRONG DIFFLUENCE ALOFT AND A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY. HAVE ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR W AND NRN CWA. A SVR TSRA WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR WRN CWA. RADAR WL BE DOWN UNTIL AT LEAST THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE USING SURROUNDING RADARS. && .LONG-TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...THE SLOW-MOVING MID/UPR CLOSED LOW CURRENTLY ACROSS ARIZONA WL FINALLY BEGIN TO MOVE EWD OVER THE NEXT SVRL DAYS. THE CONVECTIVE PARMATERS BOTH THERMODYNAMIC AND KINEMATIC WL REMAIN VERY GOOD ACROSS SOUTH TX WITH A QUASI-STATIONARY FNTL BNDRY JUST TO OUR NOTRH AND A MODERATE TO VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE. LOW LVL E/SE INFLOW ALONG WITH DIVERGENT SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WL MAKE FOR IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINED CONVECTION. EXPECT SVRL ROUNDS OF CONVECTION...SOME OF IT ON THE STRONG TO SEVERE SIDE THROUGH TUE AFTN. ADDITIONAL FLOODING RAINS WL BE POSSIBLE AND EXPECT THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH TO BE EXPANDED IN AREAL COVERAGE AND EXTENDED IN TIME. FINALLY A RELIEF IN THE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED BY TUE EVE AS WE BEGIN TO GET DRY-SLOTTED. THIS DRY AIR INTRUSION WL CONTINUE THROUGH WED AS A MORE CAPPED DRIER AIRMASS CONTINUES TO ADVECT IN FROM THE SIERRA MADRE. THE TIMING OF THE NEXT FNT CONTINUES TO BE PROBLEMATIC. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THE TIMING. SOME SOLNS PUSH THE FNT THROUGH EARLY THU WHILE OTHERS NEVER REALLY MAKE IT THROUGH THE AREA. FOR CONSISTENCY REASONS WL KEEP THE PREVIOUS SOLN OF BRINGING THE FNT INTO THE AREA ON THU AFTN. WL THUS MAINTAIN LOW POPS FOR THIS SAME PD. GIVEN THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS FNT...WL MAINTAIN LOW POPS INTO FRI AS WELL. ALTHOUGH THIS MAY NEED TO BE MODIFIED IF THE FNT DOES IN FACT BLOW ON THROUGH THE RGN. WK HIGH PRESSURE WL KEEP THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND DRY. HOWEVER... MOISTURE ALONG WITH ANOTHER FNT AND A WK S/WV WL BRING BACK CHCS FOR RAIN FOR SUNDAY. RAISED TEMPS FOR WED BY AT LEAST A CATEGORY GIVEN THE SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH FLOW AND DRIER AIR. THE REMAINDER OF THE PACKAGE WL HAVE LTL CHANGE FROM THE PREV FCST TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 65 78 67 81 62 88 / 70 50 50 60 10 10 VICTORIA 62 77 63 76 59 86 / 60 70 50 70 20 10 LAREDO 66 78 67 85 64 90 / 70 50 60 50 05 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR JIM WELLS...DUVAL...WEBB...LASALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK AND BEE COUNTIIES. FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 AM CDT MONDAY FOR JIM WELLS...DUVAL...WEBB...LASALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE...GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIIES && 81/TE...SHORT TERM 80/MB...LONG TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 1:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 137 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-051100- ARANSAS-BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-BEE-CALHOUN- COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LASALLE-LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-NUECES- REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA- WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-WEBB- 137 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LOCATED ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE AT TIMES. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO LAST BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND AROUND 800 PM TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL INCLUDE MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE AT TIMES WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVERAL INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING RAINS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS WELL. MB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 11:55 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1155 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 TXZ240-041800- DUVAL- 1155 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO DUVAL COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HEBBRONVILLE IS MOVING NORTH AROUND 20 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS FROM BRUNI TO REALITOS THROUGH 1230 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TE
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 12:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1254 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 TXZ240-041900- DUVAL- 1254 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN DUVAL COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM EAST OF REALITOS TO RIOS THROUGH 130 PM. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTH AROUND 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TE
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 1:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 117 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 TXZ229>232-239>241-050000- BEE-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-LA SALLE-LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-WEBB- 117 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BEE...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN AND WEBB. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...BEEVILLE... BENAVIDES...COTULLA...ENCINAL...GEORGE WEST...LAREDO...SKIDMORE... THREE RIVERS AND TILDEN. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND INLAND PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL OR STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN SEVERE WEATHER. MB
Local storm report, Apr 4, 1:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
156 PM CDT SUN APR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM HAIL BENAVIDES 27.60N 98.41W
04/04/2004 0.75 INCH DUVAL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
MBLocal storm report, Apr 4, 2:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
203 PM CDT SUN APR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM HAIL 7 E BENAVIDES 27.60N 98.29W
04/04/2004 1.50 INCH DUVAL TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MBLocal storm report, Apr 4, 4:06 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
406 PM CDT SUN APR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0358 PM HAIL 10 SW BEN BOLT 27.53N 98.20W
04/04/2004 2.75 INCH JIM WELLS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
RELAYED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 1:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Victoria | 231 days |
| Apr 4, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Webb | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Jim Wells | 231 days |
| Apr 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, La Salle, Webb | 231 days |
| Apr 4, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Webb | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria, Webb | 231 days |
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.