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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2004, 9:40 PM CDT for Duval County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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 10, 2004, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Duval 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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 2170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
804
WUUS54 KCRP 110240
SVRCRP
TXC131-110315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
940 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 935 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REALITOS...OR ABOUT 14
MILES EAST OF HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
LAT...LON 2737 9853 2737 9861 2743 9861 2772 9824
2727 9824 2728 9853
$$
GWWhat 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 10, 3:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 351 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004 .UPDATED...ADDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 63 TO ALL ZONES EXCEPT NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. && .SHORT-TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...SEVERE MCS LOCATED ACROSS THE NRN PART OF THE EWX CWFA WL CONTINUE TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED LATE THIS AFTN AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF TNT. THIS MCS IS EXPECTED TO PROPAGATE SEWD WITH TIME AS THE COLD FNT PUSHES SWD. AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTH TX WITH CAPES OVER 4000 J/KG. THE SHEAR PROFILE IS ONLY MARGINAL BUT WITH SUCH HIGH CAPES THE SEVERE RISK WL REMAIN QUITE GOOD FOR SOUTH TX LATE THIS AFTN INTO THE EVE HOURS. A LARGE HAIL AND WIND EVENT APPEARS LKLY. TRAINING OF ECHOES ALONG AND BEHIND THE FNTL BNDRY WL LEAD TO AN INCREASED FLOODING RISK. GIVEN THE VERY HEAVY RAINS WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE PAST WEEK...WL HOIST AN FFA FOR ALL ZONES TNT. OVERUNNING CONDITIONS AND THE APPROACH OF A DECENT S/WV WL KEEP VERY HIGH POPS MOST OF THE DAY ON EASTER. WE SHOULD HAVE A BREAK BY LATE IN THE DAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS THIS FIRST S/WV PASSES TO OUR EAST. HOWEVER...ANOTHER S/WV WL FOLLOW ON ITS HEELS AND BEGIN TO AFFECT WRN AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. WL THUS KEEP CHC POPS FOR SUN NIGHT. THE AIRMASS BEHIND THIS FNT IS QUITE CHILLY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE CURRENT THINKING IS THAT WITH EXCELLENT CAA...THICK CLOUD CVR AND PCPN...TEMPS ON EASTER WL SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE DAY AND REMAIN MAINLY IN THE 50S. TRENDED TWDS THE COOLER GFS FOR SUNDAY NIGHTS LOWS. WL HOIST AN SCA FOR ALL MARINE ZONES FOR DEVELOPING N/NE WINDS BEHIND THE FNT. && .LONG-TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...ONGOING EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS PRETTY GOOD AND WILL CHANGE LITTLE WITH THIS PACKAGE. ANOTHER COOL DAY IS EXPECTED MONDAY...AS CLOUDS WILL LINGER. WILL ALSO HOLD ON TO LOW POPS FOR LIGHT RAIN AS FINAL SHORTWAVE MAY SQUEEZE OUT A FEW SPRINKLES ON MONDAY MORNING. WILL UNDERCUT MOS FOR MAX TEMPS DUE TO EXPECTED THICK CLOUDCOVER. CLEARING LATE MONDAY WILL PROMOTE RADIATIONAL COOLING TUE MORNING AND WILL STAY CLOSE TO THE MAV FOR LOWS. TUE-WED LOOKS VERY NICE AS HIGH SLOWLY TRANSLATES THROUGH THE REGION. RETURN FLOW BY WED NIGHT MAY PROMOTE CLOUDS/FOG BY THURS...BUT EXPECT THE CLOUDS TO REALLY BE BACK FRI-SAT AS STRONG ONSHORE FLOW SETS UP AHEAD OF NEXT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY REMAIN TOO FAR NORTH OF THE AREA FOR CONVECTION...AND BELIEVE THAT CAPPING INVERSION WILL DEVELOP AND LIMIT S TX TO ONLY ISOLATED STREAMER SHOWERS. TOO FAR OUT TO MENTION THIS NOW...BUT HAVE INCLUDED TRANSPARENT LOW POPS OF 10 PERCENT IN THE GRIDS. MARINE....SCA CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT WINDS TUE AND WED. ONSHORE FLOW EXPECTED TO BRING BACK SCEC/SCA CONDITIONS THU. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 59 63 48 67 45 / 70 70 30 20 00 VICTORIA 56 59 45 64 41 / 70 70 30 20 05 LAREDO 58 61 43 67 47 / 70 60 30 20 00 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ALL MARINE ZONES TONIGHT. FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL LAND ZONES TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #63 IN EFFECT THROUGH 800 PM CDT TNT. && MB/80...SHORT-TERM TR/92...LONG-TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 6:45 AM CDT, 14 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 645 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2004 GMZ230-235-TXZ229>234-239>247-121000- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR- ARANSAS-BEE-CALHOUN-DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LA SALLE-LIVE OAK- MCMULLEN-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA-WEBB- 645 AM CDT SAT APR 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT BRISK OFFSHORE FLOW IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAYS COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT IN THE BAYS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN 20 TO 25 KNOTS OFFSHORE THROUGH TONIGHT. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH LINGERING MOISTURE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS SOME STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS FROM VICTORIA TO COTULLA. BECAUSE THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT APPEARS TO BE RATHER LOCALIZED...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS VERY SLIM TODAY...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AREAS OF RAIN WILL AFFECT SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY MORNING AS THE LAST IN A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CROSSES THE REGION. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS AS BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE MAINTAINS AN OFFSHORE FLOW. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED AGAIN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MJG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 438 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004 TXZ229>234-239>241-244>247-110100- ARANSAS-BEE-CALHOUN-DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-LA SALLE-LIVE OAK- MCMULLEN-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA-WEBB- 438 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...VICTORIA AND WEBB. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...ARANSAS PASS... BEEVILLE...BENAVIDES...COTULLA...ENCINAL...GEORGE WEST...GOLIAD... INGLESIDE...LAREDO...MATHIS...PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR... PORTLAND...REFUGIO...ROCKPORT...SEADRIFT...SINTON...SKIDMORE...THREE RIVERS...TILDEN AND VICTORIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF A DIME OR LARGER...STRONG WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND EVEN TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 717 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004 TXZ231-232-241-244-246-110045- BEE-JIM WELLS-LIVE OAK-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO- 717 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS BEE...JIM WELLS...LIVE OAK...REFUGIO AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM CDT... AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF REFUGIO TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF MATHIS. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DINERO...SKIDMORE...LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI...LAKESIDE...LAGARTO...REFUGIO...MATHIS...TYNAN...PERNITAS POINT AND WOODSBORO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TR
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 8:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 800 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004 TXZ232-241>246-110145- ARANSAS-BEE-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO- 800 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004 ...A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS ARANSAS...BEE...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...NUECES... REFUGIO AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM CDT... AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH WAS SITUATED ALONG A REFUGIO TO ALICE LINE MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SAN PATRICIO...WOODSBORO... SINTON...ALICE...ODEM...EDROY...ALICE AND CORPUS CHRISTI THROUGH 900 PM. TR
Local storm report, Apr 10, 8:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
815 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM TSTM WND DMG SKIDMORE 28.23N 97.68W
04/10/2004 BEE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN AND BLOCKING ONE LANE OF HIGHWAY 181 SOUTH IN
SKIDMORE
&&
SMARTLocal storm report, Apr 10, 8:51 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
851 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 PM HAIL MIRANDO CITY 27.43N 98.93W
04/10/2004 1.00 INCH WEBB TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
SMARTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 113 min |
| Apr 10, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Apr 10, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Apr 10, 7:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | McMullen | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio, Victoria | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Apr 10, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Apr 11, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 88 min | |
| Apr 11, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 38 min |
| Apr 11, 7:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 86 min | |
| Apr 11, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 23 min |
| Apr 11, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 52 min |
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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.