Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2004, 10:46 AM CST for Jim Wells County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Feb 24, 2004, 10:46 AM CST (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2004, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 580 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KCRP 241646
SVRCRP
TXC249-355-409-241745-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1046 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS
NORTHWESTERN NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS
WESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 1145 AM CST
* AT 1036 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORANGE GROVE...OR ABOUT 11
MILES NORTH OF ALICE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTH OF SANDIA AROUND 1055 AM CST...
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...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
LAT...LON 2805 9800 2772 9795 2776 9749 2810 9758
2814 9776
$$
JMWhat 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 Feb 24, 9:45 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 9:45 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 945 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2004 .DISCUSSION...VIGOROUS VORT MAX IN NRN MEXICO ALONG WITH IMPRESSIVE UPR LVL DIFLUENCE AND MID LVL COOLING IS REALLY HELPING TO FIRE OFF CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTH TX RIGHT NOW. IDEAL WBZ VALUES AROUND 8000 FT WL MEAN HAIL WL BE THE GREATEST THREAT. WL MENTION SEVERE ACROSS THE ERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA FOR THIS MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTN. EXPECT THE WESTERLY WIND SHIFT WHICH HAS ALREADY MOVED THROUGH COTULLA AND LAREDO WL TEND TO END PCPN DURING THE AFTN. MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE WINDS AND LOWERED TEMPS A BIT GIVEN THE CLOUD CVR AND PCPN. NO SCA UNTIL TNT WHEN THE GRADIENT REALLY INCREASES. && .CRP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. MB
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 10:15 AM CST, 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1015 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2004 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-251200- 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- 1015 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH TEXAS TODAY AND PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL BEND WILL CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES. THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE LATE TONIGHT PROVIDING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH WINDS APPROACHING GALE FORCE OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS. OVERNIGHT LOWS MAY APPROACH FREEZING THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS FROM COTULLA TO TILDEN AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS RECOMMENDED...ESPECIALLY FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND. MB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 9:36 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 936 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2004 TXZ239-240-241630- DUVAL-WEBB- 936 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SMALL HAIL 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS FOR DUVAL AND WEBB COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM CST... AT 936 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE WEBB DUVAL COUNTY LINE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF FREER AND BENAVIDES ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. JM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 11:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 48 min |
| Feb 23, 11:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, Victoria | 233 days |
| Feb 24, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 12:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 57 min |
| Feb 24, 1:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 60 min |
| Feb 24, 9:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 10:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 10:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 10:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Feb 24, 11:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 12:43 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 52 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.