Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

February 24, 2005Jim Wells County, Live Oak County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2005, 5:00 AM CST for Jim Wells County, Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2005, 5:00 AM CST (11:00 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2005, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Live Oak County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 24, 2:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 Feb 24, 5:00 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 5:00 AM CST, 0 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 3:00 AM CST, 2 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
300 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-241200-
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-
300 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM THIS MORNING
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LA SALLE COUNTY TO ARANSAS COUNTY. A
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED LATE THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY...BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED EARLY THIS MORNING.

JR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 24, 2:17 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
217 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005

TXZ229>234-245>247-241400-
ARANSAS-BEE-CALHOUN-GOLIAD-LA SALLE-LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-REFUGIO-
VICTORIA-
217 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
VALID UNTIL 800 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE
COUNTIES OF ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...
MCMULLEN...REFUGIO AND VICTORIA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH
ARE BEEVILLE...COTULLA...ENCINAL...GEORGE WEST...GOLIAD...PORT
LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...REFUGIO...ROCKPORT...SEADRIFT...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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP

JR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 3:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	McMullen	43 min
Feb 24, 4:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad	59 min
Feb 24, 4:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Live Oak, McMullen	54 min
Feb 24, 4:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Victoria	55 min
Feb 24, 5:22 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		113 min
Feb 24, 6:52 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		113 min
Feb 24, 7:15 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP
Feb 24, 7:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg	41 min
Feb 24, 8:02 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		58 min
Feb 24, 8:59 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		91 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.