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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 19, 2005Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2005, 2:37 PM CDT for Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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: Jul 19, 2005, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2005, 3:05 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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
Jul 19, 1:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 24 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: 1659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 19, 1:40 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 1:40 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
140 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005

.UPDATE...RAIN BANDS ARE AFFECTING THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA
AT THIS TIME.  SPC HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE COASTAL
COUNTIES AND THE SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS THROUGH 06Z TONIGHT.
WILL ISSUE UPDATE TO ZONES TO HEADLINE THE WATCH SHORTLY.

94

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
.UPDATE...OUTER RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE EMILY ARE NOW
AFFECTING THE OFFSHORE WATERS.  SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS AN EXPANSION OF
THE STORM TO THE NORTH AS THESE BANDS DEVELOP.  WITH THAT IN
MIND...HAVE RAISED POPS ABOUT 10 PERCENT ACROSS THE EAST AS THESE
BANDS SHOULD BE MOVING INLAND BY EARLY AFTERNOON.  WILL ALSO MENTION
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE COASTAL
BEND. DO NOT EXPECT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL UNTIL TONIGHT AND DURING
THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. STILL EXPECT THAT COASTAL FLOOD WATCH WILL
NEED TO BE UPGRADED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS STORM TIDES REACH 3-4
FEET DUE TO INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW AND HIGH SWELLS OVER THE GULF.
TEMP FORECAST STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR TODAY AS THE WESTERN AREAS SHOULD
SEE ENOUGH SUNSHINE TO APPROACH 100 DEGREES. WILL ISSUE UPDATE TO
ZFP SHORTLY.

&&

.MARINE...EXPECT CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TO RAPIDLY
DETERIORATE LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS SEAS AND
WINDS INCREASE WITH THE APPROACH OF HURRICANE EMILY.  BUOY019 AND
BUOY020 CURRENTLY SHOW SEAS OF 6 FEET WHILE BUOY002 ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF THE STORM SHOWS SEA HEIGHTS OF 23 FEET WITH 13 SEC PERIOD.
WILL CONTINUE A RAPID INCREASE IN SEA HEIGHTS LATER THIS MORNING AND
DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH 12-15 FOOT SEAS BY THIS EVENING.  AS
SWELLS AND WINDS INCREASE...WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER RAISING COASTAL
FLOOD WATCH TO A WARNING AS 3-4 FOOT MEAN SEA LEVEL TIDES ARE STILL
EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH LOW ASTRONOMICAL TIDE AT PORT ARANSAS IS
FORECAST FOR 8PM.  EXPECT THE MAIN FLOODING PROBLEMS TO OCCUR AS
TIDE LEVELS INCREASE OVERNIGHT.  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE NEEDED
FOR THE GULF FOR WINDS/SEAS TODAY AND FOR THE BAYS LATER THIS
EVENING FOR WINDS.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS TODAY...WITH
MVFR CIGS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND THIS MORNING AS RAIN
BANDS FROM HURRICANE EMILY APPROACH THE COAST.  THE HEAVIER
PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TEMPORARY LOWERING OF VSBYS BUT DO NOT
ANTICIPATE ANY LONGER DURATION CONCERNS.  LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
INCREASE DURING THE DAY AS THE STORM MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA...WITH
BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

CORPUS CHRISTI  93 79 86 78 91 / 60 70 80 60 40
VICTORIA        94 76 89 76 93 / 50 50 70 40 40
LAREDO         100 79 86 78 93 / 30 70 80 60 50
ALICE           96 77 86 77 93 / 60 70 80 60 40
ROCKPORT        93 81 85 80 91 / 60 70 70 40 40
COTULLA         98 77 89 76 95 / 20 50 70 50 40

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ARANSAS...CALHOUN...
       DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO AND SAN
       PATRICIO COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM.
     COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FOR ARANSAS...CALHOUN...
       KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES THROUGH
       7 PM WEDNESDAY.
     FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEBB...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...
       KLEBERG...NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM
       WEDNESDAY.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS.

&&

94/MJ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 5:53 AM CDT, 8 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:39 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
139 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005

TXZ240>247-200600-
ARANSAS-CALHOUN-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-
139 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL
100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF
ARANSAS...CALHOUN...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO
AND SAN PATRICIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...
ARANSAS PASS...BENAVIDES...CORPUS CHRISTI...INGLESIDE...KINGSVILLE...
MATHIS...PORT ARANSAS...PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...PORTLAND...
REFUGIO...ROBSTOWN...ROCKPORT...SEADRIFT AND SINTON.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO OCCUR
IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF TORNADOES DO IN FACT DEVELOP OR ARE
SPOTTED...THEN A TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE
READY TO QUICKLY ACT 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

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:57 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
157 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005

TXZ241>243-191945-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-
157 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING JIM WELLS...KLEBERG AND NUECES
COUNTIES...

AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF
ORANGE GROVE TO BISHOP...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ALICE TO 9 MILES NORTH OF KINGSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE ALICE BY 215 PM CDT.
  ALICE BY 220 PM CDT.
  BEN BOLT BY 225 PM CDT.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

87

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 11:40 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		65 min
Jul 19, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		84 min
Jul 19, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		87 min
Jul 19, 3:29 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	19 hr
Jul 19, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr

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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.