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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 237

May 8, 20059 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 8, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Aransas County, TX, Brooks County, TX, Duval County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells36 min
May 8, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio43 min
May 8, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPNueces43 min
May 8, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas40 min
May 8, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces66 min
May 8, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg65 min
May 8, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg41 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1912 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1912 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.4

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCoke, Crockett, Fisher, Glasscock, Howard, Irion and 13 more7 hr
May 7, 8:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dickens, Donley, Foard and 9 more54 min
May 7, 11:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Eastland and 13 more94 min
May 8, 1:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCConcho, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason and 6 more53 min
May 8, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble and 11 more7 hr
May 8, 4:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Kimble and 6 more61 min
May 8, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar and 50 more6 hr
May 8, 7:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bandera, Bastrop, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 19 more56 min
May 8, 8:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Polk and 6 more53 min
May 8, 11:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bee, Bexar, Brazoria, Caldwell and 25 more64 min
May 8, 11:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Brazoria and 33 more7 hr
May 8, 1:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Childress and 44 more114 min
May 8, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 22 more7 hr
May 8, 2:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Colorado, DeWitt and 20 more2 hr
May 8, 3:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery and 8 more96 min
May 8, 5:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Jack, Montague and 4 more96 min
May 8, 6:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEdwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Real, San Saba93 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.