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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

December 23, 2006Kleberg County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 23, 2006, 4:21 PM CST for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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
Dec 23, 2006, 4:21 PM CST (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2006, 4:45 PM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kleberg County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 88 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
88 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 6:26 AM CSTMarine Weather StatementCRP30 hr
Dec 23, 6:56 AM CSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio23 hr
Dec 23, 2:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio23 min
Dec 23, 2:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen40 min
Dec 23, 3:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen20 min
Dec 23, 3:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces43 min
Dec 23, 3:52 PM CSTWind AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio14 hr
Dec 23, 4:10 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP50 min
Dec 23, 4:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, San Patricio46 min
Dec 23, 5:00 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP60 min
Dec 23, 5:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Live Oak54 min
Dec 23, 5:58 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.