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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 14, 2007Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2007, 9:28 AM CDT for Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Mar 14, 2007, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2007, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Goliad County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2007-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1516 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 2007-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
376 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.0

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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 Mar 14, 4:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 4:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
427 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007

.SHORT-TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...AFTER AN ACTIVE LATE NIGHT AND
EARLY MORNING HERE AT WFO CRP THINGS HAVE FINALLY SETTLED DOWN AS
THE MCS HAS PUSHED WELL OFFSHORE. WHILE THINGS HAVE STABILIZED
BEHIND THE MCS THERE WILL BE ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY LATER TODAY AS
LAST BIT OF ENERGY IN BASE OF UPR LOW CLIPS THE NRN CWA. SCT STORMS
WOULD BE PRIMARILY LOCATED ALONG AND N OF A COT-CRP LINE...WITH
THE BEST CHANCES UP IN THE NE CWA. STORMS WILL INITIALLY BE ROOTED
ABOVE THE STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER. BUT MAY SEE ENUF SFC HEATING FOR
SFC BASED STORMS LATER IN THE AFTN. THE CORE OF THE H5 COLD POCKET
IS MOVING INTO THE NRN HALF OF THE AREA CURRENTLY. ELEVATED LAPSE
RATES WILL BE QUITE STEEP TODAY ACROSS THIS AREA. THIS COMBINED
WITH ABOUT 45 KTS OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL
FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL THE
PRIMARY THREAT. SPCDY1 OUTLOOK COVERS THIS WELL AND HAS US IN
SLIGHT RISK BASICALLY ALONG AND NE OF I-37. WILL INCLUDE THE
MENTION OF SVR FOR THIS AREA. SW OF THIS LINE SHOULD REMAIN MORE
SUBSIDENT...AND ACTUALLY SEE SOME CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG
WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPS (POSSIBLY INTO THE UPPER 80S ACROSS THE RIO
GRANDE PLAINS)

PRECIP WILL QUICKLY END THIS EVENING. LIGHT BL WINDS...MOIST SOILS
AND CLEARING SKIES WILL LEAD TO EXCELLENT RADIATIONAL FOG NIGHT
TONIGHT. WILL CONT AREAS OF FOG IN THE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA TONIGHT.

&&

.MARINE...THE OVERNIGHT STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH WELL EAST OF
THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SCATTERED
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER TODAY...MAINLY NORTH OF
PORT ARANSAS...AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY
TO THE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. THE UPPER LEVEL
LOW WILL MOVE MOVE EAST OF TEXAS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND RAIN
CHANCES WILL END. A MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY
RESULTING IN SCEC CONDITIONS AND THEN WEAKEN TONIGHT. A COLD
FRONT WILL CROSS THE WATERS FRIDAY WITH A MODERATE NORTHEAST FLOW
IN ITS WAKE. AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS TO THE EAST...WINDS WILL VEER
SOUTHEAST AND BECOME MODERATE TO STRONG OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...MCS HAS PUSHED WELL OFFSHORE THIS MORNING. 1500 FT
STRATUS DECK HAS DEVELOP ALONG AND S OF A COT-CRP LINE AND WILL
EXPAND N THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE EARLY MORNING (POSSIBLY
LOWERING IN SOME AREAS). MVFR (POSSB IFR) CIGS WILL PERSIST THRU
MID MORNING THEN SCT AND AROUND 18Z AND POSSB CLEAR ALL TOGETHER
ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS (LRD). THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR
ADDITIONAL TSTMS LATE MORNING THRU THE AFTN PRIMARILY ALONG AND N
OF A COT-RKP LINE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD ONCE AGAIN BCM SVR
WITH LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL QUICKLY END THIS EVE...WITH VFR
CONDS AREA WIDE THE ABOUT 05Z. THEN AREAS OF FOG WILL QUICKLY DVLP
LATE TONIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...WEAK/SUBTLE SURFACE TROUGH
WILL BE SOUTH OF THE REGION THURSDAY AND WILL RESULT IN AN EASTERLY
FLOW REGIME. THIS WILL RESULT IN PATCHY/AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING
TO LIFT INTO A STRATOCUMULUS LAYER BEFORE DISSIPATING IN THE
AFTERNOON(TAKING THE LONGEST OVER THE EAST). FOG WILL REFORM
THURSDAY NIGHT IN STABILIZING BOUNDARY LAYER BUT WILL ONLY BE PATCHY
AND WILL TRANSITION TO A STRATUS LAYER DUE TO LOW-LEVEL ASCENT FROM
AN ENCROACHING COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT CROSSES
THE AREA FRIDAY WITH A NORTHEAST FLOW MAINTAINING AN EXTENSIVE
STRATOCUMULUS LAYER THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. NO PRECIPITATION IS
ANTICIPATED AS FORCING WILL BE TOO WEAK. ONLY NOTEWORTHY CHANGE TO
TEMPERATURES WAS TO RAISE MINS THURSDAY NIGHT. POST-FRONTAL SCEC
CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NEARSHORE/OFFSHORE WATERS.

SURFACE ANTICYCLONE WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION FROM
SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH VEERING ONSHORE WINDS STRENGTHENING TO
BREEZY/WINDY CRITERIA(MODELS UNDERDOING SURFACE WINDS GIVEN THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT AND MIXING POTENTIAL). STRATOCUMULUS WILL BE
RATHER PREVALENT BUT FORCING FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE NEGLIGIBLE.
MADE SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT. PERIODIC SCA CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATERS
BEGINNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY.

&&

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    80  62  82  66  75  /  30  10  10  10  10
VICTORIA          74  59  81  61  72  /  50  10  10  10  10
LAREDO            88  65  93  68  80  /  10  10  10  10  10
ALICE             83  62  85  64  77  /  30  10  10  10  10
ROCKPORT          75  62  80  67  73  /  40  10  10  10  10
COTULLA           86  60  88  63  78  /  10  10  10  10  10
KINGSVILLE        83  62  84  65  76  /  20  10  10  10  10
NAVY CORPUS       77  64  80  67  73  /  30  10  10  10  10

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

JR/76...SHORT TERM
BB/85...LONG TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 4:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
449 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-151100-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
449 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 37. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE
STORMS WILL QUICKLY END THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AREAS OF FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE ACROSS SOUTH
TEXAS THURSDAY MORNING.

ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESULT IN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ACROSS
ALL THE WATERS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 37.

JR/BB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 4:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 14, 9:18 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
918 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007

TXZ234-141500-
VICTORIA-
918 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING VICTORIA COUNTY...

AT 913 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCHROEDER...OR 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GOLIAD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN VICTORIA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MISSION
VALLEY...NURSERY...AND VICTORIA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

TM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Goliad44 min
Mar 13, 7:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Live Oak2 hr
Mar 13, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria60 min
Mar 13, 8:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad119 min
Mar 13, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Refugio38 min
Mar 13, 9:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria113 min
Mar 13, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio49 min
Mar 13, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio42 min
Mar 13, 9:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Live Oak62 min
Mar 13, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
Mar 13, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval61 min
Mar 13, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval34 min
Mar 13, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio62 min
Mar 13, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells42 min
Mar 13, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval19 min
Mar 13, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb44 min
Mar 13, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval50 min
Mar 13, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces25 min
Mar 13, 11:08 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells38 min
Mar 13, 11:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Live Oak96 min
Mar 13, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak27 min
Mar 13, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells116 min
Mar 13, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces66 min
Mar 13, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio2 hr
Mar 13, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio2 hr
Mar 13, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces51 min
Mar 13, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Mar 14, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio67 min
Mar 14, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces35 min
Mar 14, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas40 min
Mar 14, 12:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas83 min
Mar 14, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio23 min
Mar 14, 1:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP98 min

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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.