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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 7:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 8:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 119 min |
| Mar 13, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 9:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 113 min |
| Mar 13, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 9:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 62 min |
| Mar 13, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Mar 13, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, San Patricio | 62 min |
| Mar 13, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval | 19 min |
| Mar 13, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 10:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Live Oak | 96 min |
| Mar 13, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 116 min |
| Mar 13, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 66 min |
| Mar 13, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Mar 14, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 67 min |
| Mar 14, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas | 40 min |
| Mar 14, 12:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas | 83 min |
| Mar 14, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 1:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 98 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.