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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 2, 2007La Salle County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2007, 9:51 PM CDT for La Salle County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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
May 2, 2007, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County La Salle County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 9:14 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
914 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

TXZ229-030315-
LA SALLE-
914 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LA SALLE COUNTY...

AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF WOODWARD...OR 11 MILES WEST OF
DILLEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  5 MILES NORTH OF MILLET BY 930 PM CDT.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. THIS STORM MAY QUICKLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN LA
SALLE COUNTY. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS STORM OVER
THE NEXT HOUR FOR INTENSIFICATION.

SCC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb62 min
May 2, 10:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle2 hr
May 2, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen54 min
May 2, 11:04 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen44 min
May 3, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP57 min
May 3, 1:54 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP66 min
May 3, 2:32 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio88 min
May 3, 4:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.