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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 8, 2007La Salle County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT for La Salle County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 8, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2007, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County La Salle County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2805 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2805 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.3

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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 May 8, 1:00 AM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 1:00 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 4:59 AM CDT, 20 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
459 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-081000-
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-
459 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS DUE TO LARGE SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO
LINGER THIS MORNING ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CORPUS CHRISTI BAY AND
BAFFIN BAY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME STRONG...CONTAINING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. NO OTHER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 12:16 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPWebb29 min
May 7, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPWebb90 min
May 7, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb61 min
May 7, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle64 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.