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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 16, 2007Live Oak County, McMullen County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2007, 9:19 PM CDT for Live Oak County, McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 16, 2007, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2007, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2007-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 780 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 2007-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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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 Jun 16, 9:07 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 9:07 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 7:00 AM CDT, 14 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
700 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-171030-
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-
700 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH TODAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL
AFFECT THE REGION FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TONIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS
WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES
SOUTH AND 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN....SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...PRIMARILY OVER THE
NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING HOURS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OVER THE
COASTAL COUNTIES AND ADJACENT BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS. HEAT INDEX
VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 109 DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

85/87

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
514 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

TXZ229-239-162315-
LA SALLE-WEBB-
514 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LA SALLE AND WEBB COUNTIES...

AT 508 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF ENCINAL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ARTESIA WELLS BY 520 PM CDT.

WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SCC
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
615 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

TXZ239-170000-
WEBB-
615 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING WEBB COUNTY...

AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAS TIENDAS...OR 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ENCINAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SCC
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
716 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

TXZ229-170115-
LA SALLE-
716 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

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

AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF LOS ANGELES...OR 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DILLEY. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SCC
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
739 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

TXZ229-230-170145-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-
739 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN
COUNTIES...

AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FOWLERTON...OR 21 MILES EAST OF
COTULLA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SCC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen62 min
Jun 16, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen115 min
Jun 16, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchCRPBee, Duval, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen and 1 more18 hr
Jun 16, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen106 min
Jun 17, 1:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPWebb95 min
Jun 17, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb58 min
Jun 17, 3:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPWebb117 min
Jun 17, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb61 min
Jun 17, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb24 min
Jun 17, 5:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPWebb2 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.