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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2007, 6:50 PM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
- Jul 15, 2007, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1075 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 15, 3:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 329 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...UPDATE FOR PRELIM TEMPS/POPS SECTION... .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...SHOWERS STARTING TO DEVELOP FROM GOLIAD...SW TO NEAR LAREDO...WHICH IS ALSO WHERE THE LOW TO MID LEVEL TROF AXIS LIES. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE ALONG A LINE FROM VCT TO LRD THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAYTIME PERIOD AS TEMPS CONTINUE TO CLIMB. RELATIVELY LIGHT STEERING FLOW COULD RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMTS WITH ANY STRONGER SHOWERS. FOR TONIGHT...EXPECT ANY CONVECTION TO DIE DOWN WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. MODELS ALL INDICATING THAT A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTER/TROF WILL SAG SW OVER THE REGION...BUT SEEM TO BE TRENDING TOWARD THE TROF AXIS STAYING CLOSE TO THE COAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE GFS APPEARS TO BE SUFFERING FROM CONVECTIVE BLOW UPS SOUTH OF THE REGION LATE TONIGHT/EARLY MON...WHICH MAY BE ERRONEOUSLY INFLATING MOISTURE/POPS FOR MON. HAVE MADE VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO POPS MONDAY...WITH HIGHEST (40-50%) POPS REMAINING CLOSER TO THE COAST. AGAIN...GIVEN VERY WEAK UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIE DOWN AFTER SUNSET...EXCEPT OVER WARMER GULF WATERS WHERE COULD REFORM. TEMPS SHOULD CONTINUE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL OVER MUCH OF THE REGION GIVEN CLOUDS AND CHANCES FOR PRECIP. && .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...AFTER MVG THE UPR TROUGH AXIS AND WEAK UPPER LOW FURTHER EAST THE LAST FEW DAYS THE NAM AND GFS HAVE DECIDED TO NUDGE IT SLIGHTLY BACK TO THE WEST TODAY. THIS IS LEANING BACK TOWARD THE ECMWF TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE MOST CONSISTENT. BASED ON THIS WILL RUN WITH THE GFS/ECM SOLN FOR THE EXT PERIODS...ALTHOUGH HAVE TO IGNORE SEVERAL ISSUES IN THE GFS CAUSED BY CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK (MAINLY IN WIND FIELDS). BASED ON THIS STILL LOOKS LIKE HIGH POPS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL VERIFY DURING THE TUE THROUGH THU TIME FRAME. INITIALLY THE HIGHEST POPS AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD OCCUR CLOSER TO THE COAST AND OFFSHORE ON TUESDAY...BUT THE THREAT SHOULD SPREAD WEST WITH TIME AS THE WEAKENING UPR SYSTEM DRIFTS WEST INTO MEXICO. WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW HIGH SCT TO LIKELY POPS TUE AND WED AND HIGH SCT POPS AGAIN ON THU. WILL ALSO ISSUE SPS TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL THESE DAYS ESP SINCE THIS WILL BE A MAJOR DISRUPTION TO LOCAL AGRICULTURE ATTEMPTS AT HARVESTING GRAIN (ALREADY DELAYED BY PREVIOUS RAINS THIS MONTH). LOCALIZED 3 TO 5 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY TUE-THU WITH STRONGER STORMS. 3 DAY RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY AS WELL WITH ISOLATED 5 TO 10 INCH TOTALS POSSIBLE. SEA BREEZE SHOULD REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD AS MOISTURE VALUES REMAIN HIGH. THIS WILL KEEP SCT POPS GOING INTO THE WEEKEND WITH POPS JUST SLOWLY . WILL CONTINUE TO UNDERCUT MOS HIGH TEMPS MUCH OF THIS PERIOD. && .MARINE...WINDS HAVE GENERALLY SETTLED DOWN TO AROUND 15 KTS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. HAVE KEPT 10-15 KT SSE FLOW THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 75 90 75 88 74 / 20 40 30 60 40 VICTORIA 72 91 73 87 72 / 30 40 30 60 40 LAREDO 78 97 77 94 76 / 20 20 20 50 40 ALICE 74 94 72 88 73 / 30 40 30 60 40 ROCKPORT 78 89 77 86 77 / 20 40 30 60 50 COTULLA 73 95 73 90 72 / 20 20 10 40 40 KINGSVILLE 75 93 73 88 74 / 20 40 30 60 40 NAVY CORPUS 78 89 78 87 77 / 20 40 40 60 50 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && RM/33...SHORT TERM MG/88...LONG TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 5:04 AM CDT, 13 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 504 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-161015- 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- 504 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WHICH MAY LEAD TO BRIEF LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL BEND ON MONDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ON TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JAR/MB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 445 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 TXZ239-152215- WEBB- 445 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING WEBB COUNTY... AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF AGUILARES...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIRANDO CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 87
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 448 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 TXZ234-152215- VICTORIA- 448 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING VICTORIA COUNTY... AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TELFERNER...OR 8 MILES EAST OF VICTORIA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... TELFERNER BY 500 PM CDT. INEZ BY 515 PM CDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 87
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:59 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 559 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 TXZ244-246-152345- REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO- 559 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING REFUGIO AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES... AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODSBORO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 87
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:00 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 600 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 TXZ243-244-152345- NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- 600 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES... AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EDROY...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF ROBSTOWN. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 87
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.