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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 14, 2008La Salle County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2008, 7:07 PM CDT for La Salle County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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 14, 2008, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County La Salle County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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 14, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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 2008-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2849 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 2008-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-2.7

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 10:41 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementCRP3 hr
May 14, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen44 min
May 15, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.