Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 25, 20094 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 25, 2009, 1:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 33 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
Oct 25, 2009, 1:42 PM CDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 2009, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Aransas County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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.

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 Oct 25, 11:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 11:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 5:41 AM CDT, 8 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
541 AM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-261100-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
541 AM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW...RESULTING IN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE
MIDDLE TEXAS WATERS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS ON MONDAY...PRODUCING
NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IT DOES APPEAR
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG OVER THE COASTAL BEND...
VICTORIA CROSSROADS AND MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...PRODUCING
STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. SOME COMPUTER
MODELS ARE INDICATING A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SHEAR
MOVING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS WITH THE COLD FRONT. IF THIS OCCURS THEN
SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ACROSS THIS REGION. STAY
TUNED TO FUTURE FORECASTS AS THE EXACT FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
PATTERN MATERIALIZES. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 37...WHERE 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.
BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE BRUSH
COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS.

STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRIEFLY DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
MONDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A MODERATE TO STRONG
ONSHORE FLOW WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AHEAD OF A SECOND COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS
MONDAY.

JR/WC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 1:05 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP9 hr
Oct 25, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces17 min
Oct 25, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP30 min
Oct 25, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.