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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 25, 20114 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2011, 3:02 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2011, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bee County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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 was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 25, 3:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ese Beeville, TX	TREES DOWN NEAR CHASE FIELD. TIME IS APPROX.
Aug 25, 3:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Beeville, TX	POWERLINES AND WIRES BLOWN DOWN INTO TREES IN ALMOST MIDDLE OF TOWN. TIME IS APPROX.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 13 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -3.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

520 
WUUS54 KCRP 252002
SVRCRP
TXC025-297-391-409-252045-
/O.NEW.KCRP.SV.W.0036.110825T2002Z-110825T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
302 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  NORTHEASTERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  SOUTHWESTERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  NORTHWESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM TULSITA TO ST. PAUL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF KENEDY TO 9 MILES NORTH OF SINTON...AND MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PAPALOTE...
  PAWNEE...
  NELL...
  ARGENTA...
  ESSEVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 2870 9801 2873 9791 2870 9789 2868 9781
      2811 9735 2805 9779 2869 9824 2877 9813
      2879 9809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 060DEG 30KT 2867 9780 2815 9752

$$

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1 follow-up statement

834 
WWUS54 KCRP 252025
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
325 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

TXC025-297-391-409-252045-
/O.CON.KCRP.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110825T2045Z/
BEE-LIVE OAK-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-
325 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SAN PATRICIO...SOUTHWESTERN REFUGIO...BEE AND
NORTHEASTERN LIVE OAK COUNTIES...

AT 320 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MINERAL TO 7 MILES WEST OF ST. PAUL...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTH OF KENEDY TO 10 MILES EAST OF MATHIS...
MOVING WEST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARGENTA...
  ARGENTA...
  ESSEVILLE...

LAT...LON 2870 9801 2873 9791 2870 9789 2868 9781
      2811 9735 2805 9779 2869 9824 2877 9813
      2879 9809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 060DEG 30KT 2858 9798 2806 9770

$$

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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 Aug 25, 12:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 12:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1235 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

.DISCUSSION...UPDATE FOR 18Z AVIATION BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...SCT SHRA AND TSTMS ASSOC WITH MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE WL
BE POSSB FM BEA-RKP-PKV-VCT THRU 21Z...THEN EXPAND SW TOWARDS ALI-
HBV-LRD 20Z-02Z. CONDS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STRONGER WIND GUSTS IN
TSTMS ACROSS THE NE CWA NEAR VCT. BRIEF IFR CONDS POSSB IN ANY
HEAVIER SHRA AND TSTMS. CONVECTION SHOULD GRADUALLY END OUT NEAR
LRD AFTER 02Z. OTHERWISE VFR CONDS WITH WINDS TURNING E AND SE
THRU THE AFTN. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OVER 20 KTS AT
CRP/ALI/NQI/NGP BEHIND THE SEA-BREEZE.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1216 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011/

DISCUSSION...SECOND UPDATE OUT INCREASING POPS ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST AND NORTH-CENTRAL COUNTIES. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING TO THE NORTHEAST ASSOCIATED WITH MID
LEVEL VORT. STEERING CURRENTS TO THE SOUTHWEST SHOULD ALLOW FOR
THIS CONVECTION TO ENTER THE NORTHEAST CWA. COVERAGE SHOULD THEN
EXPAND INLAND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CWA MID AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY
INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CWA INTO BETTER INSTABILITY...AND AHEAD
OF SEABREEZE MOVING INLAND. IN ADDITION...A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS GIVEN STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL LAPSE
RATES/CAPE...AND IN AN AREA ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CWA WHICH
RESIDES ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRINGES OF BETTER BELT OF 30 KT 0-3KM
AND 0-6KM SHEAR. UPDATES OUT.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1059 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2011/

DISCUSSION...MODELS YESTERDAY DID POOR JOB WITH HANDLING OF
MOISTURE FIELDS AS WELL AS VORT MAX TO THE NORTHEAST LEFT OVER
FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION. NEARLY 2.15" PWAT OBSERVED ON THE 12Z
SOUNDING AND VERIFIED ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND REGION ON THE GOES
PW SOUNDER. COOLER H85-H7 COLUMN WITH EAST-NORTHEAST FLOW...AND
WEAK SURFACE WINDS EVENTUALLY TURNING EAST-SOUTHEAST THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEA-BREEZE. ALL THIS FAVORS
SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN TODAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THAN
WAS INDICATED YESTERDAY. AFTER A FEW COASTAL SHOWERS THIS MORNING
FOCUS WILL SHIFT INLAND WITH THE SEABREEZE AND ALSO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST CWA CLOSER TO THE PVA ASSOCIATED WITH THE VORT MAX.
INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE FAR NORTHEAST TO 30% AND WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR RADAR TRENDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL
UPDATES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    96  75  99  76 104  /  20  10  10   0   0
VICTORIA          99  76 103  75 106  /  50  10  10   0   0
LAREDO           106  79 107  80 108  /  10  20  10   0   0
ALICE            102  75 104  75 107  /  30  10  10   0   0
ROCKPORT          94  79  96  78  97  /  30  10  10   0   0
COTULLA          104  75 106  76 108  /  20  20  10   0   0
KINGSVILLE        99  74 102  77 107  /  20  10  10   0   0
NAVY CORPUS       93  80  94  79  96  /  20  10  10   0   0

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

JR/76...SHORT TERM/AVIATION

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 5:38 AM CDT, 9 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
538 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

TXZ229>234-239>247-261045-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
538 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH
COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS 40 MPH OR MORE. AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES ARE AGAIN
EXPECTED AGAIN. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD BRIEFLY REACH 110 DEGREES
FOR AN HOUR OR TWO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES CAN BE EXPECTED EACH
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. HEAT INDICES COULD EXCEED 110
DEGREES OVER MANY LOCATIONS ON SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-261045-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
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-
538 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS THIS
AFTERNOON...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GW/PZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 12:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1217 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

TXZ247-251815-
CALHOUN-
1217 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING CALHOUN
COUNTY BY 100 PM CDT...

AT 1215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
THE LEADING EDGE OF A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR EL CAMPO SOUTHWARD TO PALACIOS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 1:02 PM CDT, 2 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
102 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

TXZ234-251900-
VICTORIA-
102 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING VICTORIA
COUNTY BY 130 PM CDT...

AT 100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF EDNA
SOUTHWARD TO LAVACA BAY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS.

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
112 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

TXZ247-251915-
CALHOUN-
112 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING CALHOUN COUNTY...

AT 111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POINT COMFORT TO 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANOLA...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY PUSH
ACROSS CALHOUN COUNTY.

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Local storm report, Aug 25, 1:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
151 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0147 PM     TSTM WND GST     INEZ                    28.88N 96.78W
08/25/2011  M63 MPH          VICTORIA           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 63 MPH REPORTED IN
            INEZ,TX

&&

ZF

Local storm report, Aug 25, 2:02 PM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
202 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N VICTORIA            28.87N 96.98W
08/25/2011                   VICTORIA           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TELEPHONE WIRES KNOCKED DOWN IN VICTORIA AT THE 1100
            BLOCK OF SALEM ROAD AND 1000 BLOCK OF VIRGINIA

&&

ZF

Local storm report, Aug 25, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
300 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SW VICTORIA             28.82N 96.98W
08/25/2011                   VICTORIA           TX   PUBLIC

            PINE TREE 8 TO 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWNED. TIME IS
            APPROX.

&&

HART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 1:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Calhoun	34 min
Aug 25, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Victoria	58 min
Aug 25, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Goliad, Refugio	56 min
Aug 25, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria	67 min
Aug 25, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	62 min
Aug 25, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Refugio, San Patricio	40 min
Aug 25, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	54 min
Aug 25, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	55 min
Aug 25, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		3 hr
Aug 25, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen	59 min
Aug 25, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces	56 min
Aug 25, 4:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio	88 min
Aug 25, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb	59 min
Aug 25, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg	34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.