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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 28, 2012La Salle County, Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2012, 3:51 AM CDT for La Salle County, Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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
Mar 28, 2012, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2012, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties La Salle County, TX, Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 28, 3:54 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 59Laredo, TXASOS REPORT

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

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2012-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 899 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
899 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

430 
WUUS54 KCRP 280851
SVRCRP
TXC283-479-280945-
/O.NEW.KCRP.SV.W.0021.120328T0851Z-120328T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
351 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  EASTERN WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 347 AM 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 10 MILES EAST OF DILLEY TO LAREDO...AND MOVING 
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LOS ANGELES...
  FORT EWELL SITE...
  RANCHITOS LAS LOMAS...
  AGUILARES...

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 2743 9951 2749 9949 2749 9953 2752 9953
      2805 9912 2864 9901 2864 9882 2795 9884
      2727 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0850Z 305DEG 26KT 2860 9900 2747 9943

$$
1 follow-up statement
900 
WWUS54 KCRP 280905
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
405 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2012

TXC283-479-280945-
/O.CON.KCRP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120328T0945Z/
LA SALLE-WEBB-
405 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN WEBB AND EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTIES...

AT 400 AM 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 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DILLEY TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
LAREDO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS PRODUCED NUMEROUS GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH AT THE LAREDO 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RANCHITOS LAS LOMAS...
  AGUILARES...

LAT...LON 2743 9951 2749 9949 2749 9953 2752 9953
      2805 9912 2864 9901 2864 9882 2795 9884
      2727 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0905Z 305DEG 26KT 2854 9890 2741 9933

$$

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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.