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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2013, 11:35 PM CDT for Duval County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
- Apr 29, 2013, 11:35 PM CDT (04:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2013, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Duval County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1814 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
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 Apr 29, 8:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 8:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 855 PM CDT MON APR 29 2013 .DISCUSSION...NOTE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION...EXPECT ISOLD/SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. EXPECT PREDOMINATE MVFR CEILINGS OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG WITH MVFR VISIBILITIES ANTICIPATED DRG THE 09-14Z TUESDAY PERIOD AND GENERALLY EAST OF U.S. ROUTE 281. AN ISOLATED SHOWER MAY ALSO OCCUR YET MAINLY NEAR THE COAST/OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT. A TRANSITION FROM MVFR CEILINGS TO VFR EXPECTED TO OCCUR DRG THE LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTN HOURS TUESDAY. EXPECT LGT WIND OVERNIGHT THEN INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW TO MODERATE LEVELS BY TUESDAY AFTN. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 351 PM CDT MON APR 29 2013/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET. MID AND UPPER LEVEL VORTICITY MAXIMUM IN THE BASE OF THE TROUGH HAS ROTATED INTO SOUTH TEXAS AND...ALONG WITH A MOIST AND UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT...IS ASSISTING WITH CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. SHOULD SEE A GRADUAL DECREASE IN COVERAGE OF STORMS TOWARDS SUNSET WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING. WITH THE VORT MAX SHEARED OVER THE AREA...AN ISOLATED THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MORE UNSTABLE MARINE AREAS...POSSIBLY WORKING INTO THE COASTAL BEND. THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PULLS AWAY TOWARDS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TUESDAY MORNING WITH DRIER AND SUBSIDENT CONDITIONS WORKING INTO THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS OF THE CRP CWA. THERE IS STILL A SPOKE OF PVA FROM CORPUS CHRISTI NORTHEAST TO VICTORIA TUESDAY MORNING...AND MARGINAL POOL OF MOISTURE...ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN ISOLATED MENTION OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. WARMER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA TOMORROW. LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...DRYING WILL OCCUR AS UPPER RIDGING SLIDES IN FROM THE WEST EARLY IN THE EXTENDED. MOIST CONDITIONS AT THE SURFACE WITH DRIER AIR ALOFT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PATCHY FOG EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. H85 TEMPERATURES WARM FURTHER...WITH WARMER CONDITIONS AT THE SURFACE. GENERAL MID TO UPPER 80S...WITH LOW 90S OVER THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. NEXT FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LONGWAVE TROUGH DIGS THROUGH CENTRAL PLAINS. TIMING HAS BEEN QUITE CONSISTENT MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERN CWA DURING THE MID-LATE MORNING HOURS...AND EXISTING THE COAST IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. MOISTURE INCREASES RIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...COULD SEE PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING PRIOR TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. ALSO...INCREASED POPS TO CHANCE CATEGORY...MAINLY ALONG THE FRONT WHERE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WOULD BE THE GREATEST GIVEN PWATS NEAR 1.4 INCHES. DRIER AND MUCH COOLER AIR WILL FILTER IN...WITH COOL NIGHTS IN STORE FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE COOLEST OF NIGHTS FRIDAY NIGHT DIPPING INTO THE MID 40S ACROSS MUCH OF THE INLAND AREAS. A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL BE IN STORE FOR THE WEEKEND AS ONSHORE FLOW REDEVELOPS SATURDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 66 86 69 86 69 / 20 20 10 10 10 VICTORIA 65 83 64 84 65 / 20 20 10 10 10 LAREDO 69 91 71 93 71 / 20 10 10 10 10 ALICE 65 87 67 88 68 / 20 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 68 80 69 81 69 / 20 20 10 10 10 COTULLA 64 88 67 91 67 / 20 10 10 10 20 KINGSVILLE 66 87 69 87 69 / 20 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 69 81 70 82 70 / 20 20 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && WC/87...AVIATION
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 2:12 PM CDT, 9 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 212 PM CDT MON APR 29 2013 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-301200- 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-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 212 PM CDT MON APR 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY AND WILL BRING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL AND NEARSHORE WATERS...AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI. JR
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 29, 9:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
903 PM CDT MON APR 29 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL 4 N ROBSTOWN 27.86N 97.66W
04/29/2013 0.25 INCH NUECES TX COCORAHS
SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL AROUND 730 PM AT THE
INTERSECTION OF FM 1889 AND FM 624.
&&
IBLAYLOCLocal storm report, Apr 29, 9:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Refugio | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Refugio | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 89 min | |
| Apr 29, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 96 min | |
| Apr 29, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 57 min | |
| Apr 29, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 55 min | |
| Apr 29, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 95 min | |
| Apr 30, 8:27 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 20 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.