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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 7, 2013Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2013, 2:14 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 7, 2013, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 282 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2210 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 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
2210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 7, 12:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 12:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 10:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1055 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ242>247-081200-
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-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
1055 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY...WITH STRONGER
AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS AND COASTAL BEND THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH
TEXAS SATURDAY AND ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL
WATERS...SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TXZ229>234-239>241-081200-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-
1055 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND BRUSH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRIMARILY WEST OF A TILDEN TO
ALICE LINE. LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE ALONG WITH WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH MAY OCCUR WITH A FEW STORMS IN THIS REGION.
1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS MAINLY WEST OF A TILDEN TO ALICE LINE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT ACROSS
WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH
THE STALLED COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH
TEXAS SATURDAY AND ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL
WATERS...SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
MAINLY WEST OF A TILDEN TO ALICE LINE.

MB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
101 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013

TXZ229-071900-
LA SALLE-
101 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING LA SALLE COUNTY...

AT 1255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIG WELLS...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

MB
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:29 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
129 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013

TXZ239-071930-
WEBB-
129 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY IMPACT AREAS OF WEBB COUNTY ALONG THE
RIO GRANDE...

AT 123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN COAHUILA SOUTH OF
CHUPADERA RANCH AIRPORT...OR 42 MILES SOUTH OF EL INDIO...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN WESTERN WEBB COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

HART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb40 min
Jun 7, 3:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPWebb90 min
Jun 7, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval43 min
Jun 7, 4:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPJim Wells53 min
Jun 7, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak43 min
Jun 7, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP88 min
Jun 7, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Nueces, San Patricio54 min
Jun 7, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP112 min

Nearby

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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.