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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2014, 3:09 PM CDT for La Salle County, McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
- May 9, 2014, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties La Salle County, TX, McMullen County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
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 May 9, 12:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 12:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 10:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1033 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-101545- 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- 1033 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PZ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 9, 9:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 221 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 TXZ229-092000- LA SALLE- 221 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS LA SALLE COUNTY... AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER COTULLA AND LA SALLE COUNTY...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. STRONG OUTFLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. HART
Special weather statement, May 9, 2:48 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 248 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 TXZ229-230-092045- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN- 248 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES... AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHRISTINE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARTESIA WELLS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHRISTINE TO 13 MILES NORTH OF ENCINAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN LA SALLE AND NORTHERN MCMULLEN COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ARTESIA WELLS...LOS ANGELES...ZELLA... FOWLERTON AND CROSS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 12:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 114 min |
| May 9, 1:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 2 hr |
| May 9, 2:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Live Oak | 80 min |
| May 9, 3:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 2 hr |
| May 9, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen | 62 min |
| May 9, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 63 min |
| May 9, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 59 min |
| May 9, 5:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb | 118 min |
| May 9, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 61 min |
| May 9, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 34 min |
| May 9, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 62 min |
| May 9, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 58 min |
| May 9, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Webb | 37 min |
| May 9, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg | 42 min |
| May 9, 6:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Webb | 113 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.