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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 13, 20144 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2014, 2:32 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 58 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 13, 2014, 2:32 AM CDT (07:32 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2014, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Calhoun County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 2559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 May 13, 12:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 12:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 5:29 PM CDT, 9 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
529 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-131200-
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-
529 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS
TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS FORECAST BEGINNING TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 10PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS...AND INCLUDES THE COUNTIES
OF BEE...GOLIAD...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN AND VICTORIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER SOUTH TEXAS TUESDAY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE EASTERN BRUSH COUNTRY THROUGH THE
COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION COULD REACH 2 TO 4
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES. LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODS COULD OCCUR TUESDAY IN REGIONS THAT RECEIVE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR THIS EVENING FOR POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS...ANY RAINFALL REPORTS WOULD ALSO BE
APPRECIATED.

GW

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 11:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 12:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 1:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 13, 1:51 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 2:16 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
216 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014

TXZ233-234-246-247-130800-
CALHOUN-GOLIAD-REFUGIO-VICTORIA-
216 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING CALHOUN...GOLIAD...REFUGIO AND
VICTORIA COUNTIES...

AT 214 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF VICTORIA TO 9 MILES EAST OF GOLIAD TO 11 MILES WEST OF
MCFADDIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF
RAIN.

LK

Special weather statement, May 13, 2:24 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
224 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014

TXZ239>241-130815-
DUVAL-JIM WELLS-WEBB-
224 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING DUVAL...JIM WELLS AND WEBB
COUNTIES...

AT 218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF
SAN DIEGO TO 7 MILES EAST OF FREER TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FREER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN DOWNPOURS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	48 min
May 12, 9:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	3 hr
May 12, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb	43 min
May 12, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee	36 min
May 13, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	40 min
May 13, 2:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Goliad	56 min
May 13, 3:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Duval	63 min
May 13, 3:21 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		54 min
May 13, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Refugio, San Patricio	66 min
May 13, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		63 min
May 13, 9:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	4 days
May 13, 9:45 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		38 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.