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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 13, 2014Duval County, McMullen County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT for Duval County, McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 13, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Duval County, TX, McMullen County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2014-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1352 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
1352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1246 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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 13, 6:52 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:52 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:40 AM CDT, 14 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
440 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2014

TXZ229>234-239>247-132345-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
440 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS MAINLY
THIS MORNING. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM
105 TO 109 DEGREES OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND TO THE WESTERN
BRUSH COUNTRY.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED OVER
INLAND PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND TO THE BRUSH COUNTRY SATURDAY
THROUGH MONDAY.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-132345-
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-
440 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS MAINLY
THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

TMT/TE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:51 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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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.