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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 22, 2014Aransas County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 2014, 7:46 PM CST for Aransas County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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
Nov 22, 2014, 7:46 PM CST (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 2014, 8:17 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Aransas County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 2014-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1796 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 2014-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1796 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.8

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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 Nov 22, 6:48 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 6:48 PM CST, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
648 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014

.DISCUSSION...SEE MARINE DISCUSSION FOR LATEST UPDATES.

&&

.MARINE...HAVE EXTENDED THE SCA FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS UNTIL 12Z
SUNDAY. MODELS WERE PROGING MOD TO STRONG WLY WINDS CONTINUING
OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS OVERNIGHT...THEN DIMINISHING THRU MID
MORNING SUNDAY. SEAS WILL BE A TAD SLOWER TO SUBSIDE AND MAY CONT AT
ADVISORY LEVELS BEYOND 12Z FOR AN ADDITIONAL HOUR OR SO.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 536 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014/

DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW FOR THE 00Z TAFS.

AVIATION...CONDITIIONS WILL CONTINUE TO VARY FROM VFR TO IFR DUE
TO ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS PORTIONS OF S TX THIS EVENING.
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE FROM W TO E AS AN UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS S TX AND SHIFTS THE CONVECTION GENERALLY E.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE WESTERN
CWA UNTIL 10 PM. ONCE THE CONVECTION EXITS S TX...A BRIEF PERIOD
OF LIGHT PATCHY FOG PRODUCING MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT DUE TO LIGHT W WINDS AND DRYING ALOFT. NEAR SFC MOISTURE
IS FCST TO DECREASE TOWARD SUNRISE...ENDING THE FOG POTENTIAL. VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 353 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014/

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/
STREAMLINE DATA REVEAL AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING THE
REGION FROM THE WEST. THE GFS PROG STG SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT
(700-300MB Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE) ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE
COMBINATION OF STG FORCING AND ABOVE NORMAL PWAT VALUES OVER
CWA/MSA (CIRA LAYERED PWAT TOTAL) WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST
SCT/NUMEROUS CONVECTION TNGT. A SQUALL LINE IS ANTICIPATED TO
DEVELOP AND MOVE EWD ACRS SOUTH TX TNGT (CONSISTENT WITH LOCAL
WRF-ARW.) IN THE INTERIM...DISCRETE SUPERCELLS ARE ALSO PSBL
GIVEN ANTICIPATED STG VERTICAL SHEAR/HIGH CAPE/BRN VALUES IN THE
SUPERCELLUAR RANGE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
UNTIL 04Z SUNDAY FOR LASALLE...MCMULLEN...WEBB...DUVAL...AND JIM
WELLS COUNTIES. CONCUR WITH THE NAM DETERMINISTC THAT MUCH DRIER
AIR WILL ENTER THE REGION OVERNIGHT BEHIND THE FOREGOING UPPER
SYSTEM AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST. BRIEF PATCHY FOG MAY OCCUR
OVER PORTIONS OF THE CNTRL/ERN CWA OWING TO NEAR SFC MSTR/DRY
ALOFT. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACRS
THE PLAINS AND CONTRIBUTE TO A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS THE
CWA/MSA SUNDAY NIGHT. NO PCPN EXPECTED ALONG THIS FRONT OWING TO
DRY CONDITIONS.

MARINE...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS THIS EVENING BASED ON ONSHORE
WIND/WAVE PERIODS/SWELL HEIGHTS. SCA CONDITIONS REMAIN FOR THE SRN
NEARSHORE/OFFSHORE WATERS OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH WIND MIGHT FALL
BELOW 20KT OVER THE NEARSHORE BEFORE 06Z SUNDAY...7FT SEAS ARE
ANTICIPATED OVER PORITONS OF THE SRN NEARSHORE.

LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...DESPITE A COLD FRONT AND
REINFORCING RIDGE IN THE LONGTERM FORECAST...WILL SEE MAINLY BENIGN
WEATHER THROUGH THE PERIOD. INITIAL COLD FRONT SHOULD BE MOST OF THE
WAY THROUGH THE AREA AT THE ONSET OF LONGTERM PERIOD. WILL SEE
COOLING TEMPERATURES WITH WEAK CAA AT THE SURFACE...HIGHS IN THE MID
TO UPPER 70S MONDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES
WILL FOLLOW TUESDAY AS A REINFORCING RIDGE SETTLES IN. MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 40S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN WARM INTO THE 50S FOR THE END OF THE
WEEK. EXPECT HIGHS ALL WEEK IN THE 60S TO AROUND 70. WE/LL VERY
SLOWLY BEGIN TO BRING MOISTURE BACK INTO THE COASTAL COUNTIES LATE
IN THE WEEK AS A SOUTHERLY WIND DEVELOPS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    62  80  52  69  48  /  70   0   0  10   0
VICTORIA          61  78  48  66  41  /  80   0   0  10  10
LAREDO            53  84  51  71  47  /  50   0   0   0   0
ALICE             58  82  51  70  45  /  70   0   0  10   0
ROCKPORT          65  77  54  67  47  /  80   0   0  10  10
COTULLA           53  82  46  68  43  /  50   0   0   0   0
KINGSVILLE        60  81  52  70  46  /  70   0   0  10   0
NAVY CORPUS       64  77  57  69  53  /  80   0   0  10   0

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARANSAS...CALHOUN...KLEBERG...NUECES.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: 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.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT
     ARANSAS OUT 20 NM.

&&

TE/81...SHORT TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 22, 4:39 AM CST, 15 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
439 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014

TXZ229>234-239>247-230000-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
439 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.

MORE SPECIFICALLY...STORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE MORNING AND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON PRIMARILY IMPACTING THE
NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. THEN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS...A SQUALL LINE WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL WILL SWEEP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. BUT ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL STILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.

A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST FOR GULF FACING BEACHES
OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-230000-
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-
439 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE
ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS DURING THE EVENING AND
EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

TMT/GW

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 22, 4:55 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
455 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014

TXZ239-230000-
WEBB-
455 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING WEBB COUNTY...

AT 453 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF UNITED SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL...OR 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAREDO...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

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

MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

TJ
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 5:46 PM CST, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
546 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014

TXZ240-230045-
DUVAL-
546 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING DUVAL COUNTY...

AT 542 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRUNI...OR 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN DUVAL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BENAVIDES AND SAN
JOSE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD
SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

TJ
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 6:22 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
622 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014

TXZ241>243-230115-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-
622 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS AFFECTING JIM
WELLS...WESTERN KLEBERG AND WESTERN NUECES COUNTIES...

AT 619 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PALITO BLANCO...OR 12 MILES EAST OF
BENAVIDES...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN JIM WELLS...WESTERN KLEBERG AND WESTERN NUECES
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PALITO BLANCO AND BEN BOLT...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

TJ
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 7:00 PM CST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
700 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014

TXZ242>244-230200-
KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-
700 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS AFFECTING KLEBERG...NUECES
AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES...

AT 659 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF BLUNTZER...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF
MATHIS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

PEOPLE IN KLEBERG...NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF BLUNTZER...SAN PATRICIO...CORPUS CHRISTI...CALALLEN...ODEM
AND TAFT...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD
SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

TJ
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 7:26 PM CST, 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 7:09 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP111 min
Nov 22, 7:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio43 min
Nov 22, 7:55 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP110 min
Nov 22, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen35 min
Nov 22, 8:15 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
Nov 22, 8:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak, McMullen21 min
Nov 22, 8:55 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP95 min
Nov 22, 9:19 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP56 min
Nov 22, 9:50 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP55 min
Nov 22, 9:56 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP94 min
Nov 23, 3:16 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP27 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.