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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

January 23, 2014Goliad County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this winter storm warning at Jan 23, 2014, 4:30 AM CST for Goliad County, Refugio County, Victoria County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 24, 2014, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2014, 4:30 AM CST (10:30 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 24, 2014, 2:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 24, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

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

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 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 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 300 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 00:00Z on 2014-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 22, 10:52 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 10:52 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 5:35 AM CST, 22 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
535 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014

TXZ229>234-239>247-231145-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
535 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVERNIGHT THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND
VICTORIA AREA. A WINTER WEATHER WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY OR
TONIGHT. THE CHANCES FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE LOWER FARTHER
SOUTH AND WEST. WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S
ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID FRIDAY MORNING OVER MOST OF
SOUTH TEXAS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FOR EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING OVER AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OF A RACHAL TO ENCINAL TO BEEVILLE
TO REFUGIO TO PORT LAVACA LINE. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
AGAIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING OVER AREAS NEAR AND WEST OF A RICARDO
TO CORPUS CHRISTI TO REFUGIO TO PORT LAVACA LINE...BUT EAST AND
NORTH OF A BRUNI TO FREER TO ENCINAL LINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-231145-
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-
535 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES...POSSIBLY A GALE WARNING...MAY BE REQUIRED
LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG COLD FRONT
MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR
THE GULF WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GW/IB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 8:50 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchCRPBee, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria8 hr
Jan 22, 8:50 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 7 more39 hr
Jan 22, 9:06 PM CSTGale WarningCRP30 hr
Jan 22, 9:06 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP51 hr
Jan 23, 4:00 AM CSTFreeze WarningCRPBee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells, La Salle and 7 more32 hr
Jan 23, 4:30 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more32 hr
Jan 23, 4:42 PM CSTWind AdvisoryCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more10 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2014Every winter storm 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.