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Special Weather Statement, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 29, 2016Jim Wells County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2016, 3:07 PM CDT for Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 29, 2016, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX

County Jim Wells County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 46 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.

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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: 2153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 29, 12:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 12:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 5:15 AM CDT, 9 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
515 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

TXZ229>234-239>247-301015-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
515 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF FACING
BEACHES

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS NEARLY EACH AFTERNOON.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY.

A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY ALONG THE
GULF FACING BEACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-301015-
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-
515 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
SUNDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
SUNDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
206 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

TXZ232-291930-
BEE-
206 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BEE COUNTY...

AT 205 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SKIDMORE...
MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS POTENTIALLY IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEEVILLE AND SKIDMORE.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 2820 9752 2817 9762 2838 9779 2845 9758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 159DEG 9KT 2829 9759

HART

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:27 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
227 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

TXZ242-292000-
KLEBERG-
227 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY...

AT 227 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RIVIERA...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF SARITA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIVIERA AND RICARDO.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 2733 9806 2746 9806 2751 9788 2728 9778
      2727 9780 2727 9781 2726 9781 2724 9784
      2725 9785 2724 9788 2724 9792 2723 9795
      2722 9795
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 147DEG 15KT 2731 9790

HART

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
307 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

TXZ241-243-292030-
NUECES-JIM WELLS-
307 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN JIM WELLS AND
NORTHWESTERN NUECES COUNTIES...

AT 306 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED OVER ALFRED-SOUTH
LA PALOMA...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALICE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORANGE GROVE...ALFRED...TECALOTE...WESTDALE...BLUNTZER...
ALFRED-SOUTH LA PALOMA AND AGUA DULCE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 2782 9797 2779 9802 2791 9818 2806 9800
      2789 9776 2774 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 140DEG 17KT 2788 9795

HART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee	24 min
Jul 29, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	33 min
Jul 29, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	33 min
Jul 29, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	37 min
Jul 29, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	39 min
Jul 29, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	33 min
Jul 29, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Dimmit	20 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.