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Special Weather Statement, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 29, 2017Jim Wells County, Kleberg County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2017, 2:08 AM CDT for Jim Wells County, Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2017, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2017, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 29, 2:10 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	San Diego, TX	DAMAGE TO ROOF AT PARK... FENCE AT TENNIS COURT DAMAGED... BRICK WALL COLLAPSED AT MUSEUM.
May 29, 2:12 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	2 Se Alice, TX	MEASURED BY KALI ASOS
May 29, 2:24 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 62	2 Se Alice, TX	ADDITIONAL SEVERE WIND GUST MEASURED AT KALI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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: 2745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

489 
WWUS84 KCRP 290708
SPSCRP

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
208 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

TXZ240>243-290745-
Jim Wells-Kleberg-Nueces-Duval-
208 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL DUVAL...
SOUTHWESTERN NUECES...WESTERN JIM WELLS AND KLEBERG COUNTIES...

At 208 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Riviera, or 10
miles north of Sarita, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Kingsville, Alice, San Diego, Premont, Driscoll, Bishop, Riviera
Beach, Ricardo, Alfred-South La Paloma, Banquete, Ben Bolt, Riviera,
Palito Blanco, Alice Acres, Alfred, Kingsville Naval Air Station,
Agua Dulce, Petronila, Loyola Beach and Lake Alice.

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 2726 9799 2726 9809 2741 9814 2775 9845
      2794 9784 2725 9740 2726 9745 2725 9749
      2724 9749 2724 9750 2723 9756 2724 9763
      2728 9765 2726 9773 2728 9776 2728 9778
      2727 9781 2725 9783 2724 9792 2721 9798
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 239DEG 28KT 2737 9778 

$$

Wagner

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Dimmit	42 min
May 28, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	52 min
May 28, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	40 min
May 28, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	27 min
May 28, 8:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	2 hr
May 28, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	29 min
May 28, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	36 min
May 28, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	31 min
May 28, 10:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle	2 hr
May 28, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	30 min
May 28, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	29 min
May 28, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	51 min
May 28, 11:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	117 min
May 29, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	27 min
May 29, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Goliad	36 min
May 29, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Webb	49 min
May 29, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	16 min
May 29, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Webb	36 min
May 29, 1:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	17 min
May 29, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg	41 min
May 29, 1:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	117 min
May 29, 1:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	4 hr
May 29, 1:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	San Patricio	34 min
May 29, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	25 min
May 29, 1:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	2 hr
May 29, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		61 min
May 29, 2:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	3 hr
May 29, 2:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces	41 min
May 29, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	34 min
May 29, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		60 min
May 29, 2:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg	3 hr
May 29, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	41 min
May 29, 2:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	35 hr
May 29, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
May 29, 3:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	29 min
May 29, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		34 min
May 29, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	45 min
May 29, 3:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Kleberg	27 min
May 29, 3:37 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		53 min
May 29, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		89 min
May 29, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		59 min
May 29, 5:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	2 hr
May 29, 5:42 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		63 min
May 29, 7:56 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		42 min
May 29, 8:35 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	3 hr
May 29, 8:38 AM CDT	Gale Warning	CRP		2 hr
May 29, 8:38 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		7 hr
May 29, 9:02 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces	4 hr
May 29, 9:02 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces	9 hr
May 29, 11:23 AM CDT	Gale Warning	CRP		97 min
May 29, 11:23 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.