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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2018, 10:41 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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
- Mar 27, 2018, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2018, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Webb County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
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 Mar 27, 10:31 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 10:31 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 6:07 AM CDT, 16 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 607 AM CDT Tue Mar 27 2018 TXZ229>234-239>247-281115- La Salle-McMullen-Live Oak-Bee-Goliad-Victoria-Webb-Duval- Jim Wells-Kleberg-Nueces-San Patricio-Aransas-Refugio-Calhoun- 607 AM CDT Tue Mar 27 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for South Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a high risk of dangerous rip currents along Gulf facing beaches today. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible today and tonight across South Texas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday The rip current risk is expected to remain at least moderate through the middle part of the week. Thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday through Thursday across South Texas. Strong to severe storms are possible Wednesday afternoon into early Thursday morning. Damaging winds and large hail will be primary hazards. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed Wednesday afternoon into early Thursday morning. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-281115- 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- 607 AM CDT Tue Mar 27 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for the Middle Texas Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Small craft advisory conditions will occur over the Gulf Waters today and tonight. There will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight over the Middle Texas Coastal Waters. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Small craft advisory conditions will continue into Wednesday. Chances for showers and thunderstorms will increase Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning. A few storms may be strong to severe. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed Wednesday afternoon into early Thursday morning. TB/LB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 27, 10:35 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 27, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | La Salle | 32 min |
| Mar 27, 10:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Webb | 112 min |
| Mar 27, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | La Salle | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Dimmit | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 4:35 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 47 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Live Oak | 28 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.