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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 21, 2020Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2020, 1:08 AM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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: May 21, 2020, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2020, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 21, 12:52 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 12:52 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 5:12 AM CDT, 19 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 1:02 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
102 AM CDT Thu May 21 2020

TXZ239-210645-
Webb-
102 AM CDT Thu May 21 2020

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL
WEBB COUNTY...

At 101 AM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from 14 miles southwest of Chupadera Ranch
Airport to near Columbia Bridge to near El Cenizo. Movement was
northeast at 30 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Laredo, Las Tiendas, Laredo International Airport, Botines, Unitec
Industrial Park, La Esperanza Ranch Airport, Ranchos Penitas West,
Chupadera Ranch Airport, Columbia Bridge, United South High School,
Texas A&M International University, St Augustine High School South
Laredo, Doctors Hospital Of Laredo, Laredo Country Club, Laredo
Community College, Orvil, Callaghan and Ranchitos Las Lomas.

LAT...LON 2820 10015 2820 9977 2799 9934 2754 9923
      2739 9949 2749 9948 2750 9953 2757 9951
      2761 9954 2760 9958 2764 9960 2763 9964
      2765 9970 2778 9982 2776 9984 2780 9988
      2798 9993 2800 9999 2815 10009 2818 10017
TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 232DEG 28KT 2803 10021 2776 9973 2735 9960

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	43 min
May 21, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	46 min
May 21, 5:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Dimmit	51 min
May 21, 5:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	39 min
May 21, 5:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	36 min
May 21, 6:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	40 min
May 21, 6:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2020 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.