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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 21, 2020Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2020, 5:21 AM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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, 5:21 AM CDT (10:21 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2020, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 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, 3:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 3:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 1:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 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

PH
Special weather statement, May 21, 1:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
144 AM CDT Thu May 21 2020

TXZ229-239-210730-
Webb-La Salle-
144 AM CDT Thu May 21 2020

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL WEBB AND
SOUTHWESTERN LA SALLE COUNTIES...

At 143 AM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from 6 miles east of Chupadera Ranch Airport
to near La Esperanza Ranch Airport to near Unitec Industrial Park.
Movement was northeast at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Encinal, Las Tiendas, La Esperanza Ranch Airport, Callaghan, Ranchos
Penitas West, Chaparral Wildlife Management Area and Botines.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 2820 10005 2820 9940 2835 9939 2806 9912
      2768 9959 2796 9983 2815 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 217DEG 19KT 2818 9997 2806 9966 2773 9951

PH
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:09 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
509 AM CDT Thu May 21 2020

TXZ239-211100-
Webb-
509 AM CDT Thu May 21 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN WEBB COUNTY...

At 509 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 15 miles southeast
of Chupadera Ranch Airport, or 37 miles west of Encinal, moving east
at 15 mph.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Webb
County.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 2814 9971 2782 9966 2776 9984 2779 9985
      2780 9988 2784 9988 2788 9991 2789 9989
      2791 9990 2794 9994 2798 9993 2798 9996
      2800 9999 2807 10002 2809 10005 2810 10005
      2814 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 1009Z 274DEG 13KT 2798 9996

PH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb43 min
May 21, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb52 min
May 21, 1:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb46 min
May 21, 5:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDimmit51 min
May 21, 5:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb36 min
May 21, 6:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb40 min
May 21, 6:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb48 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.