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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 2020, 1:11 PM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 22 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 20, 2020, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2020, 1:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Victoria County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1010 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
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 20, 12:41 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 12:41 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 953 AM CDT Fri Mar 20 2020 TXZ229>234-239>247-342>347-442-443-447-211500- La Salle-McMullen-Live Oak-Bee-Goliad-Victoria-Webb-Duval- Jim Wells-Inland Kleberg-Inland Nueces-Inland San Patricio- Coastal Aransas-Inland Refugio-Inland Calhoun-Coastal Kleberg- Coastal Nueces-Coastal San Patricio-Aransas Islands- Coastal Refugio-Coastal Calhoun-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- Calhoun Islands- 953 AM CDT Fri Mar 20 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for South Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Moderate Risk of Rip Currents along gulf-facing beaches today. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms expected today as a cold front moves through South Texas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Isolated thunderstorms will be possible through Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-211500- 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- 953 AM CDT Fri Mar 20 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for the Middle Texas Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and tonight as a cold front approaches and moves through the region. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Chances for showers and possible thunderstorms will continue through Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. TE
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Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 19, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 64 min |
| Mar 19, 11:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 55 min |
| Mar 20, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 52 min |
| Mar 20, 5:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Live Oak | 52 min |
| Mar 20, 5:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 49 min |
| Mar 20, 6:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Goliad | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 10:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 49 min |
| Mar 20, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Victoria | 44 min |
| Mar 20, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Live Oak, McMullen | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 51 min |
| Mar 20, 11:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Bee | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Live Oak | 21 min |
| Mar 20, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Refugio | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio, Victoria | 38 min |
| Mar 20, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Victoria | 48 min |
| Mar 20, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Calhoun | 37 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.