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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 23, 2021Bee County, Goliad County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2021, 8:28 PM CDT for Bee County, Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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: Apr 23, 2021, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bee County, TX, Goliad County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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
Apr 23, 8:36 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Beeville, TX	POWER LINES DOWN AT EAST CLAIR STREET.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 23, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 1602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

882 
WUUS54 KCRP 240128
SVRCRP
TXC025-175-240200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.SV.W.0003.210424T0128Z-210424T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
828 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Goliad County in south central Texas...
  Central Bee County in south central Texas...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 827 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tuleta, or 10
  miles north of Beeville, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Beeville, Skidmore, Mineral, Berclair, Tulsita, Normanna, Pettus
  and Tuleta.

This includes the following highways...
 US Highway 181 between mile markers 574 and 600.
 US Highway 183 between mile markers 652 and 654.
 US Highway 59 between mile markers 676 and 702.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.

&&

LAT...LON 2853 9798 2868 9788 2852 9727 2825 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 287DEG 47KT 2856 9777 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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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
Apr 23, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak, McMullen	27 min
Apr 23, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	30 min
Apr 23, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	31 min
Apr 23, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Refugio	29 min
Apr 23, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	34 min
Apr 23, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		73 min
Apr 24, 1:52 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	CRP		8 hr
Apr 24, 5:07 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 4 more	5 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.