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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2021, 9:31 PM CDT for Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2021, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Refugio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
154
WUUS54 KCRP 240231
SVRCRP
TXC391-240300-
/O.NEW.KCRP.SV.W.0005.210424T0231Z-210424T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
931 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Refugio County in south central Texas...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 931 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Quintana, or
9 miles northeast of Refugio, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Quintana, Tivoli and Austwell.
This includes US Highway 77 between mile markers 608 and 618.
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 2832 9682 2830 9694 2826 9691 2821 9694
2822 9697 2827 9692 2829 9694 2826 9694
2830 9695 2827 9711 2833 9726 2846 9722
2846 9684 2843 9681 2845 9679 2846 9680
2846 9678 2845 9678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 286DEG 39KT 2839 9715
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
87The 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, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.