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Special Weather Statement, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 16, 2021Duval County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this special weather statement at May 16, 2021, 4:44 PM CDT for Duval County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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: May 16, 2021, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX

County Duval County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 2495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.4
Supercell composite: 12.7

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 16, 4:00 PM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 4:00 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 4:14 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 1:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
120 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      7 NW LAKE ALICE         27.89N 98.13W
05/16/2021                   JIM WELLS          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER ROAD. TIME IS ESTIMATED.

&&

BF

Local storm report, May 16, 2:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
213 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0159 PM     FLASH FLOOD      8 SE ARANSAS PASS       27.84N 97.06W
05/16/2021                   NUECES             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            STREETS FLOODED WITH AT LEAST ONE STRANDED
            CAR IN PHOTO.

&&

EMF

Local storm report, May 16, 2:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
239 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0205 PM     FLOOD            2 WNW ROCKPORT          28.03N 97.09W
05/16/2021                   ARANSAS            TX   PUBLIC

            MINOR FLOODING REPORTED JUST W OF ROCKPORT.

&&

HAA

Local storm report, May 16, 3:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
311 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0221 PM     FLOOD            4 N ARANSAS PASS        27.98N 97.14W
05/16/2021                   ARANSAS            TX   PUBLIC

            SOCIAL MEDIA (SNAPCHAT) VIDEO OF STREET
            FLOODING IN ESTES NEAR TX-188 AND W MARKET
            ST.

&&

HAA

Local storm report, May 16, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
336 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     FLOOD            2 SSW ARANSAS PASS      27.89N 97.17W
05/16/2021                   SAN PATRICIO       TX   PUBLIC

            VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS STREET FLOODING
            ON S SAUNDERS STREET IN ARANSAS PASS.

&&

HAA

Special weather statement, May 16, 4:44 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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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 15, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	28 min
May 15, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio	50 min
May 15, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Nueces	29 min
May 15, 8:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak	14 hr
May 15, 8:53 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		16 hr
May 15, 9:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	117 min
May 15, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		60 min
May 15, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		49 min
May 15, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		30 min
May 15, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		26 min
May 16, 2:05 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces	15 hr
May 16, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	32 min
May 16, 5:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	24 min
May 16, 5:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	44 min
May 16, 5:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	39 min
May 16, 6:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	47 min
May 16, 6:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		41 min
May 16, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	31 min
May 16, 7:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg	3 hr
May 16, 8:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	28 min
May 16, 8:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	30 min
May 16, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		25 min
May 16, 8:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee	38 min
May 16, 8:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle, McMullen	3 hr
May 16, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	49 min
May 16, 9:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee	46 min
May 16, 9:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	36 min
May 16, 9:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee	39 min
May 16, 10:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	38 min
May 16, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Refugio, San Patricio	30 min
May 16, 10:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	113 min
May 16, 10:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Refugio	36 min
May 16, 10:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee	114 min
May 16, 10:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells, San Patricio	32 min
May 16, 11:08 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		37 min
May 16, 11:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	21 min
May 16, 11:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	40 min
May 16, 11:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	3 hr
May 16, 11:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	3 hr
May 16, 11:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Victoria	3 hr
May 16, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		36 min
May 16, 12:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	23 min
May 16, 12:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Aransas, Refugio	9 min
May 16, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun	33 min
May 16, 12:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio	3 hr
May 16, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		112 min
May 16, 1:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Nueces	59 min
May 16, 1:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Nueces	119 min
May 16, 1:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	3 hr
May 16, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
May 16, 2:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Goliad, Refugio	2 hr
May 16, 2:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	117 min
May 16, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		23 min
May 16, 3:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Bee	29 hr
May 16, 3:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Nueces	2 hr
May 16, 3:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	117 min
May 16, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		66 min
May 16, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.