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Special Weather Statement, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 19, 2021Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2021, 3:14 AM CDT for Victoria 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 19, 2021, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2021, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

County Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2386 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

As transmitted.

446 
WWUS84 KCRP 190814
SPSCRP

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
314 AM CDT Wed May 19 2021

TXZ233-234-246-247-347-190845-
Coastal Calhoun-Inland Calhoun-Victoria-Inland Refugio-Goliad-
314 AM CDT Wed May 19 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...
VICTORIA...EAST CENTRAL GOLIAD AND NORTHEASTERN REFUGIO COUNTIES...

At 313 AM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Ezzell to near Inez to 6 miles south
of McFaddin. Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Victoria, Port Lavaca, McFaddin, Guadalupe, Point Comfort, Victoria
Colony Creek Country Club, Nursery, Victoria Riverside Park, Victoria
College, Victoria Mall, Saxet Lakes, Green Lake, Brentwood
Subdivision, Inez, Salem, Telferner, Downtown Victoria, Fordtran,
Dacosta and Wood Hi.

This includes the following highways...
 US Highway 183 near mile marker 666.
 US Highway 59 between mile markers 624 and 652.
 US Highway 77 between mile markers 560 and 616.
 US Highway 87 between mile markers 796 and 840.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 2902 9683 2892 9679 2885 9670 2882 9672
      2867 9664 2872 9641 2867 9641 2863 9650
      2866 9652 2864 9660 2863 9656 2863 9662
      2860 9661 2861 9656 2831 9732 2874 9716
      2895 9719 2910 9698
TIME...MOT...LOC 0813Z 244DEG 38KT 2926 9697 2889 9674 2846 9700 

$$

PH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLive Oak41 min
May 18, 8:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLa Salle, McMullen117 min
May 18, 8:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPVictoria2 hr
May 18, 9:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria3 hr
May 18, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb52 min
May 18, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPGoliad51 min
May 18, 10:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLa Salle, Webb3 hr
May 18, 10:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria2 hr
May 18, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb44 min
May 18, 11:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria3 hr
May 19, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPCalhoun37 min
May 19, 12:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPVictoria36 hr
May 19, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPMcMullen33 min
May 19, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPCalhoun, Refugio, Victoria43 min
May 19, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, McMullen46 min
May 19, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio47 min
May 19, 1:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria115 min
May 19, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPGoliad30 min
May 19, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPRefugio, Victoria26 min
May 19, 2:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPRefugio, Victoria3 hr
May 19, 3:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria3 hr
May 19, 4:07 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces18 hr
May 19, 4:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Refugio, Victoria3 hr
May 19, 5:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPRefugio, Victoria2 hr
May 19, 6:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg50 min
May 19, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio22 min
May 19, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb52 min
May 19, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPSan Patricio45 min
May 19, 7:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio6 hr
May 19, 7:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces6 hr
May 19, 7:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPWebb3 hr
May 19, 7:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval33 min
May 19, 7:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPSan Patricio6 hr
May 19, 8:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg44 min
May 19, 8:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces4 hr
May 19, 8:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells47 min
May 19, 9:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Webb3 hr
May 19, 9:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP26 min
May 19, 9:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio11 hr
May 19, 9:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio11 hr
May 19, 9:35 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP25 min
May 19, 9:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP52 min
May 19, 9:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPAransas, Refugio6 days
May 19, 9:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg, Nueces47 min
May 19, 9:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio3 hr
May 19, 10:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP50 min
May 19, 11:08 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP52 min
May 19, 11:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP44 min
May 19, 12:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria20 min
May 19, 12:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria3 hr
May 19, 1:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio3 hr
May 19, 2:04 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningCRPAransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio and 1 more3 hr
May 19, 4:10 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria31 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.