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Special Weather Statement, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 11:03 PM CDT for Duval County, Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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
- Aug 2, 2021, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 2590 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
133
WWUS84 KCRP 030403
SPSCRP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1103 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
TXZ240-241-030445-
Jim Wells-Duval-
1103 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN DUVAL AND
SOUTHWESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTIES...
At 1102 PM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Rosita to 6 miles south of Ramirez.
Movement was east at 20 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Alice, San Diego, Premont, Benavides, Ramirez, San Jose, Ben Bolt,
Concepcion, Palito Blanco, Realitos, La Gloria, Cruz Calle, Alice
Acres and Rios.
This includes US Highway 281 between mile markers 672 and 708.
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 2727 9852 2734 9852 2734 9855 2736 9856
2736 9859 2734 9859 2734 9862 2736 9863
2736 9868 2770 9868 2779 9806 2726 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 258DEG 19KT 2771 9842 2726 9839
$$
CBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Live Oak | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 10:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Jim Wells | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 2:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Webb | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 3:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 3:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 3 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.