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Special Weather Statement, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 6, 2021Bee County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 3:03 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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 6, 2021, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Bee County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 885 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

411 
WWUS84 KCRP 062003
SPSCRP

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
303 PM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021
 
TXZ232-062030-
Bee TX-
303 PM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Bee County
through 330 PM CDT...

At 303 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Beeville, moving north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Beeville, Skidmore and Normanna. 

This includes the following highways...
 US Highway 181 between mile markers 584 and 602.
 US Highway 59 between mile markers 686 and 708.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 2852 9761 2827 9764 2828 9787 2835 9791
      2854 9795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 185DEG 20KT 2838 9783 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Adams

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 1:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	39 min
Aug 6, 1:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	3 hr
Aug 6, 1:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	3 hr
Aug 6, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	San Patricio	29 min
Aug 6, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	San Patricio	31 min
Aug 6, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	50 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.