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Special Weather Statement, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 28, 2022, 2:08 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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
- Oct 28, 2022, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2022, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 30
County Calhoun County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
320
WWUS84 KCRP 280708
SPSCRP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
208 AM CDT Fri Oct 28 2022
TXZ245-346-347-447-280745-
Coastal Calhoun TX-Calhoun Islands TX-Coastal Refugio TX-
Coastal Aransas TX-
208 AM CDT Fri Oct 28 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Aransas, central Calhoun and eastern Refugio Counties through 245 AM
CDT...
At 207 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, or near Seadrift, moving northeast
at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Seadrift, Port Oconnor, Alamo Beach, Indianola, Magnolia Beach,
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and Matagorda Island State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 2816 9675 2831 9687 2864 9652 2860 9656
2856 9653 2867 9649 2863 9646 2861 9648
2858 9652 2857 9652 2858 9649 2860 9648
2860 9645 2863 9645 2860 9642 2855 9652
2845 9640 2838 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 227DEG 23KT 2832 9671
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
TEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 12:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Goliad | 40 min |
| Oct 28, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Calhoun | 45 min |
| Oct 28, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 46 min | |
| Oct 28, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 29 min | |
| Oct 28, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Karnes | 38 min |
| Oct 28, 9:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Goliad | 23 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.