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Special Weather Statement, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 28, 2022Calhoun County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 2022-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

TE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 28, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPGoliad40 min
Oct 28, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPCalhoun45 min
Oct 28, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP46 min
Oct 28, 3:31 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP29 min
Oct 28, 8:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKarnes38 min
Oct 28, 9:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPGoliad23 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.