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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 29, 2023Duval County, Jim Wells County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2023, 4:35 PM CDT for Duval County, Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2023, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2023, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1428 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
1428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 12:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, San Patricio62 min
May 29, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells31 min
May 29, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLive Oak39 min
May 29, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLive Oak31 min
May 29, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak20 min
May 29, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells34 min
May 29, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells46 min
May 29, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells31 min
May 29, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells39 min
May 29, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCRPDuval, Jim Wells49 min
May 29, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCRPDuval, Jim Wells45 min
May 29, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPBrooks14 min
May 29, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPMcMullen38 min

Nearby

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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.