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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 5, 2024Duval County, Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2024, 4:20 PM CDT for Duval County, Webb 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 5, 2024, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Duval County, TX, Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 12:00Z on 2024-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1134 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2024-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
1134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
6.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLive Oak34 min
May 5, 9:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPBee, Goliad62 min
May 5, 10:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPAransas, Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria57 min
May 5, 10:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLive Oak31 min
May 5, 11:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPGoliad, Victoria59 min
May 5, 12:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPVictoria15 min
May 5, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle39 min
May 5, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen76 min
May 5, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLa Salle33 min
May 5, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, Webb48 min
May 5, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPMcMullen30 min
May 5, 3:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLa Salle, McMullen52 min
May 5, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen46 min
May 5, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLa Salle52 min
May 5, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPMcMullen43 min
May 5, 4:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPDuval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb111 min
May 5, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Live Oak, McMullen24 min
May 5, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb47 min
May 5, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval39 min
May 5, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Kleberg47 min
May 5, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells31 min
May 5, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP97 min
May 5, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells, Kleberg26 min
May 5, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg33 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.