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WUUS54 KCRP 090254
SVRCRP
TXC355-090330-
/O.NEW.KCRP.SV.W.0047.250509T0254Z-250509T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
954 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.
* AT 953 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BANQUETE TO DRISCOLL TO 10 MILES NORTH OF
KINGSVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION TO NEAR BISHOP, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY.
HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HOMES AND
BUSINESSES WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE.
EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORPUS CHRISTI, ROBSTOWN, DRISCOLL, CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT, CLARKWOOD, PETRONILA, TULOSO, AND NORTH SAN PEDRO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 37 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 10.
US HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 672 AND 682.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 2784 9754 2777 9749 2769 9744 2761 9744
2762 9780 2764 9781 2771 9784 2775 9787
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 264DEG 26KT 2774 9782 2767 9778 2764 9777 2762
9777
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...90 MPH
EMF
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