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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 8, 1986Duval County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1986, 6:05 PM CDT for Duval County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1986, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1986, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Duval County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 6:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Duval, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Victoria Regiona, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2384 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, Victoria Regiona, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
2384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 082305
SVRCRP
TXC131-090000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
605 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY OF

SOUTH TEXAS...DUVAL

AT 600 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN
NORTHERN DUVAL COUNTY MOVING VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS GUSTING IN
EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL.  THE
THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY AND YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.

PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.