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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1986, 3:08 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1986, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1986, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kleberg County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 122009 SVRCRP TXC273-122115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 308 PM CDT THU JUN 12 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF TEXAS...KLEBERG AT 300 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGSVILLE IN CENTRAL KLEBERG COUNTY. ANOTHER POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RIVERA IN SOUTHERN KLEBERG COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. THE TORNADO WARNGING ISSUED AT 224 PM CDT FOR BEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN BEE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY THE PAST 15 MINUTES.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1205 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1986 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF REFUGIO AND ARANSAS COUNTIES... AT NOON NWS RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN REFUGIO AND NORTHERN ARANSAS COUNTIES.HEAVIEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN THE CITIES OF REFUGIO AND AUSTWELL. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..BRIEF GUSTY WINDS..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. EARLIER REPORTS OF POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAVE NOT BEEN VERIFIED AND NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. RESIDENTS..AND PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIESz IN REFUGIO AND ARANSAS COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 64 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.