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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 12, 1986Kleberg County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3833 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee66 min
Jun 12, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.