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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 12, 1986Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1986, 5:48 PM CST for Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 1986, 5:48 PM CST (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 1986, 6:45 PM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Aransas County, TX, Refugio 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

Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 1986-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 671 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 1986-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-255 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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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.