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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 12, 1986Bee County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1986, 2:24 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1986, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1986, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bee 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 1986-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 792 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 1986-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
792 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 121925
TORCRP
TXC025-122030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
224 PM CDT THU JUN 12 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

TEXAS...BEE

AT 220PM CDT THE BEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO
TOUCH-DOWN NEAR THE CITY OF SKIDMORE IN SOUTHERN BEE COUNTY.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A VERY INTENSE
THUNDERSTORM IN THAT AREA..MOVING VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH.

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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 2 hours 20 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, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg67 min
Jun 12, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells64 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.