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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 67 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.